The Louisiana Association Races, Fall Meeting, 1845
This file appears in: Horse Racing on Sundays at the Eclipse Course
New Orleans Picayune, November 14, 1845
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 launching the Eclipse Course at Carrollton in March 1837.…