Harness racing endures at Tunbridge World’s Fair

Nelson Haley, front, leads a harness race in front of Herb Brewster, middle, and Russell Lawson on Thursday at the Tunbridge Fair. Brewster and the horse he was riding, Eve, caught up and won the race. Photo by Charles Hatcher/Valley News(This story by Matt Hongoltz-Hetling was published in the Valley News on Sept. 15, 2017.)
TUNBRIDGE — Thursday marked the first day of the Tunbridge World’s Fair, and Peter Gearwar, a former McNamara Dairy worker, was sitting helmeted behind an ebony