FALL/WINTER 2015 2015-2016 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT Lawrence S. DeVan

VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER Max J. Hempt

VICE PRESIDENT Stephen E. Oldford

SECRETARY Dorothy B. Haughton

TRUSTEES Frank Antonacci Dr. J. Glen Brown Malvern Burroughs Elizabeth D. Caldwell Thomas A. Charters Jay E. Farrar Elbridge T. Gerry, Jr. Theodore Gewertz Ellen Harvey Patricia M. Hogan, VMD Roger E. Huston Steve Jones Charles E. Keller III F. Phillip Langley David H. McDuffee David P. Reid Timothy J. Rooney, Jr. Seth Rosenfeld James W. Simpson Jimmy W. Takter Russell C. Williams

TRUSTEES EMERITI Anthony Abbatiello P. J. Baugh Peter G. Gerry Alice Johnston Michael G. Kimelman Joseph T. Mendelson William G. Mulligan Edward B. Rudner Adelaide Skoglund Joseph M. Thomson Robert A. Tucker

DIRECTOR Janet T. Terhune

STAFF Kate Forry Missy Gillespie Rebecca Howard John Mayo Judi McMahon Ann-Marie Murphy Robert Partington Kristin Roberts Gigi Ryan Betty Anne Sosinski Natalie Strassner Chris Tully Paul Wilder Joanne Young

The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame • 240 Main St., Goshen, NY 10924 www.harnessmuseum.com • (Phone) 845-294-6330 (Fax) 845-294-3463

The Museum welcomed over 1,700 visitors during Hall of Fame Weekend in Goshen. On Hall of Fame Day, neighboring Historic Track once again hosted the $10,000 Mr. & Mrs.

Elbridge T. Gerry Sr. Hall of Fame Invitational Trot. Ron Waples drove Gary Messenger-trained I’m Fabulous to victory in 2:00.

Trustees Roger Huston and five-time Museum Amateur Driving

Champion Steve Oldford.

Communicators Hall of Fame inductee Kathy Parker with

fellow Communicators Moira Fanning and Roger Huston.

HALL OF FAME DAY — JULY 5, 2015

Tom Charters presents Immortal induction plaque to Jimmy Jordan, Jr.

with plaque honoring Jordan, Sr.

Veteran Hall of Fame Communicator Murray Brown and new inductee

Bob Marks.

President Larry DeVan presents the Museum’s HOY award to Nancy Johansson, trainer of

JK She’salady.

Tom Charters presents Immortal induction plaque to Al (l) and

Bruno Saccomani for Garland Lobell.

Left: Living Hall of Fame inductee Joe Thomson and presenter Jim Simpson. Center: Ellen Harvey and Living Horse Hall of Fame inductee Somebeachsomewhere’s representatives: from left, Stu Rath, Jamie Bagnell, Reg Pettipas,

Brent MacGrath and Garry Pye. Right: Ellen and inductee Deweycheatumnhowe’s interests: from left, Charles Iannazzo, Frank Baldassare, Ray Schnittker, Janet Durso and Ted Gewertz.

Over two hundred people enjoyed the December 3rd Holiday Concert by the Goshen High School Varsity Choir and Jazz Voices. New to our concert was the Evergreen Chorus,

a chapter of the Sweet Adelines, who led the Museum’s traditional “Twelve Days of Christmas.” We thank our sponsors and Museum members Bob Boni of Northwood Bloodstock

(in memory of John A. Cashman, Jr.) and Edie Haughney of Ameriprise Financial.

~ 2016 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES ~

Hall of the Immortals

Communicators Hall of Fame

Living Hall of Fame

Carl Allen’s homebred Royal Troubador, winner of the 1990 Yonkers Trot, produced 1995 Horse of the Year, Hall of Famer CR Kay Suzie. In 1994 Allen (1929-2004) was voted Glen Garnsey Trainer of the Year and received the New Jersey USHWA Chapter’s Stanley Dancer Award in 1996. In 1997 he was inducted into the Florida Harness Racing Hall of Fame.

Living Horse Hall of Fame

This year’s nominees for the 2016 Living Horse Hall of Fame are Credit Winner, Mr Muscleman, Muscle Hill, Real Desire and Yankee Glide. Members, please complete and postmark your ballots by December 28, 2015!

Few in the industry can duplicate Jerry Connors’ memory of events in the sport of harness racing. A “jack of all trades,” Connors has worked at numerous racetracks and organizations throughout his career as a publicist and administrator. He has been an USHWA director for 23 years and is a licensed judge and track announcer.

