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Experience a Day at the Races in 1904 With This Footage From Gravesend’s Long Gone Horse Racing Track

Spectators watch the Brooklyn Handicap at the Gravesend Race Track in 1904. Photo via Our BK Social [http://ourbksocial.com/the-untold-story-of-brooklyns-historic-racetracks/]From the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s, during Kings County’s brief reign as America’s racing capital [http://www.brooklynology.org/post/2010/07/01/

Gravesend Race Track

Video: Brooklyn Handicap At Gravesend Race Track, 1904

We just stumbled across the above video, showing several horses racing in the Brooklyn Handicap [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Handicap] at the local Gravesend Race Track [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravesend_Race_Track] 108 years ago in 1904. Sure, the race track wasn’t as famous as