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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a horse racing track and spectators. Sulkies, which are two-wheeled, one-person carriages drawn by a single horse, are racing. The race ... |
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| Description: | View of the State Fair Grounds featuring a race track and a crowd seated in the grandstands. |
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| Description: | Horses pull wagons on a stretch of racetrack at the Cuyahoga County Fair while spectators gather around the track beside parked automobiles. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of spectators viewing horses as they parade before a race at Saratoga Racetrack. The racetrack opened in 1864. |
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| Description: | Jockeys on horseback pass a striped marker on the dirt race track at Arlington Park. In the background the grandstand holds numerous spectators. Arlington ... |
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| Description: | Jockeys exercise their horses in the paddock at Arlington Park while spectators look on. The elevated view shows a crowded parking lot at right. Arlington ... |
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| Description: | View of a horse race at the Lower California Jockey Club in Tijuana, Mexico. Two men stand in a shelter, keeping time, while others watch the horses race p... |
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| Description: | Horses race past on the track at Aqua Caliente Jockey Club while spectators look on from the grandstand. The club opened in 1929 and was located in Tijuana... |
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| Description: | Horses stand near a judge's booth at Oriental Park Racetrack while spectators watch from a grandstand in the background. The racetrack was founded in 1915 ... |
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| Description: | Horses harnessed to sulkies pass the judge's stand at Goshen Historic Track as spectators look on from the grandstand and sidelines. Goshen Historic Track ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of racing trotters lined up on the track at Lima Driving Park as spectators look on from the grandstand. Automobiles are parked near the judg... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of four men and their horses harness racing down a road, with crowds of spectators on the sides, during a county fair in southwestern Wiscons... |
| Date: | 08 15 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of harness race driver Del Yapp and Jamb, a horse owned by Dr. William Marquis of Waunakee. They will be participating in the Westport races. |
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| Description: | View from the inner track of harness racing at a local fair. The horses and their drivers can be seen racing around a tree-lined curve in the track and pas... |
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| Description: | Outdoor view across tracks towards a man on a horse turning curve in a track in front of a large grandstand. Probably at the Jackson County fairgrounds. |
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| Description: | View down track towards a horse pulling a man in a racing buggy. Location identified as the racetrack at Jackson County Fairgrounds. |
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| Description: | Scene of the local fair, with men with horses wearing racing harnesses. A grandstand and other buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 06 14 1957 |
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| Description: | Esther Hornung (husband Anthony), Route 1, President of the Westport St. Mary's of the Lakes Altar Society, tours the Wilmar Farm harness racing track with... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Used by the Fairgrounds Race Track (New... |
| Date: | 09 1963 |
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| Description: | Harness racing at a County Fair. The horses pulling sulkies are making the turn in front of the grandstand. Another building and trees are in the backgroun... |
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