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BELMONT TURF NOTES NEW YORK N Y May 21 21The The officials at Belmont Park include Racing secretary V E Schaumberg stew ¬ ards Joseph E Widener Richard T Wilson W S Vosburgh steward representing the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association Henry Higginson judges E C Smith C Cornhelsen starter Mars Cassidy CassidyMayor Mayor Jimmy Walker was a distin ¬ guished guest of the day and watched some of the races from the stewards stand the guest of Joseph E Widener WidenerThe The length of the Widener course the newly constructed straightaway is ex ¬ actly six and threequarters furlongs This will mean that the futurity will be just 165 feet short of the full seveneighths distance distanceA A C Schwartz who won this years Grand National with Jack Homer placed the plate he won in that race on exhibition during the afternoon in the clubhouse The plate was admired by hundreds during the afternoon
