`Winner' Takes All in Hambletonian From: The Washington Post | Date: August 8, 1993 | Copyright 1993 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

American Winner was just as matter of fact in performing as his trainer was in predicting.

"We're going to win it," trainer Milton Smith said before yesterday's Hambletonian at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J.

Not only did American Winner win and move within a victory of harness racing's triple crown, he did it with the fastest heat in Hambletonian history and the fastest-ever two-heat total for an any- age trotter.

"I never thought I'd ever be here," said a tear...

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