Word: racetracks
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...Andrew Beyer is not your normal judge of horseflesh. He is a Harvard man, or at least almost was until he "discovered that the most demanding form of intellectual endeavor exists at the racetrack." The tale of why he failed to get his Harvard degree is a compelling...
...THEME WHICH also runs through the beck is the unquestionable truth that you meet the most amazing characters at the racetrack. As Beyer relates in one instances...
...could not have guessed, from the outward appearances, that the man sitting next to me would exert more of an influence on my mind than would any of my professors at Harvard, Wearing a rumpled suit and an ancient straw hot, he looked the a typical racetrack bum. But when I caught a glimpse of the Reading Form he was studying so intensely, I got a different impression...
This was no ordinary Harvard professor or racetrack bum. This was Mr. D., a man who had come to Boston to serve as the consul for a South American country. When the government of his native land was overthrown by a left-wing coup, Mr. D. was out of a job and started betting the horses full-times. The socio-political aspects of horseracing can be plainly seen in the gentleman's moved insight into the sports...
...most poignant scene in Robert Altman's latest film, California Split, does not occur in the casinos frequented by its two lead characters, a pair of compulsive gamblers. Nor does it happen at the racetrack or boxing ring or other betting locales the two visit. It has nothing to do with the relationship between the two characters, Bill and Charlie (played by George Segal and Elliott Gould), nor with their dealings with the couple of prostitutes Charlie lives with...