Havre de Grace Racetrack
Inscription
Havre De Grave Racetrack In operation from 1912-1950 and nicknamed "The Graw." The Harford Agricultural and Breeders Association Racetrack was one of four one-mile thoroughbred racecourses in Maryland and reflected Harford County's status as a breeding center for thoroughbreds. Man O' War won the Potomac handicap here in 1920, setting a track record.
En route to the Triple Crown in 1948, Citation lost his only race that year, to a local horse, Saggy. The clubhouse and grandstand remain. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland State Highway Administration
Location
Sources
More markers in Harford
The Hays House
Bel Air, MD
The Hays House Built 1788 One of the earliest buildings in Bel Air, enlarged in 1814 by Thomas A. Hays (1780-1861), an attorney,...
Eniac
Aberdeen, MD
ENIAC The first large-scale, general-purpose electronic digital computer, ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was...
Berkley Crossroads
Darlington (vicinity), MD
A hamlet settled in the late eighteenth century by free blacks and whites.
Susquehanna River Crossing
Havre de Grace, MD
Beginning in 1838, the cars of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad were carried across the Susquehanna River by the first...
The General's Highway
Aberdeen, MD
This is a section of "The General's Highway" Route of General Washington's triumphant journey, December 3-23, 1783, New York to...