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Strange Leaf: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 3:19pm.
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May 1, 1908. "Speedway parade. Louis Frank with trotter 'Strange Leaf,' a prize winner." View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
Strange Leaf
Submitted by Racehorse Enthusiast on Thu, 09/03/2009 - 9:42pm.
Strange Leaf ran in a trotters race at the Speedway on May 10, 1906, against Euchre Prize, Manana, Jabbowok, Teddy K (!), Barbara Smith, and Baron.
I wonder who won?
Which Speedway?
Submitted by Anthony from Manhattan on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 4:32pm.
Any possibility that the reference to Speedway may be the one in Manhattan that eventually became part of the FDR Drive?
[The Harlem River Speedway was a 2½-mile dirt trotting track completed in 1898 along the west bank of the river from West 155th Street to West 208th. The stretch from Dyckman to 155th is now a bike trail. - Dave]
Wacky weed?
Submitted by madaco on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 10:07pm.
I wonder what the origin of the name "Strange Leaf" is... although it's no more inscrutible than many modern racehorse names.
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