In this week's Rewind Robert Smith takes readers back to 1947, 75 years ago, to one of Canadian harness racing's greatest days as the post WWII era began.
During the heyday of harness racing in New York, when crowds of over 30,000 were commonplace at Roosevelt Raceway, one of the most popular and charismatic drivers on the circuit was Quebec native Lucien ‘Loosh’ Fontaine.