Arriving by Train
As in previous years, most spectators arrived to the race by Long Island Railroad. The huge crowd at the Westbury train station showed the increased interest in the event over the 1909 race. The New York Times estimated the overall crowd was 275,000. Other estimates ranged from 100,000 to a half million.
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…