re: The dog racing "mecca" of Florida died last night.

I didn't know Greyhound racing was fading out.

One of my favorite vacations way back in the day when my wife and I were first starting out was a trip to Mobile where we went to the Greyhound races and to Bellingrath Gardens. We had no idea what we were doing and got put in less than stellar seats for the dinner/racing because I didn't realize the practice there was to slip some money to the maitre'd but we had a great time. We bet on the dogs that relieved themselves before the race, guessing that would make them run a bit faster and actually came out ahead.