Bill Hartack
October, 1964
In the steam rooms at Pimlico, Hialeah, Aqueduct and Arlington Park, where each afternoon the jockeys sit and read soggy issues of the Daily Racing Form while waging their endless wars against weight, Bill Hartack is regarded as the best in the biz. No one in a single season has had mounts who won as much money as his ($3,000,000 in 1957), nor so many big stakes (43). In his career he has captured more than 3300 races, third highest total in U.S. history. A 31-year-old bachelor, rebellious littl...
