"a new stand has been erected for ladies"
This file appears in: Horse Racing on Sundays at the Eclipse Course
Daily Picayune, April 1, 1838
Courtesy of Times-Picayune Archive
This file appears in: Horse Racing on Sundays at the Eclipse Course
Horse Racing on Sundays at the Eclipse Course
Captain Yelverton N. Oliver of Virginia, who “cast the seed of enterprise upon the rich alluvial soil of Louisiana,” rejuvenated the languishing sport of thoroughbred racing in New Orleans by…