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This week's Rewind Robert Smith offers the monthly feature called 'Years Ago'. This time all of his short stories and old photos are based in the decade of the 1980's, thus about 40 - 45 years ago.

Last Comment: May 21, 2021 6:50 am ET | 9 Comment(s) | Jump to Comments In this weeks edition of Rewind Robert Smith recalls a very important date in the history of Canadian harness racing. It was 60 years ago that nighttime racing finally came to the Province of Ontario. On the evening of May 17, 1961 with a post time of 8:00 p.m., it all happened at Western Fair Raceway in London, Ontario. A few recollections of the times and some old photographs help to recall this very special moment in ...