I GOT THE HORSE RIGHT HERE: Damon Runyon on Horse Racing

Burned out from working the baseball beat for years, in the summer of 1922 Damon Runyon was looking for a new sport to cover and found just what he needed with horse racing. He got there days early and spoke to the trainers, gamblers, rich owners, and wise guys, many of whom became model characters in his fiction and in the musical Guys and Dolls. 16 pages of photos.