They're Off and Running: From Jockey to Starter

By Cathleen Mills-Whitlatch

Horse racing. From 1929, starting out as a 14 year old jockey, Bill Mills relates interesting stories from his life around horses, the race track and becoming the starter at the famous Santa Anita race track in Arcadia, California. Here about the highs and the lows of traveling the country, going from city to city and working different horse race meetings. Each race track has its own personality and its own different working crew. I find older peoples stories are so interesting and usually uplifting. I find these stories to be so. "When I was a kid in school, I was always so small and I think the reason I was small was because none of us kids ever had enough to eat. So some people said I should be a jockey because I was little. I only weighed about 90 lbs. They told me about a couple of guys from Idaho that had become famous jockeys and so forth. I was about 14. A fellow came to town When I was a kid in school, I was always so small and I think the reason I was small was because none of us kids ever had enough to eat. So some people said I should be a jockey because I was little. I only weighed about 90 lbs. They told me about a couple of guys from Idaho that had become famous jockeys and so forth. I was about 14. A fellow came to town....." Read the book to find out about more adventures!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1973230887
• ISBN13: 9781973230885
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 31 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"