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    August Belmont Sr. (born Aaron Schönberg; December 8, 1813 – November 24, 1890) was a German-American financier, diplomat, and politician. He served as...
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    New York City, on February 18, 1853, to Caroline Slidell Perry and August Belmont Sr. His maternal grandfather was Commodore Matthew C. Perry. He graduated...
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    stock market speculator Leonard Jerome (1817–1891) and financed by August Belmont Sr. (1816–1890), for whom the race was named. The first race in 1867...
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  • chestnut filly named Woodbine owned by prominent New York financier August Belmont Sr. The race was not run from 1893 to 1896 and 1898 to 1900. The 1908...
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  • racing course inside Nassau County. The Belmont Stakes was named after financier and sportsman August Belmont Sr., who helped fund the race, and most sources...
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    Club, its owner/members were led by financier Leonard W. Jerome and August Belmont, Sr. A luxurious clubhouse was built near a rise that looked over the...
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    The Bronx. Jerome and financier August Belmont, Sr. built Jerome Park Racetrack on the Bathgate land; the first Belmont Stakes was held there in 1867....
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    Tammany Hall in 1852 where, after William M. Tweed's fall, he succeeded August Belmont, Sr. as Grand Sachem in 1870. He was head of the Democratic state committee...
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    Guernsey County – west I-70 I-470 US 40 US 250 SR 7 SR 9 SR 26 SR 145 SR 147 SR 148 SR 149 SR 331 SR 800 SR 872 Barkcamp State Park Dysart Woods Natural...
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    students by 1883. New York financier August Belmont Sr. was an early supporter of the school, and his son August Belmont Jr. (a St. Mark's alumnus and trustee)...
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    Belcourt of Newport (category Belmont family residences)
    The Belmont Stakes was named for his father, August Belmont Sr., and Oliver was known for his skill as a four-in-hand carriage driver. Belmont wanted...
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    23 – King William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817) November 24 – August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. 1816) December 15 – Sitting Bull, Native...
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    Perry family (category Articles with dead external links from August 2022)
    States Army during the Spanish–American War. On November 7, 1849, August Belmont Sr. married Caroline Slidell Perry (1829–1892), the daughter of Matthew...
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  • according to international classifications, behind only the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. First held in 1864, it is the oldest stakes race in the United...
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  • Champagne Stakes (United States) (category Belmont Park)
    first published. The 1880 winner was Lady Rosebery, a horse owned by August Belmont, Sr. and named to honor England's Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery...
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  • trainer: 4 – James G. Rowe Sr. (1883, 1889, 1890, 1909) Most wins by an owner: 2 – Dwyer Brothers Stable (1883, 1888) 2 – August Belmont Jr. (1889, 1990) 2 –...
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  • The Bronx. Jerome and financier August Belmont, Sr. built Jerome Park Racetrack on the Bathgate land; the first Belmont Stakes was held there in 1867....
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    Tomlinson, Tommy. "Inside the silence at Belmont", Our State, February 27, 2015. Martin Sr, James I. "Belmont Abbey College", Encyclopedia of North Carolina...
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  • – John C. Kimmel (1998, 1999, 2000, 2004) Most wins by an owner 5 – August Belmont (1872, 1875, 1876, 1880, 1889) * In 2000, Pentatonic won the race, but...
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    was named for the New York banker August Belmont. Belmont is home to Belmont Abbey College. Settlement in the Belmont area began around the colonial-era...
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    killed himself in 1887 with a gunshot. He was born on July 19, 1863, to August Belmont and Caroline Slidell Mackenzie Perry. He attended Harvard University...
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  • Joseph E. O'Connell Sr. was an American businessman and racehorse owner. Two of his horses, Cavan and Celtic Ash, won the Belmont Stakes. O'Connell graduated...
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  • Pletcher (2004, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2022) Most wins by an owner: 3 - August Belmont Sr. (1872, 1876, 1890) 3 - Pierre Lorillard IV (1877, 1882, 1885) † $...
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  • The 1888 Belmont Stakes was the 22nd running of the Belmont Stakes and the 22nd time it was held at Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx, New York where...
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  • Senator from Indiana from 1869 to 1875 (died 1877) December 8 – August Belmont Sr., financier, diplomat, and chairman of Democratic National Committee...
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    Bedford Park, Bronx (category Use mdy dates from August 2018)
    racing, by Leonard Jerome and August Belmont, Sr. in 1866. Jerome Park Racecourse became the first home of the famous Belmont Stakes horse race, until 1890...
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  • important events. In spite of strong opposition by prominent owners such as August Belmont, Jr. and Harry Payne Whitney, reform legislators were not happy when...
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  • Tommy Burns (1901, 1904, 1905) Most wins by a trainer: 5 – James G. Rowe Sr. (1889, 1892, 1897, 1900, 1902) Most wins by an owner: 2 – John E. Madden...
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    Rowe Sr. (1857 – August 2, 1929) was an American jockey and horse trainer elected to the Hall of Fame for Thoroughbred Horse racing. He won the Belmont Stakes...
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  • F 1:29.40 $4,450 1890 Potomac 2 Anthony Hamilton James G. Rowe Sr. August Belmont Sr. 7 F 1:29.80 $4,550 1889 Torso 2 Anthony Hamilton Charles Leighton...
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