David Carr joined the USTA as a publicist and staff writer for Hoof Beats magazine in 1982. Three years later, Carr proposed the creation of the information and research department, and developed it into a superb resource for those writing about the sport of harness racing by maintaining accurate and accessible data.

John Hervey wrote that Princess “unquestionably ranks among the greatest mares of trotting history.” The dam of foundation sire Happy Medium, Princess (1846-1877) is perhaps best known for her 1859 series of races against Immortal Flora Temple.

Exhibitry Traditionally, our Hall of Fame Weekend visitors are greeted with exciting new displays to enjoy and this year was no exception. Exhibits on view in time for our July celebration featured 2014 Horse of the Year JK She’salady, “Women in Racing Today,” “The Greyhound Collection: A Preview,” as well as our 2015 Hall of Fame Inductees. In addition, installations were created to highlight the Amateur Driver and to showcase our Harness Racing Americana Collection. Both the Carriage Room and Front Foyer became the setting for the colorful works of artist Lumen Martin Winter. Titled “The Spirit of the Horse,” this is the first museum presentation of Mr. Winter’s art since his death in 1982.

Charles Keller III’s Yankeeland Farm produced Hambletonian winners Muscles Yankee and Yankee Paco. Keller is a director a n d m e m b e r o f t h e E x e c u t i v e Committee of the Hambletonian Society. He was a director of the USTA for five terms and an active member of the Finance Committee. He is currently a trustee of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame and a member of the Executive Committee.

Trainer-driver Bruce Nickells has developed champions for more than four decades. Associated with many top horses during his 70-year career, he has specialized in the developing of pacing fillies. For his management of Hall of Fame Immortal Miss Easy, Nickells was voted 1991 Glen Garnsey Trainer of the Year.

In October, the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame was honored with a peer-reviewed Award of Excellence presented by the Greater Hudson Heritage Network (GHHN). The GHHN's Awards for Excellence program recognizes and commends exceptional efforts among its members. Awards are made to projects which exemplify creativity and professional vision, resulting in a contribution to the preservation and interpretation of the history, culture and diversity of the region. The Harness Racing Museum’s “Remember Roosevelt!” exhibit and accompanying publication, Roosevelt Raceway, the Dream & the Legacy, Where it All Began, were acknowledged for synthesizing historic preservation with visual public presentation. The outstanding exhibit and photo essay book grew from the Museum’s nearly decade-long Roosevelt Raceway Legacy Project which, aided by grant funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, cataloged and digitized thousands of photographs secured from the lost Long Island track. The Museum’s exhibition marries elements of artistic design, multi-media display and artifact presentation in a seamless layout carrying visitors from the Museum’s entrance to its main gallery.

Exhibitry Designer Judi McMahon and Collections Curator Rebecca Howard proudly display the Museum’s Greater Hudson Heritage Network’s Award of Excellence.

We are happy to welcome the following new members since the Spring Newsletter: Tony Alagna, Steve Arnold & Mary Kinsey, Janet Batker, Cathy Bon, Duncan Davis, Jason Elser, Senena Esty, Joe Fonte,

Barbara George, Gay Griffin, Mark A. Hall, Marcus Johansson, Nancy Johansson, Nadine Jones, JoAnn & Jim King, Sandra A. Lawrence, John Long, Gennaro Milo, James Miskowski, Terri Mt Pleasant, Allan Neal,

Darius Oshidar, Rob Pennington, Melissa Sader, USHWA-Florida Chapter, Roger Walman, Scott Zeron and Leon J. Zimmerman.

Hall of Famer Doug Ackerman was remembered by Jay Farrar Tia Wallman was remembered by her mother, Mrs. Joan Blake

Jean Fey was remembered by Jean Brown Jim Brittingham was remembered by Jay Farrar

Lee Broglio was remembered by Jay Farrar Hall of Famer Chuck Coon was remembered by Horseman Publishing Company and Steve Jones

Hall of Famer Jim Doherty was remembered by Horseman Publishing Company and Kathy Parker Hall of Famer Robert Farrington was remembered by Jay Farrar

Hall of Famer Lou Guida was remembered by Horseman Publishing Company and Kathy Parker Hall of Famer Hal Jones was remembered by Jay Farrar, Horseman Publishing Company and Kathy Parker

Norm Fluet was remembered by Ray Schnittker with a paver to be placed in the Walk of Fame Jack Leonard was remembered by Jay Farrar

Donald E. Mossbarger, DVM was remembered by Horseman Publishing Company and Kathy Parker Ken Oscarsson was remembered by Jay Farrar

Communicators Hall of Famer Alan Prince was remembered by Dorothy Haughton Robert R. Rosenheim was remembered by Horseman Publishing Company

Mary Ethel Stroud was remembered by Jay Farrar Blacksmith Bill Wick was remembered by Lincoln Chafee with a paver to be placed in the Walk of Fame

Memorial Contributions

Since late spring donations supporting the work of the Museum have been received from Larry DeVan, Thomas Dixon, Ebby Gerry, Harness Horse Youth Foundation, Roger Huston, Kathy Parker, Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s

Association, Michael Pernice, The Lawrence B. Sheppard Foundation, Monticello-Goshen USHWA, the USTA and Craig & Ellen Williams.

