Collection Item of the Week – 02/14/2023 Glens Falls Park Association

Saratoga was not the only “Summer place to be” in August.

Horse racing in Glens Falls took place at he Glens Falls Park Association Track.

Below is an original entry form for Harness Racing Stakes to be held on August 14, 15 and 16, 1888.

The first stakes race was a Brood Mare Stake. It was followed by Stake No. 8 and  Stake No. 9.

Entry fee was $5.00. All communications to W.F. Bentley, Treasurer, Glens Falls, N.Y.

Membership fee or dues for present members is $2.00

 

Entry ballot for races.  2008.026.014

 

edited by Tom Lynch, Collections Manager

(c) 2023. Warren County New York Historical Society.

contact: [email protected]

Source:  Harris Family Collection  # 17

Warren County NY Historical Society, 50 Gurney Lane, Queensbury, NY 12804

Phone: 518-743-0734

 

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