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32nd Annual Lorenzo Driving Competition July 19&20
Lovely horses and carriages will grace the picturesque setting of the Lorenzo State Historic Site in Cazenovia, NY for the 32nd annual Lorenzo Driving Competition. Always held on the third weekend in July, the event dates this year are July 19 and 20, 2008. While the event has changed somewhat during its 32 year running, a constant theme that has remained is the quality of horses, competitors, and the camaraderie that they all share.
Spectators attending the Lorenzo Driving Competition can expect to see horses and ponies of all sizes, in singles and pairs, hitched to carriages and performing ring and obstacle events. The ring events include working pleasure, reinsmanship, and turnout classes. Obstacle classes will include a “my route-your route”, and a separate “town and country” course with many types of obstacles that one might find in a country setting. A favorite of most competitors is the Saturday morning marathon course that covers approximately 5 miles of trails, completely off road. The marathon is a “pleasure pace” where the competitors are judged for completing the course as close to a specified time, without knowledge of the course beforehand. The goal is to come as close as possible to the perfect pace for the animal(s) being driven. Spectators enjoy watching the marathon from several key observation points, especially the popular water hazard.
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Symphony Returns for Annual Outdoor Concert
The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra makes its annual visit to Lorenzo on Friday, July 11. The free outdoor concert featuring light classics, movie scores and much more begins at 8 pm on the front lawn of the mansion. Bring your own seating. The rain location will be the Cazenovia High School. A pre-concert fundraising dinner to benefit the SSO and the Lorenzo Music fund begins at 5:30 and will be held rain or shine under a tent. Reservations are required for dinner. Please call Lorenzo at 315.655.3200 for more information.
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Enter the Modern...
Household Innovations
Through the Years at Lorenzo
In 1968 Lorenzo was acquired by New York
State and the Ledyard family heirs donated 160 years of accumulated furnishings
and documentation. Among these treasures were all of the objects on display in
this exhibit. Lorenzo’s archive contains a vast array of information including
third owner, Helen Lincklaen Fairchild’s, Housebook. Here she collected and
recorded information on the upgrades, repairs and contents of her home from its
construction in 1807-1808 until her death in 1931. Her recollections are often
corroborated by further documentation, items in the historic collections and
evidence found during restoration and repairs undertaken since 1968.
Cazenovia
Ice Harvesting
By 1850 commercial ice cutting and shipping
was prevalent throughout the country. Charles Listman started a company in
Cazenovia in 1870. Subsequent businesses, including People’s Ice Company,
continued in the area into the 1930s with the blocks of ice transported by train
to Syracuse. During the 1930s , People’s Ice Company moved to Syracuse, changed
their production to manufactured ice and remained open into the 1960s.Many area
homes and dairies, including Lorenzo, had private icehouses and community ice
cutting on the lake was mentioned in the Cazenovia Republican as late as 1940.
The above photograph is of the pier on Cazenovia Lake in the late 19th century.
Ice packed properly in materials such as sawdust and straw would last for an
entire year.
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Calendar of Events
Saturday & Sunday, July 5 and 6
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
CAVAC Arts and Crafts Show
Show and sale featuring more than 100 artisans. Sponsored by the Cazenovia Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps (CAVAC). Admission to the show is free. For more information, please contact the CAVAC business office at (315) 655-9798.
Monday - Friday, July 7 - 11
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Summer Day Camp, Session I
Students (ages 8-11) are invited to attend Footprints of an Upland Community: Community Experience. Participants will explore daily life in a rural 19th and early 20th C. community. Activities focus on themes of transportation, architecture, pastimes and customs. Pre-registration required; space is limited.
Friday, July 11, 8 p.m.
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra Concert
Open-air pops concert on the historic front lawn of Lorenzo. Admission is free; bring your own seating. For more information about the evening concert and a pre-concert fundraising dinner, please call (315) 655-3200 or visit www.syracusesymphony.org.
Saturday & Sunday, July 19 - 20
8 a.m.–5 p.m.
32nd Annual Lorenzo Driving Competition
Pleasure driving competition featuring tests of horse and carriage skill, timing, and style; exhibits, sales, refreshments, and demonstrations also offered. Admission to the show is free. Sponsored by Lorenzo Driving Competition, Inc. For more information, please contact Molly Pew (mollypew1@yahoo.com) at (610) 850-1183 or visit www.lorenzodriving.com.
Monday through Friday, July 21-25
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Summer Day Camp, Session II
Students (ages 8-11) are invited to attend Footprints of an Upland Community: Schoolhouse Experience. Participants will explore late 19th C rural education and related themes including social customs, domestic arts and crafts and oral recitation. Activities will be based at the Rippleton Schoolhouse. Pre-registration required; space is limited.
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