“You can beat a race, but you can’t beat the races”

Entry in progress—B.P.
 
Google Books
Oh, Doctor!
A Novel
By Harry Leon Wilson
New York, NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
1923
Pg. 123:
“You can beat a race,” she said, “but you can’t beat the races.”
 
Google Books
The Dream Team
By Joe McGinniss
New York, NY: Random House
1972
Pg. 156:
From the day I reached the age of reason, all I’ve heard is how you can’t beat the horses. You can beat a race but you can’t beat the races. I think it was printed in my first-grade catechism.
 
“Well, goddamn it, you can beat the races!”
   
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@702Raycing “Can beat a race but can’t beat the races” SA increases takeout to make it even harder. They’re not stupid.
2:31 PM - 29 Jun 2015