The Lady is a Jock
May 23, 2019 10:23 AM   Subscribe

Mary Bacon took a bullet while pilfering fruit as a child. Mary Bacon dropped out of school in the sixth grade and was pregnant by age 16. Mary Bacon had a romantic relationship with Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke. Mary Bacon was kidnapped by a stalker. That same stalker later tried to shoot her with a gun. Not all of those sentences are complete horseshit.
posted by Chrysostom (5 comments total) 15 users marked this as a favorite
 
Wow, what a character.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:54 AM on May 23, 2019


This is a fascinating story.
posted by PussKillian at 12:09 PM on May 23, 2019


Incredible story - her chameleon-like nature leading her to associate with the KKK being pivotal to her downfall reminds me of “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
posted by porpoise at 2:07 PM on May 23, 2019 [1 favorite]


“The racetrack has never been a particularly progressive place. It’s all about merit, and most of the people involved are to the right of Genghis Khan. There’s a huge libertarian streak in the sport. If a jockey’s good, it doesn’t matter who they sleep with or what they have to say."

I knew some horse racing folks casually, and was always struck by their combination of bravado and fatalism, always with a roving eye toward risk. Thanks for sharing this, Chrysostom.
posted by MonkeyToes at 3:02 PM on May 23, 2019 [1 favorite]


Interesting to read this alongside the earlier post on womenSports which mentioned Bacon. That article said that the magazine got mail complaining about Bacon's see-through pants and red polka-dot underwear. Here we get Bacon's take on that issue and on Billie Jean King.
posted by CCBC at 3:33 PM on May 23, 2019 [3 favorites]


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