Miniature Harness Racing Finds Winter Home in Florida
At Holiday Downs Race Track near Lutz Florida retirees age 60 to 91 race miniature sulkies on a quarter mile track. Purses average 60 dollars per race with 7 dollar entry and one dollar spectator fee. Dean driver Scott Lansing 91 has raced here 12 winters and calls it “an old man's pleasure” while earning praise for the sport's simple, communal charm.
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Holiday Downs
Scott Lansing
Lansing
Beaufort
S.C
Dean A Lansing
Miss Valentine
Aiken County Today Highlights April 10 1978
Aiken Standard reports on events in Aiken County as of Monday April 10 1978 including local notices, civic updates, and community happenings. The page summarizes key actions, meetings and developments affecting residents.
Names and theater ties echo in Aiken visit
Sam Colt, guest of Whitney Tower in Aiken, recalls family links to Diana Barrymore and Maurice Barrymore. He mentions his mother Ethel Barrymore, a stint in Rochester theater, a few film roles, and his own retirement. Colt notes Lynden Place Bristol home and long affinity for acting circles.
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Sam Colt
Aiken
Whitney Tower
Diana Barrymore
Fermata Girls’ School
Tower
Aiken Prep
Diana
Crichton
Barrymore
Colt
Ethel Barrymore
Rochester N.Y
Civic Repertory Company
Judy Garland
Maurice Barrymore
Ethel
Jack
Lionel Barrymore
James Kotsilibas-Davis
Maurice
Louise Drew
John Drew Miglette
New York
Lynden Place
Bristol
R.I
California
Julia
Samuel Pomeroy Colt
The
United States Rubber Co
Jove Cottage
Lynne Katonak
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