Non-Horseshit Horse Advice (1967)
Story (1967)
Excerpt
Non-Horseshit Horse Advice
so, the Hollywood Park meet has begun, and naturally I have been out a couple of times, and the scene is not very variable: the horses look the same and the people a little worse, the horseplayer is a combination of extreme conceit, madness and greed. one of Freud's main pupils (I don't recall his name right now, only remember reading the book) said that gambling is a substitute for masturbation. of course, the problem with any direct statement is that it can easily become an untruth, a part truth, a lie or a wilted gardenia...
Appears in Books
- The Most Beautiful Woman in Town and Other Stories - 1983, pg. 99
- Erections, Ejaculations and General Tales of Ordinary Madness - 1972, pg. 99