In follow-up to our previous report of the impending closure of Neir's Tavern due to a rent hike, we are pleased to announce the historic bar located in Queens, New York, will remain open for business. Late Friday, news outlets reported that city leaders assisted Neir's owner Loy …
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While in New York for the 2013 Belmont Stakes, Times staff visited Neir's Tavern in Woodhaven, knowing its unique history and ties to the sport of horse racing. Neir's was originally opened in 1829 as The Blue Pump Room by Cadwallader Colden, track proprietor for the nearby Union …
"The way in which either party managed to improve their horses was kept as much a secret as the mysteries of Isis.” -- Niles' Weekly Register The Year: 1823. The American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine called it the “annus mirabilis in racing annals" – the “year of …
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