Old Man Curry: Race Track Stories

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Charles E. Van Loan. Old Man Curry: Race Track Stories

Old Man Curry: Race Track Stories

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INTRODUCTION

OLD MAN CURRY

LEVELLING WITH ELISHA

PLAYING EVEN FOR OBADIAH

BY A HAIR

THE LAST CHANCE

SANGUINARY JEREMIAH

ELIPHAZ, LATE FAIRFAX

THE REDEMPTION HANDICAP

A MORNING WORKOUT

EGYPTIAN CORN

THE MODERN JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON

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Charles E. Van Loan

Published by Good Press, 2019

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It was Tuesday afternoon and little Mose was struggling into his riding boots. The other jockeys dressed in the jockeys' room at the paddock inclosure, but Mose found it pleasanter to don the silks in the tack room of Old Man Curry's barn, which also served him as a sleeping apartment. The old man sat on the edge of Mose's cot, speaking earnestly and slapping the palm of his left hand with the fingers of his right, as if to lend emphasis to his words.

"The big thing is to get him away from the post. I want Elijah out there in front when you turn for home. With his early speed, he ought to be leading into the stretch. Elisha will come from behind; Engle is smart enough for that. He'll have to pass you somewhere, because Elijah will begin to peter out after he's gone half a mile. Pull in as close to Elisha as you can, but not so close that Merritt can claim a foul, and—you know the rest."

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