The halfmile racetrack at the Cowley County Fairgrounds was originally laid out in the summer of 1872 d has been used for horse racing off and on since the fall of that year. The corners were dredged out in the summer of 1883, more so near the inside of the track to give the effect of a slight banking to the turns, us making the racetrack into a rare dish oval. The size, shape, and location of the track have not been red since but flood sediment has filled in some of the original dish bringing the surface up almost to ground e racetrack lies just a couple hundred yards east and north of the Walnut River and outside the levee ecting the city of Winfield so the track is often covered by floodwater. The track surface is mostly silt that does not pack down well so the racing surface for cars has always been very rough and dusty.

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