fouroneone
09-23-2005, 11:00 AM
taken from http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/23/sports/othersports/23racing.html
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September 23, 2005
In One Ohio Town, a Fading Sport Is Still King, for a Day
By BILL FINLEY
DELAWARE, Ohio, Sept. 22 -The traffic on Route 23 started to back up early Thursday, with cars inching their way into the Delaware County Fairgrounds to witness this year's running of the Little Brown Jug. In the world of American sports, it was an amazing sight to behold, for here were tens of thousands of people gathering to see, of all things, a harness race.
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September 23, 2005
In One Ohio Town, a Fading Sport Is Still King, for a Day
By BILL FINLEY
DELAWARE, Ohio, Sept. 22 -The traffic on Route 23 started to back up early Thursday, with cars inching their way into the Delaware County Fairgrounds to witness this year's running of the Little Brown Jug. In the world of American sports, it was an amazing sight to behold, for here were tens of thousands of people gathering to see, of all things, a harness race.
(Sorry, had to delete the rest of the reprint....you can't reprint full articles without violating copyright laws....I am becoming more and more vigilant about this practice....just post a paragraph or two, and provide a link to the full article -- PA)