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As for Maud S. she performed up to expectations. 

 She trotted three miles in 2:12, 2:13i4, and 2:121/2. 



A number of Grand Circuit meetings were held 

 over Belmont Park while many noted performers 

 made their records there although on account of 

 the grades it was never considered a fast course. In 

 1903 Prince Alert paced it in 1 :59i/2- 



The last Grand Circuit meeting at Belmont Park 

 was held in 1921. That week the winners included 

 Grayworthy, Jeannette Rankin, Jane the Great, 

 Jimmy McKerron, and Single G. The last named 

 won the free-for-all pace from Frisco June, Sanardo 

 and Directum J. in 2:003/4, 2:01, 2:01i4. 



The preceding year Peter Manning lost the only 

 race of his career at Belmont Park. He won the first 

 heat from E. Colorado in 2:08. In the second he 

 made a misstep on the first turn, broke a check 

 and was distanced. 



After the close of the last Grand Circuit meeting 

 there was considerable said about establishing a 

 fair at Belmont Park. It failed to materialize and 

 finally the property was sold for $300,000 for real 

 estate development, the fate that follows all race 

 tracks near large cities. In addition to the three- 

 mile tracks Philadelphia also had a number of half- 

 mile courses, the number including Ambler Park, 

 the Gentlemen's Driving Park where George Scatter- 

 good presided, and Suffolk Park which was for a 

 number of years the headquarters of Jack Phillips. 



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