43. Get your stars out
Terry Hill is a writer who has lived all over the world and has been a friend of mine since we met each other in the sixth grade in Birmingham, Michigan. His short story, “Cafes Are for Handicapping,” features an intriguing character named Joe Warner who likes to tell stories about horse racing.
Joe Warner tells the story of being in the press box at Belmont when Secretariat put away the Triple Crown by 31 lengths.
“And I looked beside me when he was coming down the stretch at all these hardened, cigar-chomping New York newspapermen and they all had tears running down their cheeks like little babies. ‘Course I couldn’t see too clear myself for the tears in my eyes. I was 23 at the time. And it was the first Triple Crown ...
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