tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post5243546271159339743..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Notes - Feb 12Alan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-89215138147199387752009-02-13T08:48:00.000-05:002009-02-13T08:48:00.000-05:00jk, thx again, the slideshow is fantastic.The Bron...jk, thx again, the slideshow is fantastic.<BR/><BR/>The Bronx Historical Society has terrific records of the origins of racing in NY at both Jerome and Morris Park as well as the expansion norht of NYC in general.<BR/><BR/>The Eastern Bronx was farm land with thriving thoroughbred breeding operations. <BR/><BR/>Many imported stallions were loaded off their ship very close to today's Throgs Neck Bridge, and marched up what is now E Tremont Avenue to the farms of the Belmonts and Morrises (now in part Pelham Bay Park).<BR/><BR/>The racehorses would get off trains near the deserted train station also on E Tremont near White Plains Road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-22564790473963064382009-02-13T08:22:00.000-05:002009-02-13T08:22:00.000-05:00jk thanks for the link, very interesting.jk thanks for the link, very interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-59214153861111804682009-02-12T21:27:00.000-05:002009-02-12T21:27:00.000-05:00Rumor has it that Track Net and the Nevada casinos...Rumor has it that Track Net and the Nevada casinos have finally come to an agreement. Hoping to have the simulcasting signals back tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-50498439871301839702009-02-12T18:14:00.000-05:002009-02-12T18:14:00.000-05:00An old racetrack bond comes due.http://tinyurl.com...An old racetrack bond comes due.<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/bpsuyl<BR/><BR/>An engraving of the opening race at Jerome Park on June 8, 1868. For 135 years, New York City has been dutifully paying 7 percent annual interest on bonds which financed construction of a road to the park, now a reservoir in The Bronx. On March 1, the owner of one of them is entitled to come forward and collect its face value: $1,000.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com