Sport: At Belmont Park

Eleven starters competed for the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park. At 4 o’clock on a summery afternoon the bugle blew and 50,000 eyes turned to the gate from the paddock to watch the procession up the track. At the starting post Harry F. Sinclair’s Mad Play, the favorite, Sande up, drew inside position. Up shot the barrier with a deafening roar from the stands as the horses simultaneously broke to a splendid start. Mad Play gained an immediate lead by saving ground in rounding the first turn. Hard pressed for the whole 1⅛ miles, Mad Play succeeded in maintaining his lead and finally won by 1½ lengths from Bud Fisher’s Mr. Mutt. Harry F. Sinclair had won for the third time the $50,000* Belmont classic.

*The net amount paid to Mr. Sinclair was $42,880.