Full Text of HR0567 95th General Assembly
HR0567 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Phil Langley on his | 4 |
| induction into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame; and
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| WHEREAS, On Sunday, July 1, 2007, in Goshen, N.Y., Phil | 6 |
| Langley will be honored for his achievements and contributions | 7 |
| in harness racing; and
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| WHEREAS, He began his career at Sportsman's Park, where his | 9 |
| father, Pete Langley, was one of the founding fathers of one of | 10 |
| the nation's foremost meetings, and he went on to become a | 11 |
| member of the hierarchy at Maywood Park and Balmoral Park; he | 12 |
| was elected president of the United States Trotting | 13 |
| Association, governing body of the standardbred sport, in 2003; | 14 |
| and he is serving his second term while continuing to work as | 15 |
| director of racing at Maywood and Balmoral; and
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| WHEREAS, Phil Langley is a graduate of Oak Park High School | 17 |
| and Dartmouth; following his graduation he went back to | 18 |
| Sportsman's to work as an assistant to racing secretary Stan | 19 |
| Bergstein; when his father died he replaced him at the | 20 |
| Sportsman's harness meeting in the late 1960s; he stayed at | 21 |
| Sportsman's until 1997, when track President Charles Bidwill | 22 |
| III, whose family had controlling interest in the track, |
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| decided to discontinue harness racing and make Sportsman's into | 2 |
| a combination thoroughbred/automobile racing venue; Phil | 3 |
| Langley was part of the ownership groups and he transplanted | 4 |
| Sportsman's American-National classic harness races to | 5 |
| Balmoral; and
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| WHEREAS, Balmoral became one of North America's foremost | 7 |
| tracks; Phil Langley was instrumental in inaugurating the World | 8 |
| Trotting Derby at the DuQuoin State Fair and in introducing | 9 |
| Illinois off-track betting in 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, In recent years, Phil Langley has made his mark as | 11 |
| a standardbred owner; he currently is co-owner of two of the | 12 |
| best pacers on the Chicago circuit, Thisbigdogwilfight and | 13 |
| Third Day; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| congratulate Phil Langley on his induction into the Harness | 17 |
| Racing Hall of Fame; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to Phil Langley as a symbol of our respect.
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