This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1MB.2ACI/2908.2 Message Board Post: Robert, Can you tell me if this track in Carthage was used as a horse track. I have been looking for information on my Great Great grandfather. I know he was a blacksmith and according to the Carterville and Webb City 1901 Business Directioy he was the propritor of the " Jockey Club Shoeing Shop". I even have the address of the business. I could never find any reference to horses or why his business would be names as such. Hoping the photo of the fairgrounds might be a clue as to where to look next.