This post features the November 7, 1891 issue of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. The featured story truly represents the popularity of the Standardbred and the sport of harness racing.
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“Having completed a brief historical sketch of horse history from the beginning, and many events connected therewith, we are now ready to consider the American Trotting Horse, as the culmination of what has been written. Thus far we have met with much pretentious nonsense, claiming to be history and written by men who never gave the subject…
Walter Barrett’s self-published book on the Readville Trotting Park presents a lesson that needs to be learned by both proponents and opponents to ensuring that harness racing will exist for future generations. As Richard Grant stated in his recollections of the Readville Trotting Park — “The track is gone, the barns and other buildings have long since…
Jimmy Jordan to the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame — to be inducted on July 5, 2015
Washington County “holds a rich and ever-changing agricultural heritage. The 1962 County Fair was held at Machias, Maine. I assume that it may have been located at Sylvan Park, The downloadable PDF is a scanned copy of the premium book for the 1962 fair. Following is a list of the people who served as volunteers to organize…
Don Daniels has graciously allowed the Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center to transfer the content from his Facebook posts to Lost Trotting Parks online museum. Don’s work spans a period of sixteen years. His archival work can be searched on his web site. His work is most valuable and greatly contributes to the preservation of the history…
The fairground of the old Oxford County Fair are now occupation by a public high school including their track and field facility. Many years have passed since horsemen with their Standardbreds graced the winner’s circle at this fair. Willis Whittemore spoke of growing up with the track in his backyard. It was his initiation into a sport…