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is now held. There is a mile track in Texas at Dal- 

 las. It has not been used for racing of late years. 

 Overland Park at Denver was also at one time an 

 important racing center in Colorado while in Marcus 

 Daly's day racing flourished in Montana at Ana- 

 conda and Butte. 



North Yakima had the only mile track in Wash- 

 ington. There is one at Salem, Oregon and one at 

 Phoenix in Arizona. California at one time had more 

 mile tracks than any other state in the Union. It is 

 still using the courses at Sacramento, Pleasanton, 

 Fresno and Stockton. Of those which have been dis- 

 mantled or are not active turf followers who knew 

 Marvin, Goldsmith and Hickok will recall Oakland, 

 where St. Julien made a new world's record for 

 trotters in 1879. Petaluma, San Jose, Santa Rosa, 

 Napa, Bakersfield, Salinas, Santa Anna, Woodland, 

 Vallejo and Los Angeles faded with the stock 

 farms which for a number of years sent a formid- 

 able list of champions over the mountains to do 

 battle with the eastern stars. The descendants of 

 these horses are still seen in almost every state and 

 by their speed and racing qualities perpetuate the 

 glory of Palo Alto, San Mateo, Sunny Slope and the 

 Santa Rosa Farms. 



Florida has a perfectly appointed mile track at 

 Longwood. It is used as a winter training camp. 



