DEL MAR, Calif. – Pete Anderson, barrel-chested and bandy-legged, was an accomplished jockey of some repute who also was blessed with a useful arsenal of social skills. Because of this, stories he tells of high times and heady encounters with the likes of Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Betty Grable, and Rocky Marciano ring entertainingly true.
But then he went too far, when he dropped a very serious name.