tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post52659361894858342..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Boat RaceAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-51599539840523419582008-08-01T09:13:00.000-04:002008-08-01T09:13:00.000-04:00Alan, your "boat race" reference reminded me of an...Alan, your "boat race" reference reminded me of an old timer I worked with many years ago who said that in his younger days he had worked on the starting gate crew at Monmouth in the late '50's, early '60's and he referred to holding back horses in the starting gate as "boat races". Not sure how far his stories were stretched, and still don't quite get the "boat race" figure of speech for holding back horses at the break?<BR/><BR/> P S Nice shots of the Big Apple skyline from the river! These remind me of an old Monday Night Football telecast from the Meadowlands when the intro cut away to a live aerial shot of the Skyline from the Goodyear Blimp and Howard Cosell intoned in his inimitable delivery: "This is it... say what ya' will... it's the Big Apple." /S/Green Mtn PunterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-37427975905932047082008-08-01T06:16:00.000-04:002008-08-01T06:16:00.000-04:00The waterfall under the Brooklyn Bridge is the onl...The waterfall under the Brooklyn Bridge is the only one that comes close to looking like the artist's renderings. There's a good view of it from the "pocket park" near the pier, which serves some good food off the grill ... suddenly, I wish I were downstate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com