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aflynn@lakeplacidnews.com Henry A. Homburger and his four-man bobsled team of heavyweights from the Saranac Lake Sports Association round a sharp curve during one of the four heats they won on Saturday, Feb. 7, 1931 to capture the first North American A.A.U. Championship event for four-man teams at the newly opened Mount Van Hoevenberg run, built for the III Olympic Winter Games in 1932. The winning team’s time total was 7 minutes, 31.35 seconds for the four flying trips. Homburger was the engineer for the bobsled run and earned an Olympic silver medal for the U.S. in 1932 for the four-man event.