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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2024, 09:15:37 AM »
I believed he was followed from the track and held at gunpoint for the $40K robbery

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2024, 06:56:53 PM »
LEGEND.  He usually wore a black suit with a white open collar shirt.  One of the few who made money betting horses.  Had two brothers, Wendall (Windy) and Duck Donaway.  Saw him at Brandywine years ago buying live Twin Double tickets.  Also saw him at Georgetown Raceway where he had several runners who would go to the windows to bet for him.  Great personality and well liked.

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2024, 07:15:18 PM »
I believed he was followed from the track and held at gunpoint for the $40K robbery

I think you're right. My memory a little hazy but story was told to me by my father who knew him very well and was with him the day it happened but had gone with someone else back to the hotel. Also thought it was 40k too but didn't want to tell any fish stories.

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #18 on: April 11, 2024, 09:41:37 PM »
Myth or legend? Between the two.....Legend... ..without question. Certainly no myth, LOL. Over the course of time, stories change, become more embellished, sometimes even more ridiculous, LOL. Babe, and some of his crew, ended up at the Meadowlands. I don't think he ever got banned from the Meadowlands, but there was a long list of tracks that did ban him.

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2024, 09:15:56 AM »
Wendall only one left of the four brothers.....Wayn e(Babe),Donald(Duck),Robert(Bob) and Wendall(Windy)

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #20 on: April 15, 2024, 10:14:27 AM »
I heard the Meadowlands provided Babe with a hotel room near the track.  Never banned from M1 as far as I now.

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #21 on: April 15, 2024, 11:38:40 AM »
I heard the Meadowlands provided Babe with a hotel room near the track.  Never banned from M1 as far as I now.

And picked up his dinner check at his table each night. Sonny Werblin and Bob Quigley knew to cater to big players.

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #22 on: April 15, 2024, 12:08:16 PM »
Amen

 

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