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Little Brown Jug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Little Brown Jug is a harness race for three-year-old pacing standardbreds hosted by the Delaware County Agricultural Society since 1946 at the County Fairgrounds in Delaware. Along with the Hambletonian, a race for trotters, it is one of the two most coveted races for standardbred horses. The Little Brown Jug is the middle leg of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Brown_Jug   (178 words)

Ohio: Little Brown Jug (Premiere Horse Pacing Race) (Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots - Library of Congress) The Little Brown Jug, the premier pacing classic for 3-year-olds, provides a fascinating chapter in the sport and tradition of harness racing. The first Jug attracted a crowd of 27,000, and went for a purse of $38,358. One distinct Jug tradition is the thousands of assorted lawn chairs that are chained to the fence that surrounds the track; they essentially "reserve" free seats from year to year. lcweb2.loc.gov /cocoon/legacies/OH/200003435.html   (350 words)

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Niatross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He had been named Harness Horse of the Year in 1979 and 1980, the New York Post Athlete of the Year in 1980, and Harness Horse of the Decade for the 1980s. In stud, he commanded a top price for his services which proved worthwhile with great offspring winning the Little Brown Jug and one, Nihilator who would go on to win Horse of the Year honors. In May of 1999 he took ill and was transported to the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center where he was diagnosed with a large cancerous mass in his abdomen. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Niatross   (368 words)

Little Brown Jug Harness Race A harness race is one in which a horse pulls a light, two-wheeled vehicle called a sulky. The Little Brown Jug is a race for three-year-old pacing horses. Back then, trotting horses were more popular, but two men in the city liked pacing horses, so they formed the Little Brown Jug Society and organized the race. www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/oh/harness_1   (152 words)

American Profile: 9/1/2002 - 9/7/2002: The Little Brown Jug   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) The initial Little Brown Jug race in 1946 was the brainchild of two Delaware men who liked pacing horses—which move both legs on one side of the body at the same time—and thought the race would be a bonus for the Delaware County Fair. Today, the Jug, as the race is commonly called, awards an annual purse of $600,000 to drivers of the 3-year-old pacers pulling their two-wheeled sulkies. The Jug is the oldest race—and the middle jewel—in the Pacing Triple Crown. www.americanprofile.com /issues/20020901/20020901_2399.asp   (691 words)

The little brown jug at Kildare by Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson She was a little girl, and her light fluffy hair swept out from under a small blue hat in a shell-like curve, and the short skirt of her tailor-made gown robbed her, it seemed, of years to which the calendar might entitle her. Jugs of many centuries are assembled in museums, and round them the ethnologist reconstructs extinct races of men; and yet, even science and history, strive they never so sadly, can not wholly relieve the jug of its cheery insouciance. They were such nice little hands, and so peaceful in their aimless trifling with the tape that he was sure his eyes had betrayed him into imagining she had [Page 103] clenched them in the quiet drawing-room at the mansion. arthurwendover.com /arthurs/nicholson/entire.html   (18781 words)

SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Horse dies after racing in 60th Little Brown Jug DELAWARE, Ohio – The people celebrating P-Forty-Seven's victory in the Little Brown Jug had no idea the horse that finished last had died on the track. Palone qualified three horses for the Jug final by finishing third with Up Front Jerry in the first elimination and then winning the next two heats with Up Front Tornado and P-Forty-Seven. O'Donnell and Pelling each had three horses among the nine in the final of the $569,032 Jug. www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050923-0100-rac-littlebrownjug.html   (618 words)

CNN/SI - U.S. Horse Racing - Blissfull Hall wins Little Brown Jug, one victory from pacing's triple crown - ... In the second heat, which in the Little Brown Jug format brings back the top three finishers in each of the first three eliminations, Pierce took Blissfull Hall to the rail early and appeared to be in command heading into the stretch of the one-mile race at Delaware County Fairgrounds. Ledford and his wife, Tammy, are expecting their first child and he carried a pager with him throughout the day in case he was summoned back to his home in Chicago for the birth. A horse must win two heats in the Jug's quirky format and Looking For Art's stunning victory forced the four horses who had won races to come back in a raceoff to decide the Jug winner. sportsillustrated.cnn.com /more/horseracing/news/1999/09/23/little_brown_jug_ap   (840 words)

Today's Little Brown Jug Notes Trotter agrees with the public sentiment that Rocknroll Hanover is the horse to beat in the Jug. Pelling has a strong chance to add another Jug to his laurels, but it will be his last because Trotter said that Pelling is retiring at the end of this year and moving to Australia. They had their first Jug starter last year in Town Champion, who was second in his opening heat and eighth in the final. www.standardbredcanada.ca /news/iss0905/lbjnotes0920.html   (851 words)

