from the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame

Goshen, NY — The Harness Racing Museum’s free traveling exhibits — “The Story of Harness Racing by Currier & Ives,” “A Drive To Win” and the “What is Harness Racing?” Poster Series — are available for hosting by museums, art galleries, libraries, race tracks and all appropriate venues.

We are proud to announce that attendance figures for the popular exhibits have passed the one million mark! The Currier & Ives show is currently on display at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Mo., and in Grosbois, France to coincide with the Prix d’Amerique. It has recently appeared at the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook, N.Y. and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in Springfield, Ill.

To be considered, venues must have adequate wall space, security, and a climate-controlled environment. Host applicants are considered on a first come, first served basis, so if you are interested in hosting any of the exhibits — or can suggest any appropriate venues in your area — please contact the Museum as soon as you can!

The Museum’s Peter Haughton Research Library is always happy to receive donations of used books and magazines relating to harness racing or the Standardbred horse. If your donation is not in our collection, it will be added to the Museum’s research resources. If it is a third copy of a title we already have, we will make it available for sale.

This ongoing project is extremely important, as proceeds from the sale of used books and magazines by the Museum go towards the rebinding and restoration of older volumes and the acquisition of new ones for the library.

Several new titles are now available through the Museum’s Winner’s Circle gift shop. Included are a hardcover edition of Dean Hoffman’s The Hambletonian: America’s Trotting Classic (2000), The American Sporting Scene by John Kieran (1941), Donald Evans’ Big Bum: The Story of Bret Hanover (1969) and John Splan’s 1889 classic Life With the Trotters. Also new: back issues of TIMES: in harness magazine from 1993-2000.

Visit the Museum gift shop at www.harnessmuseum.com/giftshop.htm and browse through all the used books and periodicals we have to offer.

The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame is located at 240 Main Street in Goshen, New York and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last tour 4 p.m.) Thanks to USTA support the Museum is currently offering free admission for walk-in visitors and $4.00/person for group docent-guided tours. For information on the Museum, membership support, special events, gift shop services and educational programs the Museum offers, please call 845.294.6330 or visit www.harnessmuseum.com.