For most of the 80’s and 90’s, and through the turn of the century, Doug Brown sat at, or near the top of the heap, of all Canadian drivers.

We used to go to Roosevelt every weekend and there would be 30,000 people in the crowd. There was nothing like it.”

“In the wintertime, at Greenwood, they’d race on Saturday afternoons, and the place was always packed. It was amazing. On Boxing Day they’d often get more than 10,000 people - now those were the days!”

« Nous avions l’habitude d’aller à Roosevelt chaque fin de semaine, où il avait une foule de quelque 30 000 personnes. Il n’y avait rien de semblable. »

It was more than 10 years in the making, but Maritimers Jerry McCabe and D.B. MacLeod have a new harness racing book on the market.