Author: New York (State). State Racing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Annual Report of the New York State Racing Commission to the Secretary of State
Author: New York (State). State Racing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Annual Report - New York State Department of State
Author: New York (State). Department of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: New York (State). Secretary's OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Legislature. AssemblyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: New York (State). Department of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Annual Report of the Secretary of State on the Criminal Statistics of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Secretary's OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Annual Report of the Comptroller of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Comptroller's OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime
Author: Steven A. RiessPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815651546
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Thoroughbred racing was one of the first major sports in early America. Horse racing thrived because it was a high-status sport that attracted the interest of both old and new money. It grew because spectators enjoyed the pageantry, the exciting races, and, most of all, the gambling. As the sport became a national industry, the New York metropolitan area, along with the resort towns of Saratoga Springs (New York) and Long Branch (New Jersey), remained at the center of horse racing with the most outstanding race courses, the largest purses, and the finest thoroughbreds. Riess narrates the history of horse racing, detailing how and why New York became the national capital of the sport from the mid-1860s until the early twentieth century. The sport’s survival depended upon the racetrack being the nexus between politicians and organized crime. The powerful alliance between urban machine politics and track owners enabled racing in New York to flourish. Gambling, the heart of racing’s appeal, made the sport morally suspect. Yet democratic politicians protected the sport, helping to establish the State Racing Commission, the first state agency to regulate sport in the United States. At the same time, racetracks became a key connection between the underworld and Tammany Hall, enabling illegal poolrooms and off-course bookies to operate. Organized crime worked in close cooperation with machine politicians and local police officers to protect these illegal operations. In The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime, Riess fills a long-neglected gap in sports history, offering a richly detailed and fascinating chronicle of thoroughbred racing’s heyday.
Monthly Checklist of State Publications
Author: Library of Congress. Exchange and Gift DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
June and Dec. issues contain listings of periodicals.
New York Legislative Documents
Author: New York (State). LegislaturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description