Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Get the Plainfield, IL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Get the Plainfield, IN local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Millions were under weather advisories as the storm stretched from southern Illinois to Washington, D.C.
The track hosts Thoroughbred flat racing. It is one of two horse racing venues currently active in Illinois, and the only one outside the Chicago, Illinois metro area. The track also featured Standardbred harness racing, but discontinued it in 1999. [1] View of the spectator stands at Fairmount Park Horse Race Track in Collinsville, Illinois
The Illinois State Fair was held almost every summer during this more than 150-year-long period. On a few occasions it was suspended. In 1893, for example, the organizers of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago prepared to offer a larger lineup of agricultural products and machinery, so the Illinois State Fair canceled itself for one year.
Enjoy the excitement of harness racing at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday and at 5 p.m. Thursday as some of Ohio's best two-and three-year-old horses compete. Bet you didn't know Ohio's Standardbred industry ...
The land that would house Maywood Park was purchased by Arthur T. Galt for $64,000 in 1922 (adjusted for inflation this was more than $968,000 in 2019). [3] Per a 1953 United States Tax Court ruling: "In 1931 the property was leased to the Cook County Fair Association, which constructed a spectators' grandstand and a one-half mile dirt oval track for harness races.
The Downs also hosted auto racing events in addition to horse racing. [2] The Downs closed during World War II, then added a half-mile oval when it reopened again in 1946. The track closed 1952, and harness racing was shifted to neighboring Maywood Park. In 1955, there were two fires at Aurora Downs in eight days.
The Stark County Fair has more than pigs and livestock. There's live country music, a hip comedian, tractor pulls, trick-performing dogs and food.