Owner finishes 1-2 in Little Brown jug - Horse Racing - MSNBC.com It was the first time the first two Jug finishers had an owner and trainer in common since the legendary Billy Haughton trained Nihilator and Pershing Square to a 1-2 finish for owner Lou Guida of Wall Street Stable in 1985. “My horse was a little steppy coming away from the gate and I couldn’t leave as hard as I wanted to,” he said. Campbell qualified two horses for the second heat, electing to stay with Metropolitan over Maltese Artist even though the latter had a better post position. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6084716   (766 words)

Essays by an Idaho Cowboy There was a market for vegetables, oats for horse feed, and, in the fall, pork and dressed beef – although not too much beef, for the rustlers could furnish beef cheaper than the farmers. As Johnny was heading back west, and was traveling a little late to get to where he wanted to camp for the night, he saw a fire in the distance and something out of the ordinary, like a screen or something behind it. If the horse that was caught didn't want to turn and come out, the fellow that had rangoed would be standing there on his horse and would take the rope and drag him back. www.mccarterfamily.com /mccarterpage/stories/idaho_cowboy/1intro.htm   (24167 words)

2005 Little Brown Jug His hope for the 60th Little Brown Jug, Gryffindor, survived August 20, the day on which Arledge lost, to injuries, four horses, including Pink Ribbons, a trotting filly who gathered notoriety for her excellence on the racetrack, and for her owners pledge of 10 percent of her growing earnings to cancer treatment. Arledge, who trains at Scioto Downs, where all four the horses he lost were injured during races, didn't want to travel to Northfield Park that night, to see Gryffindor race in the $161,500 Cleveland Classic. Arledge has brought 12 horses to Delaware, but knew a few months ago he might have a Jug horse among his charges. www.ustrotting.com /absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=11744&z=26   (1244 words)

The Little Brown Jug The Springhill, Nova Scotia native is a 1986 member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and was enshrined into Harness Racing's Hall of Fame in Goshen, NY in 1990. When not overseeing the Jug or the family-owned Delaware Gazette newspaper, Thomson serves as an ambassador for the sport as president of the Grand Circuit, a position he has held for four terms. A member of the Harness Horse Hall of Fame, Thomson was one of the most respected leaders of the sport and industry. www.littlebrownjug.com /history/pasthonories.htm   (2561 words)

ESPN.com - GEN - P-Forty-Seven wins 60th Little Brown Jug P-Forty-Seven took the lead in the stretch of both his heats, including the final of the 60th Little Brown Jug, to win the second leg of the Triple Crown for 3-year-old pacers Thursday. Palone qualified three horses for the Jug final by finishing third with Up Front Jerry in the first elimination and then winning the next two heats with underdog Up Front Tornado and P-Forty-Seven. Palone sensed victory as he made the final turn behind a horse O'Donnell said was named after an area of the Cleveland Clinic where one of the owners was treated. sports.espn.go.com /espn/wire?section=horse&id=2169555   (811 words)

Little Brown - European Travel Guide - Travel europe in style!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Little Brown Jug - The Little Brown Jug 2003 returns to the Delaware County Fair September 13-18, highlighted by The $600,000 Little Brown Jug on September 18 along with a live Harness Racing Webcast. The Little Brown Jug 2003 returns to the Delaware County Fair September 13-18, highlighted by The $600,000 Little Brown Jug on September 18 along with a live Harness Racing Webcast. Sliced green tomatoes are baked with a little brown sugar, salt and pepper, and butter cracker crumbs. www.ueapme.org /little-brown.html   (321 words)

Horses for sale, horse health news, trail riding and horse chat. Horses for sale, horse health news, trail riding and horse chat. Mr Little Brown Jug probably shouldn't have been in Wednesday's pole bending finals at all, much less running away with a world championship title. Burress and Mr Little Brown Jug have partnered on the poles for 11 years, a combination of experience and trust that edged out the team of King Dynamite Lady and rider Bonnie Castle, who finished second with a 20.50 clocking. www.horsecity.com /stories/081001/use_aqhayouth_JB.shtml   (332 words)

CNN/SI - Horse Racing - Little Brown Jug draws 23 pacers - Tuesday September 22, 1998 09:28 PM Posted: Tuesday September 22, 1998 09:28 PM DELAWARE, Ohio (Ticker) -- Cane Pace winner Shady Character is among 23 pacers entered for Thursday's 53rd running of the $566,630 Little Brown Jug, the second jewel of the pacing triple crown from the Delaware County Fair. The race will split the 23 horses into three divisions, with the top three in each division advancing to a second heat. Pelling also trains Browning Blue Chip, who has been in the money in eight of 12 starts this season, including four trips to the winner's circle. sportsillustrated.cnn.com /more/horseracing/news/1998/09/22/jug_preview   (647 words)

Horse Racing The Pacing Triple Crown is comprised of the Cane Pace, the Little Brown Jug, and Messenger Stakes. Shoemaker was inducted in the National Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1958. Horse Racing - The first woman jockey was Alicia Meynell of England. www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0771585.html   (270 words)

