Race horses entered in the Whitehall Racing Park for a $60 purse were Farmers Daughter, Annie Gilligan, Bald Hornet and Plow Boy.

Events in September 1882 included the 41st annual fair of Washington County at Sandy Hill (Hudson Falls), 5-9 September. People reached it by special trains running at
9 a.m. and 6 p.m. On Thursday 10,000 people attended. There were 1,000 ‘wheeled vehicles on the ground. “Nutbrown,” an Ethan Allen colt of Mac J. Brown and Frank Douglass won the 2, 3, 5 heats and won the race.

Doris B. Morton, Town Historian – The Whitehall Times – April 28, 1983 – Title Unknown

George Knight was trying to make the area into a fine racing arena. The first races of the summer were this month. However, the local horses of Orwell, Fair Haven, and Granville were not entered when their owners discovered some noted racers were to run.

Doris B. Morton, Town Historian – The Whitehall Times – June 23, 1983 – Title Unknown

A most exciting race took place 29 September [1884] when Seth McFarran’s mare, John O’Rourke’s horse, and Nelson O’Donnell’s horse competed, best 3 in 5. The account
says shots were taken of the drivers and the caroms they made. (Doesn’t anyone have some pictures to be preserved by copying?)

Doris B. Morton, Town Historian – The Whitehall Independent – Nov 16, 1983 – Title Unknown