From Bicycle To Bentley
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From Bicycle To Bentley
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Author : Stephen Little
language : en
Publisher: White Owl
Release Date : 2023-11-23
From Bicycle To Bentley written by Stephen Little and has been published by White Owl this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Stephen takes the reader from his earliest school days when it became clear he was academically bright, especially in math, attending prep school, winning a scholarship to major public school Uppingham where he won math prizes and, aged 16, passed 3 S (scholarship) levels. By then he had decided to be a bookie. He attended an interview for Cambridge University only because it was on his bicycle route to Newmarket races! Unable to work in any gambling job until 18, he set about visiting racecourses by bicycle, staying in youth hotels (17½p per night), eventually cycling to all racecourses in the UK, including several now-defunct courses. At 18 he found employment with Beresford & Smith in London; aged 24 he got his first bookie’s license in 1971 and by the age of 40 in 1986 was betting big on the rails at major meetings such as the Grand National, Cheltenham, Derby, Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood, often laying bets to lose £100,000 or more - when money was worth nearly twice today’s value - one of the few bookies who happily stood "toe to toe and traded blow for blow" with big hitters like JP McManus, Barney Curley, Michael Tabor and Harry Findlay. In 1998 changes in pitch administration prompted early retirement, and he sold his pitches, worked for a few unsatisfactory years for Corals and then departed the big time - with a Bentley as well as a bicycle, a house in Georgian Bath and a satisfactory bank balance.
From Bicycle To Bentley
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Author : Stephen Little
language : en
Publisher: White Owl
Release Date : 2023-11-23
From Bicycle To Bentley written by Stephen Little and has been published by White Owl this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Stephen takes the reader from his earliest school days when it became clear he was academically bright, especially in math, attending prep school, winning a scholarship to major public school Uppingham where he won math prizes and, aged 16, passed 3 S (scholarship) levels. By then he had decided to be a bookie. He attended an interview for Cambridge University only because it was on his bicycle route to Newmarket races! Unable to work in any gambling job until 18, he set about visiting racecourses by bicycle, staying in youth hotels (17½p per night), eventually cycling to all racecourses in the UK, including several now-defunct courses. At 18 he found employment with Beresford & Smith in London; aged 24 he got his first bookie’s license in 1971 and by the age of 40 in 1986 was betting big on the rails at major meetings such as the Grand National, Cheltenham, Derby, Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood, often laying bets to lose £100,000 or more - when money was worth nearly twice today’s value - one of the few bookies who happily stood "toe to toe and traded blow for blow" with big hitters like JP McManus, Barney Curley, Michael Tabor and Harry Findlay. In 1998 changes in pitch administration prompted early retirement, and he sold his pitches, worked for a few unsatisfactory years for Corals and then departed the big time - with a Bentley as well as a bicycle, a house in Georgian Bath and a satisfactory bank balance.
From Bicycle To Bentley A Bookmaker S Story
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Author : Rupert Mackeson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-08-15
From Bicycle To Bentley A Bookmaker S Story written by Rupert Mackeson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-15 with categories.
Stephen takes the reader from his earliest school days when it became clear he was academically bright, especially in maths, attending prep school, winning a scholarship to major public school Uppingham where he won maths prizes and, aged 16, passed 3 S (scholarship) levels.
From Bicycles To Bentleys
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Author : Joseph Chou
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
From Bicycles To Bentleys written by Joseph Chou and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Chief executive officers categories.
From bicycles to Bentleys: a memoir of a self-made man is the story of Chinese-born Joseph Chou who left his homeland as a 29-year-old diplomat to create a new life for himself in Australia, only to find himself in a beat-up Sigma delivering pizzas for a lousy $7 an hour. But through hard work, solid business principals and a positive outlook, Joseph went on to own successful companies including his Australian dream of Ironfish, a property investment firm that is fast becoming one of Australia's most reputable and most successful. Readers will laugh at his anecdotes, be impressed with the simplicity of his business message, marvel at his dogged determination and be inspired to ensure they reach the goals they set.
From Bicycle To Superbike
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Author : Tony Hadland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-09-08
From Bicycle To Superbike written by Tony Hadland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-08 with categories.
Frankie Dettori S British Classic Winners
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Author : Rupert Collens
language : en
Publisher: White Owl
Release Date : 2023-12-20
Frankie Dettori S British Classic Winners written by Rupert Collens and has been published by White Owl this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Frankie Dettori is certainly one of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries’ truly great international jockeys. Italian by birth – he rode his first winner there – we have been lucky in England that he came to live in Newmarket aged fifteen and has ridden mainly here. A great and popular figure, quietly and privately he has done much for disabled people. In fact, he is a good example by any standards of a superb sportsman on and off the racecourse. Perhaps most famous for riding all seven winners at Ascot on 28 September 1996, his record in the English classics over 30 years gives a true indication of his ability and dedication. There is no doubt that England’s five classic races, the 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas which both run in late April/early May at Newmarket over a mile, the Oaks and Derby which run in early June at Epsom over a mile and a half, and the St Leger which runs nearly two miles in mid-September at Doncaster, are very, very important races on the international racing scene. Frankie Dettori's record in them is super – 23 wins. Since 1945, he and Lester Piggott are the only jockeys to ride at least two winners of each of the classics. To put Frankie’s record into perspective, Sir Gordon Richards, 26-time champion flat jockey between 1925 and 1953, rode only fourteen classic winners. This highly readable but erudite book devotes a double page spread to every winning ride, and there is a color section of photographs of him aboard his winning mounts by the famous racing journalist John Crofts. Dettori's first classic winner was in the 1994 Oaks at Epsom on Balanchine and his last in 2023, once again in the Oaks, on Soul Sister. This book is a superb record of greatness in the saddle over 30 years.
Wheel Man
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Author : R.K. Keating
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-10-01
Wheel Man written by R.K. Keating and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-01 with Transportation categories.
Robert M. Keating's story is America's story. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1862 to poor Irish immigrants, he was just 13 when his father died suddenly. A precocious boy with a knack for mechanics, Keating filed his first patent at 22, started his own bicycle company at 28, and at 32 was producing one of the most innovative bicycle lines in the world in a state-of-the-art factory. Along the way he flirted with baseball, briefly playing in the major leagues and patenting the game's rubberized home plate. In early 1901 Keating developed and marketed a ground-breaking motorcycle before either Indian or Harley-Davidson, and later successfully sued both companies for patent infringement. His company also manufactured automobiles beginning in 1898, producing both electric and gasoline powered vehicles. At the time of his death at 59, Keating held 49 patents--everything from bicycle and motorcycle designs to lunch-chairs to a modern flushing device for toilets. This book tells the story of Keating and his Keating Wheel Company, a Gilded Age story of unbridled inventiveness that encapsulates America's transformation into a society that would forever move on wheels.
Evolution Of The Bicycle
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Author : Neil S. Wood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Evolution Of The Bicycle written by Neil S. Wood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Bicycles categories.
Bentley
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Author : Richard C. Jebb
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
Bentley written by Richard C. Jebb and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with categories.
Planning For The Bicycle
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Author : Debbie Bentley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Planning For The Bicycle written by Debbie Bentley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Cycling categories.