Jack E. Lee calls a race at Roosevelt (1983)

In this video, Stan Bergstein takes you to the announcer's booth as the late, great Jack E. Lee shows the audience the work involved in calling a horse race.
R.I.P. Jack E. Lee (1936-2009)

[@randylee1405]

Miss U Dad….. The greatest voice of them all

[@almell3994]

There not gonna catch him today.the best announcer ever.

[@dougkaddish3343]

The Greatest Harness Racing Announcer Period!! All of the "one liners" were created by this guy... all of them... surprised he didn't trademark them..

[@clydeb7713]

Jack ruled when NY racing was great!

[@louisgiardina3250]

Jack e Lee was a great race caller

[@clipperblackhawk4297]

He was amazing..no matter what purse the race was for he always gave you a great call..

[@paulveneziano4082]

Stan Bergstein was America's most foremost authority on standardbred horse 🐴🐎🧲 racing 🏎️🐎 and Jack E Lee was the greatest harness track announcer ever !

[@dougmilesmedia]

Jack was one of the best. Great voice and delivery. Had a chance to interview him while I was on college radio at Adelphi Univ. on Long Island.

[@michaelromano1557]

An all time GREAT race caller. Great job Jack ! 🙏❤️🇺🇸

[@danielklein9855]

Like Jack use to say "forget the rest"

[@mrsunshineshines]

Grew up in the 70's and 80's in Yonkers. While The Bullet was good, there was nobody better than Jack. I can still hear him calling Bobbo at R.R. If anyone has Jack calling Bobbo, it would be a great post. Jack, you were The Greatest. R.I.P.

[@pugskins]

bOOOOOOb oooohh

[@sgtjeff56]

Fred Caposella in the afternoon, Jack Lee at night. The two best race callers ever!!

[@unclebillmusic]

1,000% CORRECT !!!

[@SteveSparx]

Voice of God Jack E Lee

[@markschwartz3330]

Steve Sparx 😁

[@JerGer918]

Jack E. Lee preceeded Howard Finkel as WWWF/WWF ring announcer at Madison Square Garden in the mid 1970s

[@SteveSparx]

hes so fuckin cool

[@unclebillmusic]

1ST THERE WAS THE "RESULT LINE",THEN THEY HAD THE STRETCH CALL. SOMETIMES I WOULD CALL JUST TO HEAR JACK !I LOVED IT WHEN HE WOULD SAY "AND - - - - - - - CAN SEE 'EM ALL !!" HE WAS THE BEST !!! I MET HIM ONCE AT AN OTB. I ASKED HIM WHAT'S THE DOUBLE GOING TO BE. HE SAID "B' AND "B", (OTB LETTERS). HE WAS RIGHT !!! $12.00 DOUBLE !! I TOLD HIM THAT HE AND FRED CAPOSELLA WERE THE 2 GREATEST CALLERS EVER. HE THANKED ME. HE WAS VERY POLITE !!!

[@geoffreycoleman3346]

I met him at an OTB too. Guessing '88 or so. He was with his wife. The three of us got along really well. Someone up there above just said, "Voice of God.". That is a just a very slight exaggeration. At best.

[@cgambler864]

i know !! i was just foolin....i loved listening to Jack, his style was inimitable

[@caesarfiorini]

and at the end it's Ab Can Do - but not today .............

[@roybernardo9946]

As Andy Griffith would say of Aunt Bee's pie, "mmm mmm that is Extra good." Same with Jack Lee's race calling extra good!!!

[@williamgallucci9913]

Jack e lee wow

[@77WABC]

He always hit the table next to him when the race ended ..Some kind of ritual of his !

[@dougkaddish3343]

77WABC

[@dougkaddish3343]

77WABC He does not hit the table... you don't know xxxx. There was a 900 number back in the day to listen to "Stretch Calls" and he turns the tape recorder off... take it to the bank

[@marc108]

Greet memories of eating at wolfs deli on on country rd leaving my 73 nova in the parking lot jumping over the fence to walk the long lot to RR .. inevitably returning broke to my car ( no boot on car)..ahhhh 1978-80...dammit I want to take it back to Willoughby, 😉

[@spikeri812]

HE was simply the best, sometimes you would'nt even notice his nuiances, for instance a heavily favore 'Train Robber' stuck in traffic deep stretch wiggles free wins by a half , and jack calls it as " THERE NOT GOING TO CATCH THE TRAIN ROBBER TONIGHT"!!!

[@zigymac]

MR. HANOVER CAN SEE EM ALL !!!!!!!!!

[@jeffinjersey9094]

Yeah Jack was great but Y'all forgot a few. Max Brewer (Yonkers, Monticello) Lou O'Neil, Yonkers Mid 60's. Marty Glickman, Ed Gorman (Liberty Bell, Meadowlands) and the man who called RR mid 60's who's name I cant recall and it's driving me crazy!! Help!

[@Xxx12344]

Bullet bob Meyer was the best.

[@RobertHesterEntertainment]

2:49 = 🎤👋

[@mrsunshineshines]

@cgambler864 My comment had nothing to do with who was better. Just a great great call from Jack. It's etched in my brain. That's all.

[@cgambler864]

@mrsunshineshines i have seen it, its out there on youtube somewhere, try searching 'great harness racing stretch drives' but lemme tell ya: Yankee Predator really won that photo in the 1983 American Trotting Championship....they fixed it somehow.....he handed Bobbo his ass on a plate......longest photo in the history of Roosevelt, at least for me........Bobbo couldnt hold a candle to Ideal du Gazeau or Bridger or Classical Way......

[@dougkaddish3343]

cgambler864 --- I agree with everything you state... however my friend Bobbo won this night by a xxxx hair.... worked for Jones Precision.. we didn't "fix anything"

[@unclebillmusic]

"WITH KEEN EXCITEMENT !!! HOW DID "BULLET" BOB MYER EVER MAKE ITAS AS ANNOUNCER ??? !!! HE IS THE MOST MONDANE ANNOUNCER I HAVE EVER HEARD !!!