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Calkins: The sad and sweet story of the last greyhound race at Southland
 
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After nearly seven decades, there will be no more racing at Southland Greyhound Park in West Memphis. The final race was held Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Geoff Calkins/The Daily Memphian)
 

After nearly seven decades, there will be no more racing at Southland Greyhound Park in West Memphis. The final race was held Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Geoff Calkins/The Daily Memphian)

Greyhounds have been racing at Southland since 1956. But Saturday was the last race. The day was a celebration of the end of an era — and for many, the end of a way of life.

 
 

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