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
Thornton and we do have a big cool down on the way for tomorrow. Right now lets check on the traffic with a major problem this morning. We have copter 4 over a Traffic Alert ncdot crews are trying to lay down something onto the fuel spill. They have to put salt down on it to soak up the fuel. This means the northbound direction near sixth avenue. The a and b lines are running again after Early Morning problems today. Jamie leary live at Union Station to explain what happened earlier. Reporter exactly. Rtd took precautionary measures with 30 buses ready to go looking pretty bleak this morning with people waiting a showing people these trains are departing. These trains a and b lines departing on time every 15 minutes with one departing in 13 minutes. Officials Still Holding their breath. I want to explain why. They had the server that was down and it is located at i70 and i25 write off of fox. So rtd officials couldnt see any of the train tracks on that Computer System for the a and b l
Good morning, everyone. Im brian shactman. We want to begin with the breaking news out of austin, texas. At least two people are dead after a suspected drunk Driver Fleeing Police crashed through barricades at the popular south by southwest festival. Police say 23 others have been taken to area hospitals with injuries. Five of them in critical condition. Youre taking a look at some the first amateur video coming from the scene. It happened just after midnight last night, local time, outside the popular mohawk bar at the corner of 10th and red river. Authorities say the driver killed a man and woman who were riding on a moped and plowed no two dozen pedestrians leaving a concert at the festival. The driver is in Police Custody after officers shocked him with a stun gun. Though an identity has not been made public. Austins police chief says the man faces two counts of capital murder. Now, to the deepening mystery of the missing passenger plane. Did Malaysia Flight 370 fly for four hours
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