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The
official opening of a new exhibit
took place in The Currier & Ives Gallery on Hall of Fame Day, Sunday,
July 1. The presentation is dedicated to the drivers and trainers who make
every race possible but through circumstance, choice, design or fate, do
not rise to stardom.
You will not meet
these memorable people in the Hall of Fame or find them in the Hall of the
Immortals; however, their stories are important, to them, to their
families and to those who
follow the sport of harness racing.
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This is a wonderful opportunity to discover the joys and the heartaches
of the exciting, historic sport of harness racing. Journey with us and
learn why these wonderful human beings had such A
DRIVE TO WIN.
Huge portraits, many
provided by The United States Trotting Association and the sport’s
weekly magazine Horseman
And Fair World, introduce
the subjects of the exhibit. Nominated by racing fans, they are Angus
Allen, Richard Baker, Hugh Allison Bell, Edwin Bither, Harry Burright,
Vernon Crank, Harold R. Dancer, Norman Dauplaise, Alfred “Bucky” Day,
Bea Farber, George Forshey, Hilda Heydt, Maxie Lee, Joe Lighthill, Howard
Parker, George Phalen, Jimmy and Robbie Rankin, Ervin Samples, Forrest
Short, Phyllis Smith Page, Harold Snodgrass, Colby Turner, Sacher Werner,
John “Tic” Wilcutts, Lew Williams, and Mildred Williams. Their
poignant, gut-wrenching stories set against a backdrop of driving colors
and other career mementos provide an illuminating glimpse into this Great
American Pastime.
The exhibit has been
planned since 2004 and is made possible by the confidence of The
New York State Council on the Arts, Doug and Ada Jean Ackerman, Luc
Ouellette, Wally Hennessey, Bill Varney, and the friends of John Manzi and
Tom Thomson, as well as the members of the museum.
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Photography by Natasha
Tomlins- Harness Racing Museum
Family of Lew Williams
(Left to Right)
Nicole Kellerhouse, LaVonda Williams, Lewis
Williams, Chelsea Kellerhouse
& Museum President, Elbridge T. Gerry, Jr. at opening of Drive to Win
Exhibit
Hall of Fame Day 2007
Photography by Insite
Photography, Reading, PA
Roger Huston & the Lew Williams' Family
Photography by Insite
Photography, Reading, PA
Norman Dauplaise Family at the Drive to Win opening
Photography by Insite
Photography, Reading, PA
John and Lois Dancer Simpson at the Drive to Win opening |
