BALLADS OF THE TURF AND OTHER DOGGERELS

By William Galvin with short stories by Jim Coleman
Price: $14.95
Paperback - Item #BT1001 - 81 Pages
Publisher: William Galvin
Pub. Date: August 2006

The real life stories of the wonderful, zany, colorful backstretch characters such as Sheepherder Bill, Chatahoochee Smith, Bill the Reverend and racing's famous swimming horse, Puss n Boots, come to life in racing's newly published and highly acclaimed Ballads of the Turf.

Author Bill Galvin's collection of his own poetry, and two stories by the late racing journalist Jim Coleman, make this title a unique, one-of-a-kind collection.

Praise for Ballads of the Turf and Other Doggerels

"Only a racing man, and only a racing man who knows the game and the backstretch as well as anyone alive could have written Ballads of the Turf. Happily, you don't need to be a racing man, or woman to enjoy them. They may be doggerels, but they are hugely entertaining. If by chance you are a racing person, they will brighten your horizons and make you understand once more why you love the game, If you're not, prepare to enter a delightful new world of the wild characters who occupy the racetrack backstretches of North America."
- Stan Bergstein, Executive Vice President, Harness Tracks of America, and regular columnist for Daily Racing Form