| They're Off!: Horse Racing at Saratoga Contributor(s): Hotaling, Ed (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815603509 ISBN-13: 9780815603504 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $40.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1995 Annotation: Here, for the first time, is the story of how America's first national resort gave birth to, then nurtured, its first national sport, introducing the country to a parade of champions and their spectacular supporting characters. To experience this adventure is to see why the Saratoga Race Course, America's oldest major sports facility remains one of its most beloved and most successful. They're Off! is as much a social history as it is sports history. Edward Hotaling opens with a little-known visit by the first famous tourist, George Washington, who tried to buy the place he called "the Saratoga Springs". Soon the pursuit of happiness at our original vacationland helped redefine America. Even at the height of the Civil War, the country's first organized sport was launched on a national scale. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Horse Racing - Sports & Recreation | History |
| Dewey: 798.400 |
| LCCN: 95007703 |
| Series: New York State |
| Physical Information: 1.47" H x 7.29" W x 10.31" (2.42 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the story of how one of America's first national resorts gave birth to the first national sport of horse racing. It introduces a parade of champions and their spectacular supporting characters. |