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ASHFORTH, DAVID. (ISBN:1904317065) | |
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| RINGERS & RASCALS: A TALE OF SKULDUGGERY. 2003. 1st.Ed. 320pp. B/W illus. H/B. Top corner bumped o/w near V.G. in V.G. D/J.
Edgar Wallace was fascinated by him, Pinkerton's detectives were fooled by him, bootleggers and gangsters controlled him. From Cuba to Chicago, Mexico to Canada, they sought him, the one and only, the King of the Ringers.
Peter Christian Barrie had a strange skill; he painted horses. Not with oils, on canvas, but with henna dye, on the horses themselves. The King of the Ringers disguised good horses as bad ones, and tricked bookmakers out of millions of dollars.
The full, extraordinary tale of the world's greatest racing fraudster is told here for the first time, along with the exploits of Barrie's disciples, in Britain, Australia, and the USA.
There was Francasal, the £1 million ringer; Gagoola and the mysterious Mr Graham; Dr Mark Gerard, the vet who had a dream about Lebon; Fine Cotton, who wouldn't go away; and many more. David Ashforth's pioneering work, based on extensive original research, reveals a hidden world of ringers and rascals. There has never been a book like it.
David Ashforth is a senior reporter and columnist with the Racing Post newspaper. Horserace Writer of the Year in 1996, he entered racing journalism after pursuing an academic career and has written books and articles on racing, social history and education.
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