Word: belmonts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Belmont Park, the British Baron was again seen. Arriving just after the first race, he took up a position close to the last jump of the Steeplechase Course. "Hey," yelled a bobby. "Hey, you there! Get out of that! Get back out of that! You can't go there!" The Baron was taken aback, asked Joseph E. Widener: "Must I get out?" "I think they'll let you stay here," Mr. Widener returned. The policeman was informed of the stranger's identity and withdrew, muttering apologies...
...Labor Day found the Baron of Renfrew at Belmont Park, sitting in August Belmont's box over which fluttered a Union Jack. He betted not, so said a report, but he was seen in the paddock and on the judges' stand. Although there were 60,000 people present, not all knew that the puerile* Baron was present. But, as for example, when God Save the King was played, the Union Jack run up on Mr. Belmont's private pole, and on his appearance in the paddock and on the judges' stand, many thousands of gullets manufactured right lusty and hearty...
...reporters forgot to mention the rest of his attire. It was a Panama with the brim turned down all the way around?as they are usually worn in the Isles of Britain. In every other respect it resembled other Panamas, but even this last distinction was effaced by the Belmont multitude which was seen furtively turning down Panama brims. Occasion was taken by reporters to inform the plebs that the Baron has two Panamas, one senescent and one neoteric. The new variety caused the commotion...
...bugle call, Epinard stepped daintily forth upon the cinder track, followed by his eight opponents in International Special No. 1, a race of six furlongs. Came Zev, conqueror of the English Papyrus in 1923, tossing his head, spirited. Came Ladkin, fleet racer of Maj. August Belmont. Came Wise Counsellor, Snob II, Baffling, Wilderness, Goshawk, Miss Star...
Died. The Right Reverend Leo Haid, 75, Bishop of North Carolina, Dean of the Catholic Hierarchy of America, Abbot of Belmont Cathedral Abbey; at Charlotte, N. C. Ordained in 1872, Bishop Haid was the oldest Catholic prelate in America...