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...Tears were in the eyes of this sentimental old codger (74) as I read the poem about Belmont [May 31]. It was absolutely wonderful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 14, 1968 | 6/14/1968 | See Source »

...long that name has been out of use. With all those restrictions, it was hardly surprising that the horses in this year's Triple Crown competition bore such undistinguished sobriquets as T.V. Commercial, Draft Card, Call Me Prince, Sir Beau and Forward Pass. The horse that captured the Belmont Stakes was Greentree Stable's Stage Door Johnny, whose name reflected rare wit and imagination on the part of its owners-John Hay Whitney and his sister Joan Payson. Stage Door Johnny's sire is Prince John, his dam Peroxide Blonde...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horse Racing: Namesmanship | 6/14/1968 | See Source »

Mighty Oval. The verdict from the 42,080 opening-day crowd was prompt and affirmative. "It still has its old familiar charm," declared George D. Widener, 79, who has raced his colors at Belmont since 1913. "Beautiful," sighed Mrs. Winston ("Ceezee") Guest. "Bigger and better than ever," said Jockey Club Chairman Ogden Phipps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Race Tracks: Return to Belmont | 5/31/1968 | See Source »

There was, in fact, one vast improvement on the old: a four-level, cantilevered viewing stand, rising as high as a ten-story building and stretching a quarter of a mile. The best of Belmont has been retained and refurbished, including the paddock sheltered by a well-trussed, 140-year-old white pine. The new grandstand quarters for the exclusive Turf and Field Club would have been approved by the track's namesake, August Belmont (ne Schonberg), who once declared: "Racing is for the rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Race Tracks: Return to Belmont | 5/31/1968 | See Source »

...celebrate Belmont's reopening, the noted poet and racing devotee, Classicist Rolfe Humphries, 73, set down his own memory parade in verse (first printed below). With the horses running once again on Belmont's wide-sweeping mile-and-a-half oval, the longest in the U.S., even the jockeys and trainers were cheering. "Now we've got all the big races back where they belong," said Owner-Trainer E. Barry Ryan. "It's great to be home again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Race Tracks: Return to Belmont | 5/31/1968 | See Source »

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