PLUS: HARNESS RACING; Astreos Captures Little Brown Jug - New York Times Astreos held off the favored Gallo Blue Chip yesterday to win the 55th Little Brown Jug, the second of the Triple Crown events for 3-year-old pacers. That forced the ninth raceoff in Jug history for the winners of each of the three eliminations and the second heat. Bret Pelling trained the Jug winner for the third time in five years. query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E5DD1E3BF931A1575AC0A9669C8B63   (196 words)

Field of 20 entered in Little Brown Jug Jeffrey Snyder, Lothlorien Equestrian Center and Perretti Racing Stable’s Rocknroll Hanover heads up a field of 20 sophomores in the $569,032 Little Brown Jug, the second leg of Pacing’s Triple Crown, slated for Thursday afternoon (September 22) at the Delaware, Ohio County Fair. The chestnut son of The Panderosa comes into the Jug on a three race winning streak, which includes triumphs in the $100,000 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes Final and a $78,500 Jug Preview division. The brown gelded son of Cam’s Card Shark has banked a healthy $333,567 in 22 starts this year with six wins, six seconds and two thirds. www.standardbredcanada.ca /news/iss0905/lbjdraw0917.html   (811 words)

ABC News: Horse Dies After 60th Little Brown Jug   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Horse Dreamfair Kogel Dies After Racing in 60th Little Brown Jug Dreamfair Kogel is led onto the track by an unidentified caretaker and driver Richard Zeron as his trainer, Wayne Preszcato, looks on before the final Jug race at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005. Dreamfair Kogel, who was distanced in the final heat of the Jug, died just after the race. abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=1151887&page=2   (460 words)

SLAM! Sports - Horse Racing - 'Bullet' Kogel aiming for Jug win He'll need it to capture the $569,032 US Little Brown Jug at Delaware, Ohio, the second leg of Pacing's Triple Crown. If one of the elimination winners captures the second heat, then that horse is the Little Brown Jug winner. Western Fair Raceway will hold a Jug handicapping contest today on the main level of the grandstand, beginning at 12:30 pm. slam.canoe.ca /Slam/HorseRacing/2005/09/22/1230404-sun.html   (418 words)

Little Brown Jug Since 1956, the Little Brown Jug has been one of the horse races in the Triple Crown of Pacing. The Little Brown Jug holds the record (56,000 people) for the largest crowd to see a harness racing event. The horse Million Dollar Cam holds the track record of one minute and fifty seconds, set in 2002. www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=1593   (147 words)

Toronto Sun: - Wallace eyes victory at Little Brown Jug   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Thirty horses are vying to win the 58th edition of America's pacing classic, a unique race that requires a horse to win twice on the same day. Three 10-horse elimination heats are scheduled for the Delaware County Fairgrounds, with the top three finishers from each advancing to the second heat. There are three other Ontario entrants competing for the Little Brown Jug -- Campbellville trainer Blair Burgess's Quality Western, Windsor trainer Bob McIntosh's longshot Gone West and Allamerican Theory, trained by Des Tackoor of Whitby. www.canoe.ca /NewsStand/TorontoSun/Sports/2003/09/18/pf-195637.html   (279 words)

The Little Brown Jug It took four grueling heats to determine the first Jug champion, with two colts and one filly competing in the final showdown. The founding of the Jug began in 1937 when the Delaware County Agricultural Society's members moved the fairgrounds from Powell to Delaware on a tract of land at the northern edge of the city. Neville had campaigned horses on the Grand Circuit and was familiar with its officers and stewards. www.littlebrownjug.com /about/littlebrownjug.htm   (611 words)

SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Owner doubles his fun with 1-2 finish at Little Brown Jug   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Pierce waited until the final turn to take Timesareachanging to the lead and then held off stablemate Western Terror by a half-length to win the Little Brown Jug on Thursday. Blissed Out, winner of the third elimination, raced to the front in the second heat and maintained that spot past the three-quarters post while a crowd of 52,078 roared in anticipation of a wild finish by the tightly bunched lead group. There were three eight-horse eliminations in the first heat, with the top three finishers from each elimination moving on to the second heat. www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20040923-2331-rac-littlebrownjug.html   (566 words)

Suburban News Publications, Columbus, Ohio The pulls are done on the same track as the famous Little Brown Jug horse race. Despite the excitement over the four-wheeled events and the new exhibits and barns, there are some things about the fair that never change. On Jug Day, Sept. 22, admission is $15 per person before 6 p.m. www.snponline.com /NEWS9-14/9-14_delfairmain.htm   (618 words)

HRTV™ - Horse Racing Television One of harness racing's most important races, the $569,032 Little Brown Jug lures the top 3-year-old pacing colts to Delaware's half-mile surface. This year's Jug has drawn 21 starters in three elimination races, and is a true test of endurance, with the Jug winner needing to win two heats. HRTV (www.hrtv.com) is a 24-hour television network providing up to 15 hours per day of wire-to-wire coverage of live horse racing action from more than 70 thoroughbred, harness and quarter horse racetracks in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. www.hr.tv /displaynews.aspx?id=44   (232 words)

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