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This week's edition of Rewind takes readers back to 1979 and to a memorable event at a small town track in rural New Brunswick.

When the first elimination hits the track for the 77th edition of the Little Brown Jug on Thursday at Delaware Country Fairgrounds, history will again be made by the MacDonald brothers.

On Sunday (Sept. 18) The Red Mile will host eight Kentucky Championship finals worth $3.2 million for freshman and sophomore male and female trotters and pacers and two $100,000 Kentucky Commonwealth series finals for three-year-old filly trotters and two-year-old male pacers.

Hall of Fame horseman Ted Wing died peacefully on Sept. 13, 2022 surrounded by his family after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 74.

Fourteen years ago, Lucas Wallin watched in wonderment at The Meadowlands as Ray Schnittker’s Deweycheatumnhowe won the Hambletonian.

State Assemblyman Ronald Dancer died July 23 at the age of 73 after a long illness. He represented the 12th District for nearly 20 years.

A 20-year veteran of the New Jersey Legislature, Assemblyman Ron Dancer (R-12) of Ocean County has died at the age of 73.

In the second start of his sophomore campaign, freshman Breeders Crown champion Rebuff seized the lead up the backside and held firm on the point to complete a stakes-record 1:49.4 mile — which also equaled the track record for three-year-old trotting colts — in the first of two $125,000 divisions of the Stanley Dancer Memorial at the Meadowlands on Saturday (July 16).

“Of course, you want to win and do well, but like everyone else, these are just stepping stones. Everyone’s goal is that first Saturday in August. Everyone’s goal is the Hambletonian.”

This week Robert Smith has chosen to offer a couple of short stories for his Rewind offering.