Jerry Summers: Plug Horse Derby - Chattanoogan.com
Jerry Summers: Plug Horse Derby Monday, May 17, 2021 - by Jerry Summers Jerry Summers Although our local area has never been able to develop the thoroughbred racehorse reputation of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky a local humorous horse event has benefitted charity. The Sertoma Civic Club of Chattanooga in the 1950s-1960s put on a fundraising event titled the “Plug Horse Derby” that closely followed the non-parallel fundraising paths of the Cotton and Kudzu Balls in the history of the Chattanooga community. Both achieved the goa...
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