1910 Wheatley Sweepstakes
One of Two Sweepstakes Held in Conjunction with the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Location: Nassau County, New York
Date: October 1, 1910
For the 1910 races, three simultaneous races were planned, with the running of the Massapequa and Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes with the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Different, though, was the order in which they would run. Instead of starting the smaller Wheatley Hills cars first, the new plan called for them to start after the main event.
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…