In a couple months it will be the 100th birthday of Billy Haughton. To me he was a hero like Mickey Mantle, both ruled NY at the same time too. (Billy probably made more money considering how little baseball players were paid in those days)
I never met the man but perhaps some of you have some interesting stories or at least can name some of your favorite's of his. Mine was Handle With Care. Here is a summary of some of his incredible achievements
He was one of only three drivers to win the Hambletonian four times, the only one to win the Little Brown Jug five times, and the only one to win the Messenger Stakes seven times. With a career record of 4,910 wins and about $40 million in earnings, he was first in annual winnings 12 times – 1952–59, 1963, 1965, 1967, and 1968 – and in heats won from 1953 to 1958.
