Racetrack Higgins

Anthony "Racetrack" Higgins is a gambling, joke-cracking, Manhattan newsie, close friends to Kid Blink and Mush. He is a Manhattan Newsie under the rule of Jack Kelly.

Name

 * Anthony: English form of the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin.
 * Higgins: Higgins is an Irish family name with ancient royal connections. It is an anglicisation of O'hUigin, from the Irish word 'uiginn' meaning Viking.