Thoroughbreds break from the numbered starting gate at Hialeah Park as a crowd fills the grandstand and the rail along the infield. The caption reads "They're Off" and describes a full field in a race at the track on the outskirts of Miami, where the winter season drew spectators to three South Florida courses. By the 1940s Hialeah was one of the country's fashionable winter racing venues, known for its Mediterranean-style buildings and its flamingos.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pencil
Hope you are all well,
How is little Bobbie
getting along fine. We are
north again to Lake Wales. We
saw last nite what we could
have seen in the Black Hills,
the Passion play it was very good
but cold, had to wear winter coats. We
are in the citrus section.
Today we will see cypress gardens
singing tower and spook hill.
This is the life of Riley just
eat sleep and look, isn't that
better.
Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch weave; thin white border; card number 447 printed at lower right; slight edge and corner wear.
Postmark: LAKE WALES, FLA. FEB 16 1943. Linen-texture Tichnor card with divided back; heavy brown stain at lower center, light edge wear and a few foxing spots.
Cite this card
Horse race start at Hialeah Park Race Track, Miami, FL, 1943, postcard, c. 1943. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/horse-race-start-at-hialeah-park-race-track-miami-fl-1943. Accessed November 2, 2026.
