Parading to the post for the first race at the park; dated October 19, 1922 (Knecht 1290)

Distant view of grandstand and race; dated 1922 (Knecht 788)

The horse stables are visible in the distance; photo dated November, 13, 1922 (Knecht 1287)

Horses coming down the track; c. 1920s (Knecht 1299)

Close view of jockeys racing on the track; c. 1920s (Knecht 1300)

A horse runs on the racetrack; c. 1920s (Knecht 1310)

Horses trotting on the racetrack, with the stables visible in the distance; c. 1920s (Knecht 1312)

C. 1920s (Knecht 1313)

Bill Hamilton starting the fourth race; photo dated November 9, 1922 (Knecht 1315)

Photo dated 1926 (Knecht 1317)

Spectators watching horses race soon after the park opened on October 19, 1922 (Knecht 1324)

Horses pause on the track; dated November 14, 1922 (Knecht 1325)

Photo taken during construction of the park in 1922 (Knecht 1327)

Horses running on the track a day after the park opened on October 19, 1922 (Knecht 1328)

Horses coming down the stretch on opening day of the park, October 19, 1922 (Knecht 1334)

Spectators watching horses parading to the post on October 19, 1922 (Knecht 770)

First race at the park; photo dated November 10, 1922 (Knecht 1302)

Horses coming down the stretch; c. 1923 (Knecht 634)

Senator A. O. Stanley, accompanied by park owner A. B. Dade, waving to the crowd from the steps of the tower; c. 1922 (Knecht 1348)

Start of the 6th race; c. 1922 (Knecht 1349)

Horses coming down the stretch; dated November 9, 1922 (Knecht 1355)

Horses racing down the track; c. 1922 (Knecht 1357)

Race held on November 15, 1922 (Knecht 1359)

Crowds of fans watching a race; stables visible in the distance; c. 1922 (Knecht 1370)

Horses sauntering on the racetrack; stables are visible in the background; c. 1922 (Knecht 1371)

Horses round the bend to the home stretch; dated November 10, 1922 (Knecht 1373)

Senator A. O. Stanley (first man on steps) addressing the crowd at the racetrack; c. 1922 (Knecht 1375)

Possibly the beginning of a race; c. 1922 (Knecht 1381)

Horses racing down the stretch; c. 1922 (Knecht 1382)

Horses running down the stretch; c. 1922 (Knecht 1383)

Horses racing on the track, with the stables visible in the distance; c. 1922 (Knecht 1378)

Racetrack after a rain; photo dated November 14, 1922 (Knecht 1392)

A “photo finish” in 1953 (Knecht 3617)

Race day at the park; photo dated 1922 (Knecht 1320)

View from the stands; c. 1923 (Knecht 1291)

Photo dated 1926 (Knecht 1316)

Photo dated 1928 (Knecht 1286)

Photo probably taken near the end of construction in the fall of 1922 (Knecht 1326)

Photo probably taken around opening day at the park on October 19, 1922 (Knecht 1332)

Horses racing past the grandstand; c. 1922 (Knecht 1354)

Horses racing past a crowd in the grandstand; c. 1922 (Knecht 1358)

Horses resting after a race; c. 1922 (Knecht 1362)

View from the grandstand; c. 1922 (Knecht 5813)

View from the grandstand; c. 1922 (Knecht 5815)

View from the grandstand; c. 1922 (Knecht 5816)

Photo dated 1923 (Knecht 1389)

Spectators crowd the grandstand; c. 1923 (Knecht 221)

Photo dated 1928 (Knecht 1285)

Spectators fill the stands during a “horse review;” c. 1920s (Knecht 1303)

Women are unidentified; photo dated 1935 (Knecht 631)