Whitney Tower handed over the trophy, which the Hammer had just earned when Lite Light outran the champion filly Meadow Star by seven lengths.

The elections were announced yesterday by Whitney Tower, the president of the museum.

Whitney Tower, chairman of the museum, suggests that anyone going to the races for the first time visit the museum first.

Then it was two lengths back to Whitney Tower, and nobody else was close.

Whitney Tower, who is named for the longtime racing writer and executive of the Racing Hall of Fame, took the lead briefly after half a mile.

'Static and Bland' "Before the renovation, we were static and bland," said Whitney Tower, the president of the museum.

Whitney Tower, chairman of the National Museum of Racing, was host of a small lunch for a few old friends.

Whitney Tower - (1982-1989)

Whitney Tower was a resident of Saratoga Springs where he died in 1999 of complications from a stroke.

They had two children: daughter, Pamela Tower (b. 1921) and son, Whitney Tower (b. 1923).