Preparations for the 1910 Race
1910 Program Guide
The 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race was held on October 1st on the same course configuration as the 1909 race. This was the only time the race was run on the same course as the previous year. Two weeks after the Vanderbilt Cup Race, the 1910 Grand Prize Race was also scheduled to be held there.
Krug’s Hotel
Approximately two miles from the 1910 course, Krug’s Hotel was still a great place for friends to gather, swap stories and leave in groups for choice vantage spots around the course.
Arriving by Train
As in previous years, most spectators arrived to the race by Long Island Railroad. The huge crowd at the Westbury train station showed the increased interest in the event over the 1909 race. The New York Times estimated the overall crowd was 275,000. Other estimates ranged from 100,000 to a half million.
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Feature
The 128-page book by Howard Kroplick, a researcher and lecturer on the races, contains rare images of the races from the archives of major museums, libraries and private collectors. The book Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island will be available from Arcadia Publishing in March 2008.
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