1987 Event "Mack Lobell" set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52) 1985 Event "Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, New Jersey 1984 Event Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500) 1955 Birthday John Campbell, harness racer, 3-time winner of Hambletonian 1948 Birthday Billy O'Donnell, harness racer driver of year, 1984 1931 Birthday Del Insko, harness racer, toothpick in mouth, 1969 money leader 1927 Birthday Stanley Dancer, harness racer, 4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown 1916 Birthday Ralph Baldwin, harness driver, set 11 major world records 1915 Birthday Charles L[eonard] Harness, U.S., sci-fi author, Paradox Men, Wolfhead 1904 Birthday Frank Ervin, harness racer, Hambletonian 1959, 66
