NYRA RAID TARGETS T-SHIRT VENDORS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: DENNIS YUSKO Staff writer

Saratoga Springs The New York Racing Association raided the two remaining private T-shirt vendors outside Saratoga Race Course on Travers Day, confiscating thousands of dollars of merchandise allegedly bearing trademarked race course logos.

The sweep was led by NYRA attorneys and several NYRA security guards, according to vendor Bob Gardner, who said he had about $10,000 worth of sweat shirts and T-shirts impounded from his Wright Street booth around 10 a.m. Saturday.

``It was like a drug raid,'' said Gardner, who has been selling wares at the track for 39 years. ``They did like a Gestapo action, or something out …