Tag: Roslyn
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Then & Now: “The Most Difficult Turn” on the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Course
John M: "My family has a legend connected to the Cup races. My Grandmother's family at one time lived in the house on the triangle at Mineola Avenue and Old Northern Boulevard. One year the race went by the house and they supposedly did a good business selling sandwiches and…
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Clarence Mackay, the Vanderbilt Cup Races, a Horse and Newsday
Okay, I admit it, the title for today's post is a bit of a stretch....but trust me I will link all these subjects together and it's fun!
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The “X” Mercedes Comes to Roslyn for the 1905 Race
Only one of the 116 cars that participated in the six Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races did not have a number...the "X" Mercedes driven by Al Campbell in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Campbell used the "X" instead of the unlucky 13 which he had drawn as the number…
Never figured out why a gatehouse was erected in this area.