I just finished reading a very good book, SEABISCUIT by Laura Hillenbrand. It combined two interests of mine: sports and the 1930s.

Seabiscuit become a celebrity in his own right and Ms. Hillenbrand does an excellent job of interweaving the lives and talents of the horse, and the owner, trainer and jockey. It also gives a good insight into the inner workings of race tracks and training and racing horses.

Public television on its AMERICAN EXPERIENCE program in April will be devoted to Seabiscuit and a movie is scheduled to be released in July 2003.

Horse racing whether harness or "flat" has a collectible group all its own. I have found that sports collectors group their interests around baseball and football and hockey and basketball while horse racing collectors are manly interested in that one topic. They seem to go beyond the big races. Kentucky Derby, Preakness, etc. to collect programs at different tracks, pictures, autographs and apparel. Unfortunately, I have not uncovered much material, but the subject still appeals to me.

This is not the only book Laura Hillenbrand has written on Seabiscuit, there is also Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Next month I will get into baseball with my annual predictions. I am glad that I do not bet on my picks.

Good picking,

Jared