And, they’re off!
A week from yesterday, there will be a horse race in Louisville. A week from today, late Sunday afternoon, May 2, tens of thousands of race fans will be regaining consciousness right about now.
Either way, thank Irvin S. Cobb.
Cobb was one of the earliest in a long line of great Kentucky authors. OK, maybe not in the same league as Robert Penn Warren, Wendell Berry or Barbara Kingsolver.
But pretty darned good. Good enough to make it all the way from Paducah, Ky., to the Saturday Evening Post, Hollywood and beyond. (more…)
