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Posted By: Bob

Frank, thanks for posting the picture. It was taken at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the most beautiful race track in America. Not as tradition laden as Saratgoa, Churchill Downs or some of the other tracks, but in April when the dogwoods bloom in the centerfield area it is gorgeous. Smarty Jones was a helluva horse...
Hot Springs played host to Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and many of the MLB teams' players during the first 30 years of the 20th Century as they loved going there for their Spring training.