The latest reader correspondence with some fireworks befitting the weekend...and people whose summers already appear to be long and hot. “You could be better?” wrote one. God bless America, and enjoy it.....!
He was trained to be a lawyer. However, his heart was in racing. And now the standardbred world is the better for it as Trotwood, Ohio's own Tom Aldrich is inducted this week into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame.
If you're tired of burgers and brats for your holiday weekend get-together, let me share some thoughts on a different menu that's easy to make and a delight to enjoy. And you might already have it...right there in your freezer.
He was 16 when he bought his first horse for $500, and sold it a month later for $20,000...proving that Greenville's Ronnie Gillespie was cut out for the harness racing game, and closing in on a thousand wins as one of the state's favorite 'fair' drivers.
The story behind two of America's most recognizable tunes, traditional favorites from from the 19th century...and how Ray Charles' recording would make one of them a contemporary masterpiece that sealed his place as an American holiday icon.
