tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post116649754254306374..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Yonkers Revisited for the First TimeAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1166789141323811682006-12-22T07:05:00.000-05:002006-12-22T07:05:00.000-05:00>>Wonder what happened to the caddy?Probably got a...>>Wonder what happened to the caddy?<BR/><BR/>Probably got auctioned off on Ebay.<BR/><BR/>The simulcast room is nice, but I can't imagine it holds much more than 125 people or so.Alan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1166740335810188842006-12-21T17:32:00.000-05:002006-12-21T17:32:00.000-05:00Wonder what happened to the caddy?Thanks for posti...Wonder what happened to the caddy?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting this, was not sure there was even a simulcast room.<BR/><BR/>I sent two emails to the contact to try and arrange for a group outing in honor of a deceasded friend who loved Yonkers, wanted to sponsor a race and everything, 30 or 40 people for dinner etc, and no one returned my email. <BR/><BR/>So sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1166591333710075812006-12-20T00:08:00.000-05:002006-12-20T00:08:00.000-05:00Great photo essay. I have a lot of memories from ...Great photo essay. I have a lot of memories from going to Yonkers as a kid with my grandparents when they babysat my brother & I over weekends, and we'd make the trek up to there on a Saturday night. (Roy Rogers first though, so Gramps could get his roast beef sandwich; I kid you not.) I can't say I have any memories of the place being remotely luxurious, but it was always fine, especially after you left the first floor. (Wasn't there a "swanky" parlor on the 2nd floor with couches, etc., if you paid a couple of bucks to enter?) And there was always that old Caddy parked near the entrance. The photos just brought back a ton of memories, and remind me of one path of how I got into loving racing---thanks a million.El Angelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145024095815950963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1166559864128568192006-12-19T15:24:00.000-05:002006-12-19T15:24:00.000-05:00Good morning from San Francisco! You are right! Ho...Good morning from San Francisco! You are right! Horseplayers come last because they want us to disappear and refind ourselves in front of a machine. Belmont is pre-mere! But for how long. Barry Changky SCHECH-ter<BR/>changkyscheck@yahoo.com turned on to you by Brad Toteboard Edwards. is that a monicher or what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1166546787350100912006-12-19T11:46:00.000-05:002006-12-19T11:46:00.000-05:00Well, Alan, if I had been in the holiday spirit, y...Well, Alan, if I had been in the holiday spirit, your piece on Yonkers would have knocked it right out of me. How sad. I remember Yonkers before the Meadowlands opened and it was an exciting place to be. Packed grandstands, the best harness racing, good entertainment. What I hope we are not seeing in your pictures is the future of the Big A. <BR/><BR/>But I fear if the slots take center stage, that's precisely what will happen. When the second name on the Excelsior web-site is Richard Fields, casino developer, that really scares me. <BR/><BR/>I guess I can get past the alleged Senator Joe's involvenment with a now minor player at Empire Racing because I believe the horsemen are in charge there and my sincere hope is that they wouldn't let Aqueduct or Belmont become Yonkerized.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com