Here's a hotel that was owned in part by such legends as Frank Sinatra,Dean Martin,Sammy Davis,Jr...Peter Lawford....and the rest of the Rat Pack.....Well, here's the story of the last time I was there...with my buddy Will Garb,winner of the $200k World Series of Harness Handicapping @ Northfield...1989.......We entered Mike Lavines "World Cup of thouroughbred Handicapping at the Sands 1995......3 day affair with around 150 entrants....I was hanging around 15th position after 2 Days..but way out of first...I hit a horse at Fairgrounds the last day that went off at 30-1..or so I thought ...When the numbers went up the muthf..r paid $85.60 to Win and yours truly in in 2nd place barely behind the point leader that had to leave the nite before!!!.........I thought I needed more points to win it but the next few contest horses I bet go dead..One last bullet and Will Garb tells me I am cold as ice and tells me to play a 10 yr old grey horse @ 5-1 odds to win the whole freagin enchilada.....I place the contest money $200WPS on this old timer and he gets on the front end in a mile affair ....I'm dying and up to the stretch the SOB has 1 length lead and now it looks like the charge of the light brigade..Boy, was I fucked!.....I'm thinking I win 5ok if this horse wins and there's a horse on the inside and outside and this 10 yr old guys' age is startin to show...Its a tight photo at the wire and I fall off my table ..knock maybe 5 or 6 drinks on some poor bastard and I am lying on the ground asking Willy Garb if the grey ghost held on with 3 noses on the wire..3 minute photo they put the plugs # up and the next AM Mike Lavine is handing me a 77k check for the last contest at the Sands before they blew the place up....We partied the next few days....Fond Memories..
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