Or is it, Failure Breeds Success? According to historical records, horse racing was introduced to Waitsburg (or Waitsburg was introduced to horse racing, depending on how you look at it) in 1913. The town's racing campaign, held each year on the third weekend of May, has been known for most of that time as "Days of Real Sport."

Horse racing had a good run in Waitsburg, and in other small towns in eastern Washington, including Dayton and Walla Walla. But by last year's 100th anniversary of DRS, the run had ended. For many reasons, it's become clear that pari-mutuel racing will not be returni...