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Page 177
All I wanted to do was win my first race . I was so nervous I was already sure I
wasn't going to sleep that night . Only a trainer or another owner will understand
my feelings . " The details of the race are forever etched in his mind : Who can
forget ...
All I wanted to do was win my first race . I was so nervous I was already sure I
wasn't going to sleep that night . Only a trainer or another owner will understand
my feelings . " The details of the race are forever etched in his mind : Who can
forget ...
Page 181
I asked him , “ Was the race fixed ? " and he looks at me kind of funny and says , “
How long have you been coming to the track ? ” I tell him the truth , which is not
long . He laughs , and he says , " Well , that is the first thing you must learn .
I asked him , “ Was the race fixed ? " and he looks at me kind of funny and says , “
How long have you been coming to the track ? ” I tell him the truth , which is not
long . He laughs , and he says , " Well , that is the first thing you must learn .
Page 183
be so tough and smart , and they act like the biggest squares in the world when
they get a tip - it don't matter from where - on a race . So after talking about this
and that , Tony says , “ Joe , I need a winner . " Now this is before he made me
and ...
be so tough and smart , and they act like the biggest squares in the world when
they get a tip - it don't matter from where - on a race . So after talking about this
and that , Tony says , “ Joe , I need a winner . " Now this is before he made me
and ...
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| Title | The Valachi Papers |
| Author | Peter Maas |
| Published | 1968 |
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