The birth of American sports: Austin Curtis and the Founding Fathers
Racing on the frontier: Simon and General Andrew Jackson
An American life: Charles Stewart and Napoleon
The expansion era: From Jesse to Cato, the freedom rider
The shadows of the Civil War: "Chisel'em and the great slave sale
Free at last? The other Abe and the Civil War
The American spectacle: "The orange-clad boy" and the Kentucky Derby
The rise of a star: Ike Murphy, "proud of my calling"
The great black hopes: Willie Simms and the gay nineties
The fall of America's first stars: Jimmy Winkfield and the last of the great black jockeys.