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At one time Connecticut had mile tracks at Plain- 

 ville and Hartford. Of the pair Charter Oak Park 

 remains. 



New York was at one time noted for its mile 

 tracks. There were several on Long Island as well 

 as Fleetwood Park in New York City. The latter 

 was opened in 1870. All of them have passed, to- 

 gether with the splendid courses at Buffalo, Roches- 

 ter, Utica, Glen Falls and Poughkeepsie. Syracuse, 

 the home of the New York State Fair and Goshen 

 are still active. 



In New Jersey the mile tracks at Guttenberg, 

 Linden, Hoboken, and the Fashion Course at Tren- 

 ton have passed. Of the Pennsylvania courses, 

 Pottstown, Phoenixville, Point Breeze and Belmont 

 Parks at Philadelphia were checked off together 

 with Homewood and Brunot Island Parks at Pitts- 

 burgh and the kite track at Meadville. The only 

 mile track in Pennsylvania is located on the Han- 

 over Shoe Farm at Hanover. 



Delaware had a kite track at Kirkwood. It is 

 no longer active. In Maryland the trotters have not 

 been seen at Laurel or Pimlico for several years. 

 Ohio still has mile tracks at Toledo, Cleveland and 

 Cincinnati. The absentees are Columbus and the 

 kite track at Chillicothe where Flying Jib with run- 

 ning mate reeled off a mile in l:58l^ in 1894. 



There is a mile track at Huntington. It is the only 

 large oval in West Virginia. There was a mile track 

 in Virginia at Richmond. It has been cut to a half. 



In Georgia there are mile tracks at Atlanta and 



