TY - BOOK ID - 77869746 TI - The gambler and the bug boy PY - 2007 SN - 1281092126 9786611092122 0803215541 9780803215542 9781281092120 9780803211223 0803211228 6611092129 PB - Lincoln University of Nebraska Press DB - UniCat KW - Horse racing KW - Flat racing KW - Horseracing KW - Horse sports KW - Racing KW - Race horses KW - Corrupt practices KW - History. KW - Mooney, Big. KW - Siler, Albert, KW - Siler, Al, KW - Mooney, Barney KW - Einstoss, Bernard UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77869746 AB - Bernard ""Big"" Mooney, LA bookmaker threatens jockeys with death if they didn't ""pull"" their horses. His unwilling partner is Albert Siler, a callow, eighteen-year-old apprentice rider from eastern Oregon. This book tells how Big Mooney manipulated this rider and how Siler tried to escape the gambler's criminal grip without ruining his career. ER -