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SIXTYNINTH RENEWAL JUNE Belmont Stakes AnteDated by Only Two Other ThreeYearOld American Eaces BELMONT PARK N Y May 31 Th Belmont established in 1867 is the oldesf important threeyearold stake in Americ with but a couple of exceptions It will b run for the sixtyninth time on the coming Saturday afternoon June 5 as the climax or a brilliant program bringing to a close the twentyfour day spring meeting at Joseph E Wideners fashionable Belmont Park ParkThe The Belmont truly is the Epsom Derby of this country not only in the point of agi and tradition but in conditions fqr it i the only race that is the exact replica of thi English classic which also is run in Juni at a mile and onehalf Only two other American threeyearol4 stakes antedate the Belmont these beini the Travers at Saratoga inaugurated ijl 1864 and the Jerome Handicap at Belmont Park which had its beginning in 1866 1866In In fact there are only two other stakes in addition to the ones mentioned the Sara ¬ toga Cup for threeyearolds and upward and the Nursery for twoyearolds at Bel ¬ mont to precede the Belmont Stakes The Saratoga Cup came into being in 1865 and the Nursery in 1866 The Champagne Stakes for twoyearolds a Belmont Park fixture began the same year as the Belmont 1867 1867The The Belmont ages such wellknown threa yearold stakes as the Kenner at Saratoga 1870 the Alabama at Saratoga 1872 the Preakness at Pimlico 1873 the Withers at Belmont 1874 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Fwns 1875 Kentucky Derby 1875 La tonia Derby 1883 Sheridan Handicap at Washington Park 1884 American DerbyV at Washington Park 1884 the Swift at Belmont 1885 the Dwyer at Aqueduct 1887 and the Lawrence Realization at Belmont 1889 1889By By comparison leading European three yearold classified from St Leger at Don caster 1776 Epsom Oaks at Epsom Downs 1779 Epsom Derby 1780 Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket 1809 Prix Dtl Jockey Club at Chantilly 1836 Prix Djs Diane at Chantilly 1843 and Grand Prix at Longchamps 1863
