{"id":7546,"date":"2010-11-12T15:57:27","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T20:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/much-ado\/2010\/11\/did-you-ever-notice.html"},"modified":"2017-11-28T10:54:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T15:54:48","slug":"did-you-ever-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/much-ado\/2010\/11\/did-you-ever-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you ever notice&#8230;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It matters not the time of year, nor the reason why.\u00a0 But any mention of Saratoga and Horse Racing anytime outside the racing season always brings me a feeling of warmth and peace knowing I will return to her.<\/p>\n<p>It may be nine months away, but she remains so close in my heart and I can see her clearly in my mind&#8217;s eye.<\/p>\n<p>Such an instant occurred when a friend emailed me a link to a segment on last Sunday&#8217;s 60 Minutes.\u00a0 Veteran newsman Andy Rooney waxed eloquent, as he will and as he might, about the movie Secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>An admitted novice at best when it comes to being a racing fan, Rooney talks of how his parents were raised in nearby Ballston Spa.\u00a0 He tells us his visits to Saratoga were annual jaunts for nearly each of his 148 years on earth &#8230; ok, 91 but wow&#8230;still&#8230;that&#8217;s more than a few.<\/p>\n<p>In it he talks of how he&#8217;s seen some of the greats, and for a novice the man has seen the greats.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s seen Whirlaway, Secretariat, Jim Dandy and Citation.\u00a0 Seattle Slew, Dr. Fager, War Admiral and Man O War.<\/p>\n<p>Then I started thinking&#8230;Man O War?\u00a0 Wait a minute.\u00a0 How old IS Andy Rooney anyway?<\/p>\n<p>I looked him up.\u00a0 Born January 14, 1919, he would have been an infant when racing&#8217;s first Big Red raced and barely two when he showed the world that he could carry 138 pounds and still win.<\/p>\n<p>Then I thought, you know, maybe I oughta cut the fella a little slack.\u00a0 He&#8217;s forgotten more than I&#8217;ve seen and was blessed to visit the Spa during a time I have only read about.\u00a0 A time when, truly, I would have loved to live.\u00a0 Simpler.\u00a0 No lotteries or huge casinos to stunt the racing fan population.\u00a0\u00a0 Men knew to open doors for women and tip their hats, as they&#8217;d walk by.\u00a0 Gentler.\u00a0 More polite.\u00a0 A time when men would wear a tie and a hat to the races, when please and thank you were common place.<\/p>\n<p>But still, as a writer of The Saratoga Special often says to his friends and writes in his paper, THESE are our good old days.<\/p>\n<p>Let &#8217;em roll, then baby.\u00a0 Let &#8217;em roll.<\/p>\n<p>And Andy, thanks for the warming mention of Saratoga as the chill of winter knocks at our door.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It matters not the time of year, nor the reason why.&nbsp; But any mention of Saratoga and Horse Racing anytime outside the racing season always brings me a feeling of warmth and peace knowing I will return to her.It may&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32,34,106,122],"class_list":["post-7546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-60-minutes","tag-andy-rooney","tag-saratoga","tag-secretariat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Did you ever notice...? - Much Ado About... 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