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FORSES AND HORSE RACING AT EARLY WISCONSIN FAIRS
Wisconsin fairs featured thoroughbreds and harness racing from the 1830s onward with notable matches, premiums, and evolving rules. The rise of the American Trotting Association, sulky advances, and large purses drew crowds, while some fairs faced fakery and transportation limits. Names of drivers and famed horses appear in regional lore, reflecting the sport as a long standing rural institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Wisi
Amonss
Tewnglise
Island
Central
Eux
Prac Y Fair
Lews County
Bocky
Stifflin
Hove
York Agricultural Society
Cow
William ML. Bryster
Albany
Coltain Hambleton
Eagle
Morgan Erince
Mineral Point
Lafayette
Grant Town
Green
Columbia
Lafayete Society
Virginia
Kentucky
American Trotting Association
John M. True
Farmers’institutes
Vernon County Society
Walworth
Elnore
Perry
Hoy Teimsman
Evansville
Joe Bassett
Threefer
Mirst
Johnston
M. T. Grattan
Milwaukee