Saratoga Raceway Opens 60 Night Harness Meeting
Saratoga Raceway launches its ninth season with a 60 night summer meet featuring a $410000 purse and projected 42000 spectators. New starting gate and system improve the race format while major drivers and horses return alongside five new challengers. The two week Grand Circuit follows July 19 to 22 with heavy entries expected.
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Saratoga Raceway
America
Raceway
Greae
Stader Ambrose Scully
Harness Racers Meet Changing Gaits at Saratoga Raceways
Saratoga’s prominent harness horses test new gaits this season as Bobbie Jane and The Ragged Stranger switch from trot to pace while Worthy Son abandons pace for the trot. Gloversville mare Bobbie Jane has never won faster than 2:33 1/5 as a trotter, trained by Eddie Morgan. The Ragged Stranger, a 6-year-old trotting star, trains as a pacer under Mayor G J McKee’s Concord ownership. Worthy Son, a fan favorite, aims for the trot after pacing 2:08 3/5 in 1948, with True Carr and Hodgen also shifting gears and pursuing stakes at the Spa. The article notes Hodgen’s unusual career path from pacing back to trotting, reflecting harness racing rules on eligibility and division classifications. Century-old pedigrees and track records are cited, including Calumet Evelyn’s dual pacing and trotting feats.
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Janinyel
Saratoga Raceway
Bobbie Jane
Ragged Stranger
Wiliam Casaards
Gloversville
Ye Ahe
Eddie Morgan
G. J. McKee
Concord
N. H
Aubrey Rodney
Hiia
Rainer
Eddie Cobb
Santa Anita
Calif
Haw
Ear Wod
Hodgen
California
Calumet
Raymertown Notes and Local Meetings Update
Lola Wing visits son Bart Wing in Fittstown for a few weeks. Corcas Circle meets Monday at Mrs Lawrence Ward’s home. Frank Breck at attends a birthday at Mrs Lala Hussey’s Troy home. Village school to close for summer June 3 with picnic on the school lawn for pupils and families. Women's Missionary Society holds a meeting at the Fatheran Parsonage with officers restated for the coming year. President Mrs Lester Campbell, Vice President Mrs Alta Ford, Secretary L Button, Irene Mire, Carland Campbell elected.
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oMre
Lola Wing
Bart Wing
Fittstown
Lawrence Ward
Frank Breck
Lala Hussey
Troy
Volomite 24 as Sire Dominates Standardbreds
The famed Volomite, Walnutt Hall Farm’s 24 year old sire, remains the leading influence in standardbreds. With progeny racing 2:05 or faster and many at 2:00 plus, his legacy includes Victory Song and Tara among trotters, Goose Bay and Progen Big Winner among pacers, and a high stud fee of 5009. His lineage traces to Peter Volo and Peter the Great, and bids fair for a successor as observers debate future champions.
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Volomites
Volomite
Volomita
Walnut Hall Farm
Donerail
Volemite
Victory Son
Vola Song
Poplar
Goose Bay
Sarstoga
Emma Signal
la Volamats
Atarta
Thomas D. Taggart
New York
Walter Cox
Bill Pence
Saratoga
Bill
Cox
Pence
Velomite
Berayee
William & Pear
Tara
Grey Ghost
Peter Volo
Andy
Peter
Vilage
Wall
Algiers
Nibble Hanover
Hanover Shoe Farms
Hoot Mor Darnley
Star's Pride Leads Hambletonian Prospect Circle
Star's Pride, a leading Hambletonian prospect, raced at Saratoga Raceway and won. The colt later posted a 2 962 5 mark in limited campaigning, with ownership including KE Roland Harriman of Arden and Lawrence B. Sheppard of Hanover, Pa.
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Goshen
Saratoga Raceway
Ears Sills
Port & Mark
Roland Harriman
Arden
Lawrence B. Sheppard
Hanover
Tombannock Women’s Society Meeting Scheduled
The Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church will meet Tuesday at 7 pm at the home of Mrs. Sterry Grogan.
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Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church
Stery Grogan
Training Notes At Spa Track Show Movers And Moves
Baldwin, a top Grand Circuit driver, resigns from Lava dere Mills Stable to take Two Gaits post. New colors are hairoon and white. Entries include aged trotters Hi Lo's Count Warwell Comat and two-year-olds Helmite Prince Colby. Bir Volo trains strongly. Troy Traveler clocked 2 08 2/5. Frank Church's Prince Cross and Bobbie Jana show good form with pace times improving.
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Raceway
del MacTavish
Aubrey Rodney
Ellis Gilmour
Frank Church
Harold Story
al Winger
Garland Garnsey
Hasty Fe
Jim Brewar
Acing
Mamecot
Memorial Dale
Dir Vir
Cyril Hannover
D . Abbe
Anett Reinsmen
Ike Joe O'Brien
Meddie
Ohio
Wilbur Ehien
Florida
Ralph Baldwin
Saratoga
Baldwin
Lavadere Mills
Spa
Hi Lo
Count
Warwell Comat
Helmite
Prince Colby
Con Casey
Bir Volo
Frank Churth
Cambridge
Bill Cassare
Bobbie Jana
Record of Half Mile Times by Gravhound Greenhound and Billy Direct
In Goshen 1937 Greenhound trotted 12584 on a half mile track at Historic Track. in 1933 Billy Direct paced the same time at Altamont. Both feats stood among standardbreds as two minute half mile performances of the era.
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Gravhound
Billy Direct
Greenhound
Goshen
Altamont
Sir Volo Returns to Saratoga for 60 Night Meet
The aged pacing stallion Sir Volo is back at Saratoga Raceway for the 60 night summer meeting. Owner Don Casey entered him in eight stakes as he faces top rivals like Bernard Hanover and Count Vinian while aiming to recapture past speed records.
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Sir Volo
Othe Rich
Saratoga Raceway
Don Casey
Sir Vole
Imark
Casey
Bernard Hanover
Count Vinian
Memorial Dale
Retan Winchell
Senator Pointer
Prince Cross
Sir Voto
Saratoga
Frields
Encnre
Record Field Sets Pace in Harness History
The article notes that only 66 drivers have run a trotter or pacer in two minutes or faster on a standard mile. Leaders Dr. H. M. Parshall and Sep Palin each clock 13 two minute miles, the most in harness racing history.
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Dr. H. M. Parshall
Sep Palin
Five Titan Hanover Foals Enter Two-Year-Old Stakes
Titan Hanover’s first crop foals Titan Hanover Ty rone Hanover Dinsmore Hanover Calvert Hanover and Hanover’s GIt Ja a tly are entered in two year old stakes at Bara toga Faceway’s Grand Circuit meet July 10 22. Owned by Arden Homestead Stante Titan carried a string of victories as a two and three year old in 1944 and 45 and set a world hall mile track record at Saratoga. Titan retired to stud.
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Titan
Hanover
Baratoga Faceway
Titania
Tyrone Hanover
Dinsmore Hanover
Calvert Hanover
Cotta
Ja Atly
Arden Horneettead Stante
Saratoga
Spa
Breeding Gah Son Stands At Hanorat Shoe Farms
Near the close of the breeding Gah son in 1647, the animal stands at Hanorat Shoe Farms in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
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Gahson
Hanover
Bangaway Sets Harness Money Record in Single Year
Trotter Bangaway, a Toledo Ohio horse, ranks 3874498 in the 16 campaign to become the top money earner in a year. The three year old won Grand Circuit engagements at Saratoga Raceway and races including the $ five thousand Chatham and the ten thousand Arden in mid day.
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Trotter
Bangaway
Toledo
Ohio
Saratoga Flaceway
Arden
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