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Re: Best cliques in harness past and present
« Reply #45 on: April 22, 2022, 07:24:27 AM »
Larry Rolla and...?

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Re: Best cliques in harness past and present
« Reply #46 on: April 22, 2022, 07:49:45 AM »
Larry Rolla and...?

Larry had a charming way about him that probably convinced many drivers to go dead on occasion. 😂

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Re: Best cliques in harness past and present
« Reply #47 on: April 22, 2022, 09:51:23 AM »
Larry had a charming way about him that probably convinced many drivers to go dead on occasion. 😂

Is that in his book ? I didn't read it.  ngc3 ngc3

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Re: Best cliques in harness past and present
« Reply #48 on: April 22, 2022, 10:29:07 AM »
Is that in his book ? I didn't read it.  ngc3 ngc3

Well I read it.. I don’t believe he said that about himself.. Ronnie Gurfein probably felt that way about him.. In Jewish we would have called Larry a mensche… you couldn’t help but like him he was/is a nice guy.. but he was a gambler .. he just may have been a little more obvious about it than others.. 😂
His brother Peter was a real nice guy.. Is he still around?

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Re: Best cliques in harness past and present
« Reply #49 on: April 22, 2022, 12:19:04 PM »
I spent a summer running bets for a gambler at Monti and had the chance to spend saturday nights at Club Escoffier, I belive it was called..
Leon Greenberg brought Larry upstairs to his table after Larry's horse ran 4th and gapped the top 3 by double digit lengths- in those days there were only 3 trifectas on the card.
"Its bad enough you gap the field in a trifecta race, but on a Saturday night, Larry?"

 

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