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a cause the trainer was having the jockey pull the horse , so he would get the lady thinking that the horse ain't no good and he could buy him cheap . “ Well , ” the trainer would say to this lady , “ the horse just didn't seem to want ...
a cause the trainer was having the jockey pull the horse , so he would get the lady thinking that the horse ain't no good and he could buy him cheap . “ Well , ” the trainer would say to this lady , “ the horse just didn't seem to want ...
Page 183
Now this is before he made me and Johnny Roberts split up in the shylocking business , or I wouldn't do what I done , which was to give Tony a horse . This kid , I think he was with the George D. Widener stable , told me about a horse ...
Now this is before he made me and Johnny Roberts split up in the shylocking business , or I wouldn't do what I done , which was to give Tony a horse . This kid , I think he was with the George D. Widener stable , told me about a horse ...
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What kind of a trainer can he be , " he asked , " if he is broke with a fine horse like that ? " " It's just one of those things , " he was told . " The man is a fine trainer , but he's a gambling fool . He bets every race , even when ...
What kind of a trainer can he be , " he asked , " if he is broke with a fine horse like that ? " " It's just one of those things , " he was told . " The man is a fine trainer , but he's a gambling fool . He bets every race , even when ...
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| Title | The Valachi Papers Bantam books |
| Author | Peter Maas |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Putnam, 1968 |
| ISBN | 0399108327, 9780399108327 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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