Springs ?? what springs ??

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by 1st_Saturday_in_May

Hey, be happy your not in Western PA. I have to go to freakin Mountaineer once a year for good racing, taht being the WV Derby - a solid Grade III won by the likes of Real Dandy last year....atleast youve got the Secretariat, Million, Beverly D, Washington Park, etc. so I dont wanna hear any complainin from you

Western PA...fond memories for me.
About an hour north of Pittsburgh is a town called New Castle. A few miles north is New Wilmington. Now, we're talking "small town". Nearby is Volant.
Every weekend, the Amish would bring their trotters to the stretch of road that connects New Wilmington with Volant... buggy races.
Kind of like what happens when you give your teenage kid the family car for the afternoon.
Friends and I would watch them go from our vantage on a hill side, with binocs, and make side bets. I wonder if they still do it.
I guess racing is where you find it.
Once you find Saratoga, not much can compare.

[Damascus '67]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Western PA...fond memories for me.
About an hour north of Pittsburgh is a town called New Castle. A few miles north is New Wilmington. Now, we're talking "small town". Nearby is Volant.
Every weekend, the Amish would bring their trotters to the stretch of road that connects New Wilmington with Volant... buggy races.
Kind of like what happens when you give your teenage kid the family car for the afternoon.
Friends and I would watch them go from our vantage on a hill side, with binocs, and make side bets. I wonder if they still do it.
I guess racing is where you find it.
Once you find Saratoga, not much can compare.

Small world..My Aunt and Uncle are from New Wilmington. He used to be a professor at Westminster College.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by Damascus '67

Small world..My Aunt and Uncle are from New Wilmington. He used to be a professor at Westminster College.

Yup,
Small world indeed. Spent my freshman year at Westminster, then transfered.
Paul, I don't think the Amish bet. We sure did!

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Western PA...fond memories for me.
About an hour north of Pittsburgh is a town called New Castle. A few miles north is New Wilmington. Now, we're talking "small town". Nearby is Volant.
Every weekend, the Amish would bring their trotters to the stretch of road that connects New Wilmington with Volant... buggy races.
Kind of like what happens when you give your teenage kid the family car for the afternoon.
Friends and I would watch them go from our vantage on a hill side, with binocs, and make side bets. I wonder if they still do it.
I guess racing is where you find it.
Once you find Saratoga, not much can compare.

i did chuckle at that....

i don't think the amish are allowed to wager