{"id":759,"date":"2018-03-14T23:59:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T23:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steamboatnatchez.com\/news\/racing-steamboats-or-horses\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T18:59:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T18:59:33","slug":"racing-steamboats-or-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steamboatnatchez.com\/news\/racing-steamboats-or-horses.html","title":{"rendered":"Racing &#8211; Steamboats or Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image result for fair grounds race course historical photos\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steamboatnatchez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/th.jpeg\" width=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Steamboat Races were popular in the 1800&#39;s and that need for speed was carried over to land events in New Orleans.&nbsp; As early of 1839 Bernard de Marigny, Julius Branch and Henry Augustine Tayloe, organized races at the &quot;Louisiana Race Course&quot; 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