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A BIG WEEKEND AT THE BIG M
"I've seen a lot of World Records set in weather like this." - Stanley F. Dancer
Bob Pye
1947 - 2023
FRIDAY
CASEY LEONARD RALLIES SIX AT SPRINGFELD
BRAXTEN BOYD BRINGS IN SDIX AT TIOGA
CHRIS PAGE POWERS IN FIVE AT SCIOTO
SPRINGFIELD CANCELS RACE #16
AND ALL OF SATURDAY'S CARD
When I pick a good winner it always restores my Faith in my fellow man
JUNE 26th
Adios was foaled in 1940 in Indiana. He passed in 1965 at Meadow Lands Farm in Pennsylvania at the age of 25
Rodney was foaled in Pennsylvania in 1944 at Hanover Shoe Farms. He died in 1963 at the young age of just 19.
Our old homeboy Gene Abbe was born in 1944. He left us in 1978 at the ripe old age of 34 at Blue Chip Farm in NY.
JUNE 18th
What was the famous quote attributed to "Old Put" as the vastly superior British troops approached?
It was in the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 that he instructed Capt. Wm Prescott to tell the men:
Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes!
JUNE 11th
What Hall of Fame, World Champion mare got her start at Paulding?
While all these Ohio mares were Champions it was
1) Mary Mel
2) Killbuck Mary
3) Eternal Camnation
who was trained by Jeff Miller here in Paulding County
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
MARCH 07th INK
NERO COST $20,000
MOST HAPPY FELLA WAS $12,500
HANDLE WITH CARE... $12,000
If only we knew...
FEBRUARY 27th INK
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
thom pye... the harness guy
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