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05-24-2013, 02:22 PM
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Brooklyn H. (1904)
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05-24-2013, 02:49 PM
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I love it.
Read all about it! http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive...DD405B848CF1D3 “Starter Fitzgerald’s first effort to line his field up proved unavailing, as Hurstbourne, Toboggan, and Lord Badge proved troublesome, and the starter left his box, and, walking across the track before the horses, gave final orders and emphatic promise of punishment for any rider who disobeyed by attempting to beat the barrier…”
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05-24-2013, 03:10 PM
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That was awesome Old Dog! Thanks for that.
I loved the little sidebar on page 2 about the automobiles carrying the fashionable people.  This stuff is so cool!
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06-11-2013, 07:30 AM
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More 1904 Brooklyn H. courtesy of Colin's Ghost:
http://colinsghost.org/2013/06/the-b...dium=HTMLEmail with a link to the next day's New York Tribune. Great stuff, I think.
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