Horse racing was a fun and active sport for the whole family. Horse racing is a sport when you sit on a sulky behind a horse holding onto the reins to help the horse steer. A sulky is a two wheeled bike. The wheels are side by side and between the two wheels there is a seat. In the late 1800's and early 1900's, a sulky was made out of wood, but today they can be made out of lots of materials.

There were two different kinds of ice boats used in PEI in the late 1800s and early 1900s: racing ice boats and transportation ice boats. Racing or sailing boats were used for racing across the ice, mostly on the Hillsborough River in Charlottetown. They had sails and looked like the ice boats we see today. Transportation ice boats were used for getting to the mainland; they looked like row boats. If there was a bad storm, the men would flip the ice boat over and take shelter under it until the storm was over.

This photo is of Lady Belle, a race horse that lived on Prince Edward Island. This picture was taken in 1919. Many people are watching as the driver and horse pass by them. Having this many people around the horse shows it was probably a popular race.

Here we have Dr. J. T. MacIntyre and Lady Belle trotting around the track. This picture was taken in 1919. This horse would probably cost around $100 to $200 (though famous race horses could cost up to $15,000). Now, a half decent horse would cost around $50,000.

The horse in this picture is warming up at the Montague race track, circa 1930. It's necessary to warm up the horses so their muscles don't stiffen and their bones don't break.