"As Andrew Thompson observed 'The Village', like any community predominantly Irish, seldom lacked for fun! The pastimes that they enjoyed included the racetrack, various sporting events, dances, musical services and drinking, depending of course on the gender, ethnicity, age and class of those who participated."(Laura Quirk, The Thompsons' Town: Family, Industry, and Material Culture in Indiana, Ontario 1830 -1900, 2010, Wilfrid Laurier University, 182)

Just north of Indiana was the Cayuga Race Course and Agricultural Grounds, "an area encompassing fifteen acres of land that held events of great popular appeal to the locals." (Laura Quirk, The Thompsons' Town: Family, Industry, and Material Culture in Indiana, Ontario 1830 -1900, 2010, Wilfrid Laurier University, 182)