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[SilkySullivan]

Great post Chack.
TGJB,  From Steve Christ the Red Smith quote is;  \"From New York City you drive north for about 175 miles, turn left on Union Avenue, and go back 100 years.\"  
The race course is a treasure and the town is very fine.
MYRA did a great job with new bar and food vendors (Bluesmoke and Shake Shack) next to paddock and path to the track. No better place to view horses and riders.  Need a clubhouse ticket;  there is no seating.
Heartily recommend Max Londons for dinner.

[moosepalm]

Papa Chach, that was one of the finest posts I\'ve read on this forum, and there are quite a few literate posters here.  Had it been targeted to a more general audience, as opposed to just this board, it would have been publishable quality.

The Spa is magic.  There is no other way I can put it.  A few years ago, a very good friend died suddenly, unable to realize his dreams of moving there for his retirement.  His name adorns a park bench in Congress Park, and his ashes were scattered throughout the town.  In life, and beyond, the town grabs hold of your heart and won\'t let go.

[Niall]

Entries for Sat just released ... Has anyone seen a better card??? Very nice post and appreciate being there just that much more ...

[magicnight]

More Red Smith (who would have loved Chach\'s post too ... he always said there were more stories at the racetrack than anywhere else). This is from the world of baseball, but it doesn\'t seem too far removed. For you young \'uns who may not grasp the significance of the date, this is the first paragraph of Smith\'s column the day after Bobby Thomson hit \"the shot heard \'round the world\":

\"Now it is done. Now the story ends. And there is no way to tell it. The art of fiction is dead. Reality has strangled invention. Only the utterly impossible, the inexpressibly fantastic, can ever be plausible again.\" - Red Smith, October 4, 1951

[covelj70]

Amazing story, thank you so much for sharing.

Good luck with the continued healing process.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

[Michael D.]

Niall Wrote:
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> Entries for Sat just released ... Has anyone seen
> a better card???


outstanding race card. you know they have to get a few bad races in there, and slots 3 and 4 is not a bad place to do it. love the 1 3/16 turf race, and it\'s a great sign that they filled the 9f dirt allowance with decent runners; not an easy feat these days. and the 2 stakes races are solid. indefensible that they stuck that awful ny bred maiden gelding fest in the 8 slot, but I won\'t complain (at least not again). I\'m just happy I don\'t have to look at eight 5.5 and 6 furlong races with a bunch of slow horses.

better than I was expecting, for sure.

[Silver Charm]

Who sang that song, \"They just don\'t write\'em like that anymore\"

They must have had Red Smith in mind.

[jbelfior]

Getting split today in the Lake George and the two Attfield fillies by a 57-1 no shot and driving home on the Thruway with a smile on my face knowing I just spent the day in Heaven.

Good Luck,
Joe B.

[P-Dub]

Silver Charm Wrote:
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> Who sang that song, \"They just don\'t write\'em like
> that anymore\"
>
> They must have had Red Smith in mind.


\"The Breakup Song\"  by The Greg Kihn Band. Song is about 30 years old and brings back fond memories. He is a local DJ for a San Jose rock station and still plays concerts around the Bay Area.


We had broken up for good just an hour before,
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.
And now I\'m staring at the bodies as they\'re dancing \'cross the floor.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.
And then the band slowed the tempo, and the music gets you down.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.
It was the same old song, with a melancholy sound.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.

They don\'t write \'em like that anymore.
They just don\'t write \'em like that anymore.

We\'d been living together for a million years,
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.
But now it feels so strange out of the atmospheres.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.
And then the jukebox plays a song I used to know.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.
And now I\'m staring at the bodies as they\'re dancing so slow.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.

They don\'t write \'em like that anymore.
They don\'t write \'em like that anymore.

Mmmm, now ?
I wind up staring at an empty glass
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.
Cause it\'s so easy to say that you\'ll forget your past.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.

They don\'t write \'em like that anymore.
No, they just don\'t write \'em like that anymore.
Oh, they don\'t write \'em like that anymore.
They just don\'t write \'em like that anymore.
They just don\'t, no they don\'t, no no, uh-uh,
They just don\'t write \'em like that anymore.
They just don\'t...(fades)

[TGJB]

Pdub-- the guy who produced their records (at least some of them) has been a TG user for 20 years, lives in your area. Used to be the on-camera guy at GG and BM.

[PapaChach]

I tip sometimes...probably because my dad worked up there as a teller years ago (he was a teacher at the time)...plus, well, I\'ll admit it, I\'ll take any chance I can get to show off my generous side to my girlfriend...I\'m thinking the bottled soda, at $4.25 a pop, might provide an even bigger ROI than the lemonade, and with the lemonade, there are ways (generally involving small flasks) of enhancing the value if one is so inclined...

[P-Dub]

Jamie Ough?? Just guessing, trying to remember who the heck was the on camera guy...

I would buy the little hand written TGs on track from Alan Egide way back when, and Jamie would often be in Alan\'s box using them too. I think JO used to do some on canera work for the tracks. I still can\'t believe that song is that old.....

[TGJB]

...and Jamie can\'t believe he\'s that old either.