Word: hambletonian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three, four . . . thirteen, fourteen, Go!" Up went the barrier and off went nine of America's fastest three-year-old trotters-with a rataplan dear to U. S. horse lovers. It was the Hambletonian, richest and most famed of the 25,000 harness races held in the U. S. every summer. In the stands, drawn from far & near to New York's drowsy little village of Goshen, 30,000 fans craned their necks for a glimpse of the start...
...trained and driven by foxy, old Fred Egan, was no great shakes as a two-year-old. But this year, thanks to careful nursing of his weak hocks. Baby (as he is known around the barns) outstepped his rivals in three of the four major tune-ups for the Hambletonian: Indianapolis' Stallion Stake, Toledo's Matron Stake and Narragansett's National Stake. At Goshen last week Fred Egan's Baby did not let his followers down. He made a runaway of the first heat, crossed the finish line (half a length in front of Remus...
...front fast and stayed there-Driver Egan looking as unruffled as though he were out for a morning brush. But when they reached the wire (in 2:03), 60-year-old Fred Egan let out a moppet's yell. After trying twelve times, he had won his first Hambletonian...