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 Post subject: The "good old days"
PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 11:43 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: The "good old days"
PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 12:22 am 
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I too remember well the "old racing" days.

The NY Post came out in lower Manhattan in late-afternoon and even the Wall Streeters bought a copy to see the first three results of the races at Aqueduct or Belmont. Betting on a photo with the railrats? I've seen that action up close when I was young.

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