Reviews for The New Treasury of Great Racing Stories

The average rating for The New Treasury of Great Racing Stories based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-07-20 00:00:00 Lee Kaplan This is Birthday Book #3. Well, I made it through about half of these stories but in the end I gave up. Which is not to say I might not come back and finish the collection at a later date. I did find myself amused to short bursts of laughter in several of the stories, but the writing seemed stilted and dated to me. There were a few jump race stories (a sport I don't follow), there were a couple of stories (both British and American) where the writer used dialect that was almost impossible for me to understand, and one story was probably twice as long as it needed to be, meandering around with pointless tangents that almost lost me.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-02-02 00:00:00 Louie Garza Great collection of dog stories by many distinguished authors including some personal favorites: Steinbeck, Ford, Roosevelt. This collection runs the gamut. There are hunting stories, stories about dogs in the armed services, funny stories, and sad ones too. The book closes with a story that always hits home, the inimitable The Road to Tinkhamtown by Corey Ford; quite possibly the best dog story I've read. That the story features a dear departed Setter makes it especially bittersweet. A couple stories that stood out = Buffalo Hunt ~ J.A. Hunter, Random Thoughts on Dogs ~ Steinbeck, Your Boy and His Dog ~ Robert Benchley, With the Cougar Hounds ~ Theodore Roosevelt, Parapups ~ Corey Ford. A wonderful collection for any dog lover.