Taking Chances

Clarence Louis Cullen

G.W. Dillingham, 1900 - 269 pages

Contents

• Introductory Note: 5
• Whooping a Racehorse Under the Wire: 15
• Just Like Finding Money: 24
• This Son of Fonso Was of No Account: 33
• Hardluck Wail of an Oldtime Trainer: 42
• Story of an Almost Combination: 51
• Red Donnellys Streak of Luck: 59
• And Red Beak Jim Took the: 69
• The Game of Running Ringers: 77
• Experiences of a Verdant Bookmaker: 87
• The Man Who Knew All About Touts: 96
• A Copperlined Cinch That Did Go Through: 106
• He Coppered His Wifes Hunches: 113
• A Race Horse That Paid a Church Debt: 120
• A Seedy Sports String of Horses: 131
• This Telegram Was Signed Just Bub: 139
• Story of a Famous Pat Hand: 151
• Great Luck at an Inopportune Time: 162
• Cardplaying on Ocean Steamers: 170
• 1: 262

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Bibliographic information

• Title: Taking Chances; Dillingham's metropolitan library, no.66
• Author: Clarence Louis Cullen
• Publisher: G.W. Dillingham, 1900
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Nov 12, 2007
• Length: 269 pages