CATCH THE WAVE!

JUNE 5th

Steamin Demon (foaled in 1953) was by Demon Hanover, a foal of 1945.

What was Demon Hanover known for?

ALL OF THEM

1) He won the Hambletonian in 1948

AIRED

2) He was syndicated for a record $500,000
(by a syndicate led by John Gaines)

3) He was a family pet who was owned, trained, & driven by amateur Harrison Hoyt and his wife of  Bethel CT.  Hoyt had only been driving for four years.

MAY 30th

  WHO WAS THE YOUNGEST DRIVER EVER TO WIN A HEAT OF THE LITTLE BROWN JUG?

WHILE PETER HAUGHTON IN 1974 @ 20 WAS THE YOUNGEST DRIVER TO DRIVE IN THE JUG AND CHRIS PAGE WON THE JUG IN 2022 AT AGE 38, IT WAS 21-YEAR-OLD TYLER SMITH WHO WON A HEAT WITH  LET'S DRINK ON IT IN 2014

MAY 23rd

  WHAT YEAR DID THE MEADOWS OPEN?

(HOME OF THE DELVIN MILLER ADIOS)

1) 1958

2) 1963

3) 1968

The Meadows opened on June 28th, 1963

The Adios was first contested in 1967

MAY 16TH

 JOHN R. GENTRY'S PRICE OF $19,900 IN 1896 WOULD BE EQUAL TO $900,000 TODAY

MAY 9th

 Máthair Mháthairí

is an Irish term of endearment that means

 "Mother of Mothers"

MAY 2nd

Randall Park ceased to exist in 1969 and it was torn down for Randall Park Mall, the “World’s Largest Mall,” built in 1976. It was a short-lived attraction as it too was abandoned in the early 2000’s. The site is now home to an Amazon fulfillment center less than two miles north of Bedford, Ohio's center.

APRIL 25TH 

WHICH FAMOUS MOVIE ACTRESS WAS CO-STAR BUDDY ROGERS MARRIED TO:

A) GINGER ROGERS

B) GLORIA SWANSON

C) MARY PICKFORD 

APRIL 18TH 

WHAT CIVIL WAR GENERAL IS FROM OHIO?

A) ULYSSES S. GRANT

(Point Pleasant)

B) WILLIAM TUCUMSAH SHERMAN

(Lancaster)

C) GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER

(New Rumley)

THEY ALL ARE

APRIL 11TH 

WHAT WAS THE #1 MOVIE OF 1957?

A) BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

B) OLD YELLER

C) GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL

APRIL 4TH 

Raceway Park in Toledo, Ohio 

(home of Chuck Sylvester)

opened in 1950...

what year did they first begin Harness Racing?

A) 1950 TRACK OPENED

B) 1962 THOROUGHBRED & HARNESS

C) 1972 SOLELY HARNESS

MARCH 28TH

MARCH 14th

 NERO COST $20,000

MOST HAPPY FELLA WAS $12,500

HANDLE WITH CARE... $12,000

If only we knew...

 Phoebe Anne Moses (Annie Oakley) - 1860-1926 - was born in Darke County Ohio and in her later years would winter in Pinehurst, NC from 1915 - 1922