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WJ Track— Track— 1 1 1-2 1-2 miles, miles, 6 6 feet, feet, 3 3 inches, inches, oval. oval. J||||f Soil Soil — — Sandy Sandy loam. loam. Width of back 100 feet. — | Diagram of Belmont Park Track j The diagram of the Belmont Park track is here presented and should furnish much information that may be desired of the track where the 00,000 match race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral will be decided: BELMONT PARK Westchester Racing Association, Nassau and Queens Counties, Long Tsland, N. Y. Township — Hempstead. Counties — Nassau and Queens. State— New York. Twenty miles from New York, eighteen miles from Brooklyn, and four miles from Jamaica. Track— Track— 1 1 1-2 1-2 miles, miles, 6 6 feet, feet, 3 3 inches, inches, oval. oval. Soil Soil — — Sandy Sandy loam. loam. Width of back 100 feet. stretch, Distance from judges stand to first turn, 990 feet. Seating capacity of grandstand, 17,500. In steeplechase course are ten brush jumps, of which two are Liverpool and one water. Inaugural meeting, May 4, 1905.
