Holiday Edition Coffee Break

[Wilderness]

Break over. Back to the grind.

[Wilderness]

MystEr001 horse?
Governor Skipper and John Chapman
from Winter 1949 Hub Rail
http://www.mi-harness.net/hof/0c0.html#JChapman

MystEr002 location?
Saratoga Raceway Barn-C
from 1944 Hoof Beats

MystEr003 horse and driver?
Tar Heel (John Simpson)
from Winter 1949 Hub Rail
http://www.mi-harness.net/hof/0tuv0.html#TarHeel
http://www.mi-harness.net/publct/hb/tarheel.html

http://www.mi-harness.net/hof/0s0.html#SIMPSONSR
http://www.mi-harness.net/publct/jhnsmpsn.html

Excerpt from the Del Miller Book:
"One day when, Leta Long, was in foal at Tanglewood, she wandered into some dense brush. She was missing for several hours. I recall saying 'it's just like that old bitch to foal out in the bush some place.' When she finally reappeared she had this black foal by her side. We tried to catch them, and that little foal, not a day old, was matching the mare almost stride for stride. We should have known right then that, Tar Heel, as we named him, would go on to be a great horse, like his sire Billy Direct."

MystEr004 both horsemen?
Townsend Ackerman and Garland Garnsey
http://www.mi-harness.net/hof/0a0.html#TOWNSEND

This Winter 1979 Hub Rail stated that Townsend Ackerman and Garland Garnsey were very close friends. Garland Garsney passed that same holiday season without warning.
http://www.mi-harness.net/SBreds/Memor35.html#GaGARNESY

MystEr005 location?
Trenton, NJ., Stretch-Grandstand
from 1944 Hoof Beats

[mo doc n]

Thank you Wilderness,

It's nice to see the old photos of horses and horse people back in the day.
Not to mention all the equipment changes too.

[Just Saying]

As a kid I worked around alot of the Billy Direct/Tarheel line. They were contankerous bastards that could go fast, and I always like working with them because they won. I also had success with the Egyptian Dancer (Overtrick) line who were much the same. Raced some money makers by Prize Sarnel (No Nukes) that were "hot" but made money.

You can put up with alot from one who keeps on earning. Rats... not so much. Thanks Wilderness, I enjoy the nostalgia.

[Danville]

As a kid I worked around alot of the Billy Direct/Tarheel line. They were contankerous bastards that could go fast, and I always like working with them because they won. I also had success with the Egyptian Dancer (Overtrick) line who were much the same. Raced some money makers by Prize Sarnel (No Nukes) that were "hot" but made money.

You can put up with alot from one who keeps on earning. Rats... not so much. Thanks Wilderness, I enjoy the nostalgia.

While working at the site of what is now the Peachbottom 2 & 3 nuclear power plants I lived in York, PA for three great years. One of the highlights while there was the short drive to Hanover and the Hanover Shoe Farm. This was during the hey-days of sires such as Albatross and yes, Tar Heel. He (Tar Heel) had the "star paddock" in those days and while it was true that he was a cantankerous old bas##@d we were always amazed when we approached the paddock that he would ALWAYS walk over to greet our two girls, aged two and four years. Were I alone he'd charge the fence like he was coming through and get a big piece of me but seeing the kids, he was a different horse.
Spent many weekends at Hanover, at Gettysburg, at Carlisle, et.al. Enough history there to satisfy most anyone. Then there was the Harness tracks within easy reach. Laurel, Liberty Bell, Rosecroft.
It was a great place to live--------back then.

[Wilderness]

we were always amazed when we approached the paddock that he would ALWAYS walk over to greet our two girls, aged two and four years. Were I alone he'd charge the fence like he was coming through and get a big piece of me but seeing the kids, he was a different horse.

Danville,
              There are some references to Greyhound being a bit headstrong, even they he required a wire kicking strap.

 I've more than 200 pics of Greyhound and I'm not sure I've even seen a kicking strap, let alone a wire one.

 There's a nice photo of he around some little kids at Goshen in the Time-Life archives.
 There's also the story that Dottie Haughton was taken by her grandfather when small to visit Goshen and was allowed to sit on Greyhound.

 Recently I archived a picture from the Dec 1944 HB's and Indianapolis.
Text read:
Some   day when the whole history of Greyhound 1.551/4, the trotting champion, is gathered, Miss Barbara Jean Hollifield,  of Indianapolis, may be shown up thuswise with the phenomenal trotter, and certainly will lay claim to, being the youngest rider of the champ, if not the first. Assuredly, the young lady is aware of the distinction, as witness the proud pose, even with out a saddle. Any horseman who has had horses trucked in recent years, will recognize the gentleman in the photo as Reece Howe, the stalwart and popular Hoosier who has probably moved more trotters and pacers than any other person.
end of quote

The child is quite small, even smaller than a toddler. I'm guessing the little girl was Reece Howe's granddaughter.

So much for myths and horse attitudes

[mo doc n]

As a kid I worked around alot of the Billy Direct/Tarheel line. They were contankerous bastards that could go fast, and I always like working with them because they won. I also had success with the Egyptian Dancer (Overtrick) line who were much the same. Raced some money makers by Prize Sarnel (No Nukes) that were "hot" but made money.

You can put up with alot from one who keeps on earning. Rats... not so much. Thanks Wilderness, I enjoy the nostalgia.

JS ,

Speaking of the Prize Sarnel line ;
Do you remember Genes Prize , he was won of my favorite horses to wager on he would alaways be in over his head and manage to win at times, especially the times I bet on him

[Just Saying]

JS ,

Speaking of the Prize Sarnel line ;
Do you remember Genes Prize , he was won of my favorite horses to wager on he would alaways be in over his head and manage to win at times, especially the times I bet on him

We bought a Prize Sarnel filly out of a nasty beeyotch by Egyptian Dancer as a baby. She was a good racehorse for us, a our best producing broodmare. Still have her, though she's not sound enough to breed anymore. She's still got a home for life... she earned it. I remember Gene's Prize but don't remember who had him.

[Wilderness]

I remember Gene's Prize but don't remember who had him.

Listed as one of Dave Magee's stake win from  the 2006 USTA Handbook

[Just Saying]

D. Ray Hanna of Altamont,IL raced several Prize Sarnel's, might have been him.