Pandora's Box
From one of the new additions to the Railbird library, found at Lyrical Ballad in Saratoga -- which, along with Robin Bledsoe's Cambridge bookshop, keeps me well-stocked in racing books:
"The new horseplayer opening Pandora's Box: A Box loaded with disappointment and spirited fun, and always chock full of treasure for lucky guys and dolls." -- From "A Primer for Eastern Racing," by Norman Kisamore (Dodd & Mead, 1963). Note disappointment comes first, ahead of fun and treasure. The game hasn't changed so much in the last 40 years ...
Posted by JC, Aug 26, 2007 08:00 AM
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Posted by Teresa, Aug 28, 2007 03:07 PM
Lyrical Ballad is one of my favorite places on the planet; as a racing fan and an English teacher, I could live there -- and spend every cent I've got. Love what you found.