Geography Dept.EEnter geograpical info here. GPS coordinates are: 99d 99' 99" N 99d 99' 99" W.Picture Gallery.Racing Results.
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History Dept.The last known year of harness racing at this venue was 1901.TAYLOR'S DRIVING PARK, comprehending an area of eighty acres to the east
of the city (i.e., Freeport), and is owned by John B. Taylor. Along in 1873, Mr. Taylor,
appreciating the needs of horsemen in the vicinity, and the valuable
adjunct it would prove to Freeport, purchased the land, since occupied
as a driving park, for that purpose. He at once began to improve the track,
and expended large sums for that purpose, annually, from 1873 to 1877.
These include fencings, accommodations for stock, clubhouses, stands,
etc., and what is pronounced, by those competent to judge, the fastest
and most elastic track in the country. It was surveyed, constructed and
laid out under the direction of L. Stanton, is 100 feet wide, and
5,280 feet to an inch, or a full mile in length, supplied with every
convenience and security for fast time, and has, until recently, been
patronized by the most prominent trackmen in America.
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