First year students and partners always look at second years like:
*But next year when they have jobs and some of the best friendships of their lives, they'll understand.
Last Train to Belmont?
In its infinite bureaucratic wisdom, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has decided to eliminate race-day train service to Belmont Park . The service, provided by the Long Island Railroad, has for many years permitted racing fans from Manhattan and Brooklyn to use mass transit and arrive right at the entrance to the Belmont grandstand. In fact, my own initial exposure to racing was via this very train; as a high school student, I'd make the trip from Manhattan and hope the mutuel clerks would ignore the fact that I was only 16 (and looked 14) and let me get my $2 bets down. It was on the train that I got my first lessons in handicapping, from grizzled veterans of the track who were only too happy to show off their expertise. And the 45-minute trip provided time to explore the mysteries of past performances. It's pretty hard to focus on the Racing Form while you're driving to the track. But, in an age of declining race track attendance generally, and of eve...
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