I Got the Horse Right Here: Damon Runyon on Horse Racing Joseph James Reisler Summary Burned out by working the baseball beat for years, in the summer of 1922 Damon Runyon was looking for a new sport to cover for The New York American as a change of pace. Burned out by working the baseball beat for years, in the summer of 1922 Damon Runyon was looking for a new sport to cover for The New York American as a change of pace. Having pilloried golf just a few years before, he went to Saratoga that August to sample horse racing and found that "There, right in front of him, were so many of the characters he so loved from his time covering the comings and goings of the Manhattan night crowd." This was just the tonic Runyon needed to emerge from his malaise. Runyon didn't just cover the great races and which horse won: he would get to the track days before and roam along the backstretch, speaking with the trainers, the gamblers, the rich owners, and the wise guys, many of which became model characters in his fiction and in the musical Guys and Dolls. This book collects the best of Runyon's horse racing columns to 1936, when he moved on to other beats. In addition to an introduction, Reisler will include a "cast of characters" that will provide short biographies of a number of people Runyon discusses in his columns. Perfect for fans of General, Sports, Hobbies & Games, Horse Racing, Biography, Sport, Horse Jockey Biographies. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 448 pages · Hardcover By Joseph James Reisler Details ISBN: 9781493052202 Author: Joseph James Reisler Format: Hardcover Pages: 448 Language: English Publication date: 25 June 2020 Condition: New About the authors Joseph James Reisler and Joseph Jame REISLER · Publisher: Lyons Press More about this book Reviews This book collects the best of Runyon’s horse racing columns to 1936, when he moved on to other beats.
