Horseracing is important because it is the oldest sport in the country. Saratoga has the premier track in the country. It makes the most money. In 1863, John Morrissey who owned a bunch of casinos in town wanted something for his people to do in the daytime. He thought maybe they might like to have they might like to do horseracing. On august 2, he had a fourday meet and it was held at what is called the old trotting track, built in 1849. One of the problems was the track was not a good facility at all. It was so popular, they charged one dollar a person to come in. He still made money off it after four days. Considering the fact that it was a very bad horse show because of the civil war, courses are important to the war movement, and they needed it for the north and south, but somehow he got these horses together and it was such a success. He knew he could not use his track anymore. He got people together including William Travers, john hutter, and leonard jerome, and they got the mon
Police didnt intervene. Im ken wayne. And im heather holmes. They spun their wheels as part of a dangerous side show and it went on for several minutes without any officers on the scene. Paul chambers is here now after asking opd questions about how they plan to respond to these street antics. Reporter side shows are pretty common in the city of oakland. They had 16 officers dedicated the monitoring clubs and areas where side shows are popular. There were several side shows in the city. When we called the police, they said they didnt have any record of it. However, when we listened to police radio traffic, they said otherwise. This was the scene just before midnight near the 880 northbound. In a video, you dont see any oakland officers. We asked police about the event. They said there was no record of it but the record proved otherwise. There are probably 30 to 40 vehicles out here and probably oh, 100 people. They are taking up the intersection. Reporter we only recorded four minutes