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Racing Derbies Revisited – Summary of Rides.

Summary of Racing Derby Rides in North America, 1916 - Present

CITY	LOCATION	DATE(S)	MFG.	# HORSES	HORSE SUPPLIER	OWNER	MISC. NOTES	REFERENCES
Ocean Park, CA	Near Ocean Park’s Frasier Pier	1916-1917	PRIOR & CHURCH	40, single seat	Uncertain	Tom Prior		3, 4, 62
Venice, CA	Abbott Kinney Pier	1918-20	P&C	48, single seat	Williams	Prior and Church	Burned	3, 63
Venice, CA	New Abbott Kinney Pier	1921-1946	P&C	56, double seat	Williams	Prior and Church	Sold to Whitney’s Playland-at-the-beach, S.F., CA	3, 4
Oakland, CA	Idora Park	1918-29	P&C			Ingersoll Pleasure & Amusement Company	Called “American Derby”	3, 64
Kansas City, MO	Electric Park	1918?-	P&C					65, 66
Chicago, IL	Riverview Park	1919-25?	P&C	56, double seat	Williams		Called “The Winner”; fire damaged in early 1930’s	3, 67
Long Beach, CA	Nu-Pike	1920-	P&C					3
Galveston, TX	Joyland Park, 21st and Seawall Blvd	1920-29		56		Charles E. Barfield	Moved to 25th and Seawall Boulevard (1928). Dismantled in 1950 and moved to Hollywood Dinner Club. Burned in 1959	3, 41, 46, 49
Atlantic City, NJ	Steeplechase Park	1920-	P&C			E.C. Tilyou		3
Chicago, IL	White City	1920-ca. 1946	P&C	40, single seat	Williams			3, 68
Revere Beach, MA	Revere Beach	1920-1921+	P&C	64		McGinnis sisters		3, 69
Detroit, MI		1920-	P&C			Andrew F West		3, 70
Cleveland, OH	Euclid Beach Park		P&C	64, double seat			Sold to Cedar Point in 1965. Opened 1966. Speed of 15 mph	3, 71
Toronto, CA	Hanlan’s Point		P&C		Williams	Lawrence Solman		3
Toronto, CA	Sunnyside Park		P&C	56	Williams	Lawrence Solman	Sold to Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto (1957-88)	3
New York, NY	Prospect Hotel, Coney Island	1925- ca. 1930	M.C. Illions	20, double seat	Illions	Illions	Called the “Jockey Ride” and possibly “Racing Horses”.	3
Rye, NY	Playland	Ca. 1927-present	P&C	56, double seat but only one rider allowed	Illions		Speed of 25 mph	3, 72

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Racing Derbies Revisited….

Contributed by William R. Benjamin, Ph.D. and Barbara Williams

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