An Education Grant was received from the Agriculture & New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund. A contribution was received in memory of Ellen Nuzzolese’s 97th birthday by sister Florence Dean.

Ellen was a devoted long-time employee of Arden Homestead Stable here in Goshen. The annual contribution from Stanley & Eleanor Dunkelman was received for the care of Eleanor’s garden in the Courtyard.

Thanks to the Goshen Garden Club for the two holiday wreaths and Alders Wholesale Florist for our beautiful Christmas tree.

We were pleased to place the following bricks & granite pavers in the Walk of Fame this spring: An anonymous donor remembered USTA director Kermit L. Hinshaw and Jodevin

Sandra Baggitt remembered Larry “Doc” Powers The Blizzard Family

Andrew Bridges remembered Hinton & Ann Bridges Tom Charters remembered Jean Riaud as the driver of Jamin, winner of the first Roosevelt International Trot

Moira Fanning remembered friends Stephanie Georgio and Donald C. Byrne Farmington Horsemen’s Association remembered Maine horseman Roderick L. Cushing

Jay Farrar remembered Hall of Famer Jim Doherty Jay Farrar and Robert Quigley remembered their friend Robert Enders Joan Goldsmith and Marsha Iverson honored Shirley and Julie Wilsker

Ulf Johansen of Norway Mike & Sally Kimelman remembered a good friend, White Face

Gretchen Linscott remembered Charles E. Smith, West Virginia State Fair Friends of John Manzi honored John for his creative and constant publicity of harness racing

Christine & Mario Marchi recognized their En Mar Stable Donna & Jim Marshall III remembered Bob Baggitt, Sr. as a friend to all

Linda Maxwell remembered Lloyd W. Stevenson and Fairview Farm of Crosswicks, NJ Maryellen & David McDuffee recognized 2013 Horse of Year Bee A Magician

Kyle and John Mossbarger honored 2014 Communicators Hall of Famer Carol B. Cramer Chad Riegle honored his dad, Bruce Riegle

Trond Thorseth of Norway honored Sweet Case John Veninger remembered driver/trainer Dale E. Wood

Mary & Max Walton remembered Hap Hansen Donna Weyant and Sandy Petersen remembered Ralph Jones

Marilyn Whelan honored Walter Whelan and Armbro Emerson’s 1987 Breeders Crown win at Roosevelt Raceway Ted Wing honored friends Jim Doherty and Bill O’Donnell

Michael Wirtschafter remembered Brandywine Raceway and Howard A. Miller Pat & Bob Wish remembered Scotty Carswell Vita Yakin remembered John “Sep” Gilmour

development

Donations

Walk of Fame

HISTORIC COLLECTIONS

EDUCATION

Library Donations The Museum’s Peter D. Haughton Memorial Library received donations of books, videos, periodicals and sale catalogs from

Dana Bala, Larry DeVan, the Hambletonian Society, Hanover Shoe Farms, Gary Hermanson, Janet Holdeman,

Philip Sporn, the USTA, and Richard Winsche.

Stallion Auction The Museum’s Outreach and Winner’s Circle Gift Shop team also traveled the “grand circuit” in 2015. From the Meadowlands for the Hambletonian to Delaware, Ohio for the Little Brown Jug, the staff kept busy in August and September. Next on the calendar was Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs for the annual Grey Ghost and Poltergeist Pace on October 31st. From there it was off to Harrisburg for the 77th Annual Auction of the Standardbred Horse Sales November 2-6. Thank you to everyone who shopped or stopped to chat and to all the Museum team members who make these trips possible. Special thanks to all that give us a “hand” and show their support in Goshen or on the road including Big Dee’s Tack, Chuck Connor Stable, Marcia Faber, Kelly & Mark Ford, Fox Den Farm, Bud Hatfield, Dr. Garth Henry, Ray Schnittker Stable, Jennifer Starr and Thom Young.

