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  • The heroine, Matilda Wormwood, was “born wicked,” and the story focused a great deal on gambling and cheating at the race-tracks.

    Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

  • The acute penetration and remarkable powers of observation and analysis that had made him so formidable a figure on the Westminster scene he had transferred easily and successfully to the race-tracks of the world.

    The Way to Dusty Death MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1973

  • We want him taken off all the race-tracks in Europe.

    The Way to Dusty Death MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1973

  • That bewitching smile that had made her the sweetheart of the race-tracks was, Harlow observed, in marked abeyance.

    The Way to Dusty Death MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1973

  • Like Tracchia, his friends and intimates were restricted to a very small group indeed: it was a matter for neither wonder nor speculation that those two men, the most unforgiving of rivals on the race-tracks were, off-duty, close friends.

    The Way to Dusty Death MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1973

  • The new boulevards, the parks and race-tracks all deserve admiration.

    Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson

  • They came North themselves when their pockets were full, and freely spent their money at Northern hotels, Northern theatres, Northern race-tracks, and other Northern places of entertainment.

    The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights

  • I have always been fond of horses and horse-racing, and the race-tracks about Berlin were always an attraction for me.

    My Four Years in Germany Gerard, James W 1917

  • But Durkin paid little attention to these flying messages winging cityward from race-tracks so many miles away.

    Phantom Wires A Novel Arthur Stringer 1912

  • I have always been fond of horses and horse-racing, and the race-tracks about Berlin were always an attraction for me.

    My Four Years in Germany 1909

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