Hialeah Race Course

February, 1960

Where the sport of kings and pageantry share honors -- is the elegant hub of the same-name Florida city. During the racing season, from mid-January to early March, the track is a world of taut-muscled, fleet-striding champions and those who surround them: owners, trainers, jockeys, stablehands, outriders, touts and bettors. It is the illustrious world, past and present, of Whirlaway, Seabiscuit, Citation, Nashua, Assault, Stymie, Armed and Round Table -- pounding relentlessly toward the finish l...