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
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…
The attached article, The Secrets of Sunnyside Farm, was written early in my development of the Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center. It focuses on the life of C.H. Nelson and his farmed called Sunnyside. At the end of his life in 1915, Nelson was taken to the National Soldiers’ Home in Togus. His wife, Emma, had suffered…
In early 2012 I decided that I would create a 19th century styled periodical that would be distributed over the Internet as a PDF document. This post allows readers to take a look at the first issue. My intention is to find sponsors who would providing fund that would result in a 20 page issue that would…
In the late 19th century until his death in 1909, Nelson 4209 was perhaps Maine’s most famous and beloved horse. This was always true of the horse, but not its owner. This attached PDF document tells the story of once a famous horseman, Charles Horace Nelson. Click this link to view the story of C.H. Nelson &…
Lost Trotting Parks presents the March-April 2013 Issues of S. Dexter’s Maine Spirit of the Turf. This 62 page PDF document features Single G, the horse that time forgot. Click here to view the March-April Issue of the Maine Spirit
In 2012 The Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center published its June Issue of S.Dexter’s Maine Spirit of the Turf. This issue celebrated the LifeWork of Jean Emerson, publisher and editor of the Northeast Harness News. Jean with her husband Chet competed with their Standardbreds at race tracks throughout the State of Maine. The link below will take…
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