Description: A photograph depicting harness racing. Photograph shows a dark colored horse pulling a harness by the front of a large white barn, as a man looks on. Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies, although racing under saddle (trot monté in French) is also conducted in Europe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_017_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio)--History; Harness racing--Ohio--History; Harness racing--Pictorial works
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Race at Burton Fair- 1940. Photographed by Henry P. Boynton- 1940." This is a photograph of a harness race at the Geauga County Fair in Burton, Ohio. There are hundreds of people watching in the stands and several standing in the center of the track. Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies, although racing under saddle (trot monté in French) is also conducted in Europe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F03_0014_001
Subjects: Racetracks (Horse racing); Harness racing--Ohio--History; Harness racing--Pictorial works; Geauga County (Ohio)--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Burton (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a white horse attached to a harness with a man sitting in the seat in front of a horse stable. Another man is leaning against the horse stable entrance in the background. Leaning against the barn appears to be some sort of racing harness, but with smaller wheels--perhaps a training harness. Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies, although racing under saddle (trot monté in French) is also conducted in Europe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_005_001
Subjects: Harness racing--Pictorial works; Harness racing--Ohio--History; Urbana (Ohio)--History; Horses
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph depicting harness racing. This photograph shows a dark colored horse pulling a harness by the front of a large white barn, as a man looks on. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F02_024
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio)--History; Harness racing--Ohio--History; Harness racing--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of two black horses in front of a barn. One horse is pulling a harness carrying a man holding a whip. The other horse is being lead by the man in the harness. Three on-lookers watch from in front of the barn. Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies, although racing under saddle (trot monté in French) is also conducted in Europe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_002_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio)--History; Harness racing--Ohio--History; Harness racing--Pictorial works
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Christmas card features a picture of a horse standing with a rider seated in the harness. The rider's clothes are colorized blue and red. Below the photograph there is an emblem of a lit candle in front of a wreath, and there is a poem reading "Wishing for you / Among other things / All of the joy / A glad Christmas brings" Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies, although racing under saddle (trot monté in French) is also conducted in Europe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_020_001
Subjects: Harness racing; Christmas cards
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: One worker paints a wooden fence near the entrance gates at Scioto Downs while another worker sits on a tractor nearby. Located just south of Columbus on U.S. Route 23, Eldorado Scioto Downs is a horse-racing track which features harness racing and gambling. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B02F011_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Ohio; Harness racing; Gambling; Painters
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A man poses here in front of one of the entrance gates to Scioto Downs. Located just south of Columbus on U.S. Route 23, Eldorado Scioto Downs is a horse-racing track which features harness racing and gambling. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B02F012_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Ohio; Harness racing; Gambling
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A truck drives south past the main entrance gates to Scioto Downs. Located just south of Columbus on U.S. Route 23, Eldorado Scioto Downs is a horse-racing track which features harness racing and gambling. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B02F013_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Ohio; Harness racing; Gambling; Truck driving
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A worker paints a wooden fence near the entrance gates at Scioto Downs. Located just south of Columbus on U.S. Route 23, Eldorado Scioto Downs is a horse-racing track which features harness racing and gambling. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B02F009_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Ohio; Harness racing; Gambling; Painters
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of harness race horses in Ohio. Harness racing is a race in a specified gait, pulling a two wheeled cart called a sulkies. Races are run in two different gaits, pacing and trotting. A pacer moves it legs laterally, that is right front and right hind together, while a trotter moves it's legs forward in diagonal pairs, that is, right front and left hind, then left front and right hind. A sulky is light weight two-wheeled cart with bicycle wheels. The driver is seated on the sulky and carries a long, light weight whip. The whip is used to signal the horse by tapping or to make noise by striking the side of the sulky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F06_010_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.; Harness racing
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Picture of a white horse with a harness attached to it. A man rides in the seat in front of the horse stable. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F02_026
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio)--History; Champaign County (Ohio)--History; Harness racing--Ohio--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)