As chief executive of Triangle Publications, which he inherited as a debt-ridden corporation at his father's death in 1942, he made it into one of the communication world's great powers, with newspapers, radio and television stations, national magazines and racing sheets.
So the ball bearing became the nearly invincible horse Repulsion, "King of the Turf," whose legendary speed and stamina are celebrated in Kerouac's racing sheets.
A byline that frequently appears in the racing sheets and the baseball newsletters is "Jack Lewis," an Anglicization of Kerouac's French first name, Jean-Louis.
The pigeon coop -- donated by the Bronx Homing Pigeons Club -- with racing clock, record sheets and photographs of people launching pigeons over their own rooftops, made me want to run up there to see these hobbyists and their birds in the flesh.
Inside, crews added racing seat belts and mocked up a fake competition dashboard using sheet metal, plus a fake gauge panel that drew energy from the cigarette lighter.
From the perspective of the racing industry's balance sheet, it is worse.
Say what do you play in the double - horses' names, or numbers?" "Numbers," said the passenger with the "Racing Form," the scratch sheet, and Jack's Little Green Card.
By G. F. T. Ryall The New Yorker, August 25 , 1951P. 52 A horse player carrying a "Racing Form," a scratch sheet, and Jack's Little Green Card, boarded a bus for Saratoga at Albany, and asked the driver.
This pushes down prices and increases the chances of the banks suffering losses elsewhere.Banks are now finding that these risks are coming racing back onto their balance-sheets.
But Evernham knew more about Elliott than what showed up on the race results sheet: Elliott was still passionate about racing, and his lack of success had a lot to do with the fact that he did not have the money to buy the best equipment.
