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Word: belmonts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pick of the ponies?and the crowd of crowds?will be at New York's Belmont Park. There some 75,000 racing fans will bet some $5,000,000 and see renewals of two choice stakes: the Coaching Club American Oaks for three-year-old fillies and the Suburban Handicap for older horses, both $50,000-added attractions. Topping the Oaks field is Calumet Farm's Wistful. Topping the Suburban entries?by such a wide margin that he was all but "weighted out of the race" this week?was Calumet's great Coaltown, co-holder of two world's records...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover: Devil Red & Plain Ben | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

...Barn 41, Belmont. Since 1940, Calumet Farm has been a front runner in the U.S. racing stakes. Whirlaway, Pensive, Twilight Tear and Armed were the horses that first carried Calumet's devil red and blue to fame & fortune. In the past three years, Calumet's Citation and Coaltown, Fervent and Faultless, Pot o' Luck, Ponder, Bewitch and Wistful have run away from all competition. Other horsemen may not be happy about it, but the public is. Fans know that Calumet is not a betting stable, and that its horses are always sharp when they go to the post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover: Devil Red & Plain Ben | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

This week, Calumet's racing headquarters was Barn 41, at Belmont Park, once base of operations for Oilman Harry F. Sinclair's all-conquering Rancocas Stable. Despite the barnyard-like peace that always hangs over the stable area at dawn, there was an undertone of excitement around Barn 41. Boys from other stables, trudging past on their way to a cup of coffee, eyed it as a country boy would the big house on the hill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover: Devil Red & Plain Ben | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

...freshman B baseball team was matched pretty evenly against Belmont High yesterday but managed to hit with men on base...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 B Nine Beats Belmont by 11-8 | 5/12/1949 | See Source »

...Belmont came back in the fifth, when Leigh Quinn smacked a four-bagger to drive in three men and tie the score at 4-all. The Crimson then took advantage of good base-running and a squeeze play to grab a lead and held...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 B Nine Beats Belmont by 11-8 | 5/12/1949 | See Source »

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