On Aug. 31, 1955, thoroughbred horseracing was the top spectator sport in the United States and on that date a two-horse race known as “The Great Match Race” put Homewood and its Washington Park Racetrack in the winner’s circle. The match-up was between Swaps, a West Coast horse that won the Kentucky Derby that year, and Nashua, an East Coast racer that finished the Derby a length behind Swaps but subsequently won the Preakness and…
