Panel 17 of the Hyde Park Post Office Mural. From "Murals in the Hyde Park, New York Post Office": The Union Corners Race Track-- James Roosevelt in his breaking cart talks to a friend-- Daniel Wigg in blue coat trots by watched from the other side...
James S. (Budd) Murray in Horse Racing attire. Photograph believed taken at the Delafield Brook Farm race, November 7, 1914. Budd was superintendent of Brook Farm.
Photograph of the Hambletonian Monument located on Hambletonian Ave., at intersection with Oakland Avenue.
“Hambletonian, "The Father of Harness Racers" owned by entrepreneur Wm Rysdyck. Rysdyck's horses "Long Island Black Hawk" and "New York...
Photo postcard:
2:12 Class Trotting
"Al Mack" (Brook Farm, Chester) breaking the World "Half Mile" Three H&A Trotting record Time 2:08 3/4, 2:09 1/2, 2:10 1/2
"Historic Track, August 15, 1916
Goshen, N. Y.
Horse farms; Horse racing; Horses; Race horses; Sport clothes; Sports;
Photo postcard of Trotter, Shawbay, with driver in racing colors proclaiming run of 2:07 1/4! A year later Shawbay would improve that time by two seconds! Shawbay was got by Silent Brook, 2 :16 1/2; Dam Mary Mapes (dam of five, including May...
Races (sulkies) were held at the track until the 1950's. For many years, the track was also the site of the Cairo Fair, sponsored by the Greene County Agricultural Society. The fair ran until 1936. The grandstand and judges' stand were torn down in...
Horse and driver pose with their buggy on North Broadway, Upper Nyack. Before automobiles, the roadway was often used as a racetrack. The driver is said to be a Mr. Smith.
John Lodico, Sr. talks about growing up in Upper Nyack near the river in the Van Houten's Landing neighborhood near the river. He focuses on the Italian American immigrant culture there, particularly as epitomized by his father, his time at Nyack...
Spectators are watching a trotting race at the Orangeburg Fairgrounds. Some of the men and women are standing along the fence and many more are sitting in wagons. On the back is a message to Mr. John H. Post of 19 Bridge St., Nyack from his son, C....
This 1920 photo shows the barns and sheds of the Orangeburg complex that for many years housed the annual fair of the Rockland County Agricultural Society. The fair grounds also boasted a track, here devoted to trotting. The grounds were near Kings...
Two sulkies round the bend at the New City Fairgrounds. Hundreds of spectators line both sides of the track. Tents in the background hold displays.The Rockland County Fair was held from August 21-24 in 1911. The annual event began in 1880 and...
