william gilmour rip

[dinque]

buddy gilmour passed away today...i know some of us here have a new york harness background....most famous for driving on the road again...

[Hanover1]

buddy gilmour passed away today...i know some of us here have a new york harness background....most famous for driving on the road again...

Chairmanoftheboard?

[Overlay]

He was a fixture at Roosevelt and Yonkers when I played there in the '70's. Sorry to hear the news.

[sonnyp]

one of the nicest, most congenial gentleman one could ever want to meet.

there's a 3 part roosevelt reunion piece on you tube. he didn't look well at all.

sorry to hear he's gone.

[pandy]

I only met him briefly a few times but everybody seemed to like him and he was a heck of a driver. He had a great smile, made him look like someone who knew how to enjoy life.

[sonnyp]

"buddy" gilmour interviewed 2:19 on :


http://youtu.be/A2domlnUh_I

[toetoe]

Saint Buddy was taunting other drivers during the the race and past the wire. That's my definition of class. :rolleyes: I know --- it was 28 years ago. Let it go, Toe.

[sonnyp]

Saint Buddy was taunting other drivers during the the race and past the wire. That's my definition of class. :rolleyes: I know --- it was 28 years ago. Let it go, Toe.


2toe,

buddy and his brother lloyd were 2 of the most liked guys on the backstretch (and at the bar).

never heard a whisper of taunting. what happened ?

[Shemp Howard]

I'll never forget that Sept 18, 1975 exacta on which two strangers collected $28,000. The exacta paid $32.70 for $3. Gilmour won the race with 5-1 shot, Conroy Duke, Ken McNutt came second with 7-5 favorite, Doctor Northrup, and Ben Webster was accused of blocking the rest of the field.

Afterwards, Buddy failed a lie detector test, and then gave the excuse that he flunked the test because he was *drunk.*

That said, I never saw a better driver on a half-mile track with the money down and I've seen them all for 45 years.