Robert Smith

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith recalls the long career of Wm. R. McDonnell, who recently passed away. Bill is remembered by the host of friends and associates he met in a variety of positions he ...

In this week's edition of Rewind, Robert Smith takes a look back at some of the personalities and events from the decade of the 1960's in the ongoing monthly feature, Years Ago.

With the new NHL regular season just around the corner, Robert Smith offers up a reminiscence about that sport's earlier years in this week's Rewind. He also lists off a sampling of the many individua...

In this week's edition of Rewind Robert Smith traces the long and interesting history of the famous Little Brown Jug Race which this Thursday is about to hold its 70th renewal.

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith recalls the once popular Thorncliffe Park and the role it played in popularizing harness racing in Metropolitan Toronto some 65 years ago. This is the second and con...

In this week's edition of Rewind, Robert Smith takes a look back at some of the personalities and events from the decade of the 1950s in the ongoing monthly feature Years Ago.

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith recalls the humble beginnings of what has become one of the sport's headline events in Canada. He traces the start up of The Canadian Pacing Derby nearly 80 years ag...

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith recalls the return of Grand Circuit racing to Toronto after an absence of nearly 35 years.

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith takes readers on a trip to Prince Edward Island, a great hotbed of harness racing and an area often referred to as 'The Kentucky of The North.'

In this week's edition of Rewind, Robert Smith recalls the early history of the annual classic known as the Hambletonian as well as the 1935 Hambo and its still beloved and famous winner. Despite the ...

In this week's edition of Rewind, Robert Smith takes a look back at some of the personalities and events from the decade of the 1940's in the ongoing monthly feature Years Ago.

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith recalls a memorable milestone from 65 years ago which was 1950. That year witnessed the opening of Thorncliffe Raceway in the Don Valley area of suburban Toronto af...