Outreach We are lining up our roster of stallions for the 2016 breeding season. Over $640,000 has been raised for promotional and

educational services provided by the Museum from this unique fundraiser! We invite you to put your unused breedings to work for the benefit of all – the breeding donor, the mare owner, the

Museum and the stallion. If you have not participated in the past by donating a breeding or placing a bid and would like more

information, please contact Joanne at 845-294-6330 or development@harnessmuseum.com.

The Museum successfully applied for a three year General Operating Support grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The Museum was also grateful to receive conservation funding from a NYSCA re-grant program administered by the Greater Hudson Heritage Network. Funding is supporting the care of a painting of the great Dexter, King of Trotters. The Historic Collections Department assisted in the return of the Museum’s Lunch & Lecture program, coordinating a presentation on artist Lumen Martin Winter in October and conducting an informative lecture on the history of our 1913 stable home in November. Thank you to all who supported this year’s Restoration Raffle, which raised $4,700 for collections care and conservation.

The Museum’s popular traveling exhibits continue to make the rounds. The “What is Harness Racing?” Poster Series was

displayed at Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, Maryland in May. “A Drive to Win” made trips to the Pickaway County Fair

in Circleville, Ohio in June and to Rosecroft Raceway in October.

Traveling Exhibits

The Education Department continues to develop new programs for all members of our community, especially equine enthusiasts! For Scouts, in addition to our patch program, we now fill the requirements for badges, belt loops and pins for Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. For homeschooled children we expanded the selection of workshops, offering “Digestive System & Feeds,” “Color Theory with Currier & Ives,” “Equine Sculpture” and “Drawing Techniques and Perspective.” New topics booked for December include “A Muscular-Skeletal System Comparison,” “Equine Anatomy and Relief Sculpture” and “Painting Horses and Farmlands.” Participation in Education programs showed a considerable increase for October and November 2015 and numbers for booked events in December exceed the numbers from 2014. Plans for 2016 include workshops for horse-oriented youths including “Markings and Registration,” “A Perspective on Animal Communication” and “Equine Reproduction.” The Halloween workshop was a success with 31 children making a delightful herd of pot belly ponies out of pumpkins. A Youth Art Exhibit is being planned for late February. We participated in the Cornell 4-H Horse Fun Day, enjoying the opportunity to share our passion and enthusiasm for the Standardbred with over 100 young people and their families. Thanks to the Connor Stable, we had a wide assortment of tack to exhibit and discuss with attendees, along with a display of race shoes, a free raffle, a Buddy Pacer game and a beaded horseshoe necklace craft. The Museum was included as part of the Agri-Women tour and the Education and Collections Departments coupled for the Lunch and Lecture event “Currier & Ives and Adult Coloring” on Nov. 24th.

For her outstanding contributions to the promotion and preservation of Goshen Historic Track,

director Janet Terhune received the 2015 Amy Bull Crist Distinguished Service Award from the

USHWA Monticello-Goshen Chapter.

Just in the nick of time for Hall of Fame Day, work was completed on a brand-new stamped-concrete patio and drainage system in the Museum’s courtyard. Broken sections, frost heaving, poor drainage and uneven surfaces on the two old patios created safety issues and limited usable space. Installed by Evolution Stamped Concrete of Ellenville, NY, the new patio provides a uniform and aesthetic look to the courtyard and almost doubles the amount of space that can be used for our outdoor events.

Historic Collections received generous donations of photographs, tickets, programs, media guides, film, video and driving colors. Highlights included a Roosevelt Raceway flag; a wine funnel with inscription commemorating Gladys Harriman & Tassel Hanover’s record 1:57 4/5; paintings by Richard Botto, Sherman Raveson and Richard Stone Reeves; a vintage c.1955 tote machine; a wealth of Frank Ervin archival material; a plethora of postcards and pennants, and much more. Donors included Richard A. Botto, Jim Brooks, Mal Burroughs, Stacy Cahill, Tom Charters, Daniel Coon, Greg Coon, Lawrence S. DeVan, Marianne Doherty, Mary Lou Dondarski, Larry Drysdale, Kenneth Earle in name of father Lloyd A. Earle, Jay Farrar, Marjorie Northrop Friedman, Patricia Grant, the Hartline Family in memory of Donald Hartline, Carol Hodes, Lee Houghtaling, Alexander Katlan, Greg Magreta, Tom Moorman, Frank Musantry, Dominick Rosato, Joe Sbrocco, Sheri & Allan Schott, Jim Simpson, Richard Stone, Linda Toscano, Margaret & Bernie Taylor, Sue Van de Water, Judy Davis-Wilson and Frank Wiswall, Jr.