Derby Reportage part 1

• Hunter S. Thompson outs himself in the article

• is this kinda like breaking the forth wall? 
• the reporter usually doesn't put him self as a character in the article nd he's explaining his own experience 

• he's very straight up with everything, just says what he thinks, a lot of vulgarity, yet it makes it a little funny
• he's going to a horse derby to write about the horses, but he realizes that what people are more interested I are the people around them nd their bets
• there's going to be a riot at the derby? I'm not sure if he's making this up or not
• Diane Crump was the first woman to ride in the derby 
• he says he a writer for the playboy magazine, has a a lot of tags on his bag to show off or make it seem like he travels a lot nd even has a playboy tag that he bought 
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