# Laureate Stakes

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Horse race

Laureate Stakes Class Discontinued stakes Location Morris Park Racecourse (1896–1904) Westchester County, New York Belmont Park (1905–1910, 1914) Elmont, New York Inaugurated 1896–1913 Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing Race information Distance 5.5 furlongs (0.69 mi) Surface Dirt Track left-handed Qualification Two-year-olds

The **Laureate Stakes** was a race for two-year-old [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) horses run at [Morris Park Racecourse](/source/Morris_Park_Racecourse) in [Westchester County, New York](/source/Westchester_County%2C_New_York) from inception in 1896 through 1904.[1][2] The racecourse was located in a part of Westchester County, New York that was annexed into [the Bronx](/source/The_Bronx) in 1895 and later developed as the neighborhood of [Morris Park](/source/Morris_Park%2C_Bronx).

Financial difficulties saw Morris Park cease operations and the race was transferred to the newly opened [Belmont Park](/source/Belmont_Park) in [Elmont, New York](/source/Elmont%2C_New_York) where it was run from 1905 through 1910 and for a final time in 1914.[3] The Laureate was run on dirt and for all but its final edition at 5½ furlongs was contested at a distance of five furlongs.[4]

## The 1911–1912 statewide shutdown of horse racing

On June 11, 1908, the [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))-controlled [New York Legislature](/source/New_York_Legislature) under [Governor](/source/Governor_of_New_York) [Charles Evans Hughes](/source/Charles_Evans_Hughes) passed the [Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation](/source/Hart%E2%80%93Agnew_Law) with penalties allowing for fines and up to a year in prison.[5]

In spite of strong opposition by prominent owners such as [August Belmont, Jr.](/source/August_Belmont%2C_Jr.) and [Harry Payne Whitney](/source/Harry_Payne_Whitney), reform legislators were not happy when they learned that betting was still going on at racetracks between individuals and they had further restrictive legislation passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 [6] that made it possible for racetrack owners and members of its [board of directors](/source/Board_of_directors) to be fined and imprisoned if anyone was found betting, even privately, anywhere on their premises. After a 1911 amendment to the law to limit the liability of owners and directors was defeated,[7] every racetrack in New York State shut down. As a result, the Laureate Stakes was not run in 1911 and 1912.

## Records

**Speed record:** (5 furlongs)

- 0:58.80 – Song and Wine (1904)

**Most wins by a [jockey](/source/Jockey):**

- 2 – [Tod Sloan](/source/Tod_Sloan_(jockey)) (1897–1898)

- 2 – [George M. Odom](/source/George_M._Odom) (1900, 1903)

- 2 – [Joe Notter](/source/Joe_Notter) (1908, 1914)

**Most wins by a [trainer](/source/Horse_trainer):**

- 3- [James G. Rowe Sr.](/source/James_G._Rowe_Sr.) (1896, 1907, 1908)

**Most wins by an owner:**

- 2- [August Belmont Jr.](/source/August_Belmont_Jr.) (1906, 1910)

- 2- [James R. Keene](/source/James_R._Keene) (1907, 1908)

## Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Furlongs) Time Win$ 1914 Comely 2 Joe Notter Richard C. Benson James Butler 5.5 F 1:07.00 $6,025 1913 Race not held 1912 No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. 1911 1910 Babbler 2 Eddie Dugan John Whalen August Belmont Jr. 5 F 1:00.40 $2,375 1909 Waldo 2 Dave Nicol Raleigh Colston Jr. Charles L. Harrison 5 F 1:01.00 $1,925 1908 Melisande 2 Joe Notter James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 5 F 0:59.60 $2,885 1907 Frizette 2 Walter Miller James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 5 F 0:00.00* $3,425 1906 Okenite 2 Herman Radtke John Whalen August Belmont Jr. 5 F 0:59.00 $2,975 1905 Penrhyn 2 Willie Shaw Charles H. Hughes Henry M. Zeigler 5 F 1:01.00 $2,460 1904 Song and Wine 2 Arthur Redfern Fred Burlew Newton Bennington 5 F 0:58.80 $2,395 1903 Boxwood 2 George M. Odom Green B. Morris Green B. Morris 5 F 0:59.75 $2,850 1902 Charles Elwood 2 Otto Wonderly Charles Littlefield Jr. James B. A. Haggin 5 F 0:59.25 $2,675 1901 Oom Paul 2 Milton Henry William Heuston Jacob Worth 5 F 1:01.00 $1,805 1900 Bonnibert 2 George M. Odom Thomas Welsh Fleischmann sons 5 F 0:59.80 $2,015 1899 Prince of Melbourne 2 Jesse Everett Charles T. Patterson Charles T. Patterson 5 F 0:59.80 $2,150 1898 Dr. Eichberg 2 Tod Sloan Amos Turney Turney Bros. 5 F 0:59.75 $2,005 1897 Frohman 2 Tod Sloan David Gideon David Gideon 5 F 1:00.00 $2,250 1896 Bastion 2 Alonzo Clayton James G. Rowe Sr. Brookdale Farm Stable 5 F 1:03.00 $2,500

- no time taken

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Morris Park Form Chart"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1890s/drf1896052701/drf1896052701_2_7). *Daily Racing Form*. 1896-05-27. Retrieved 2018-12-02 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["New York Form Chart"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1909060301/drf1909060301_3_2). *Daily Racing Form*. 1909-06-03. Retrieved 2018-12-02 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Belmont Park Form Chart"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1914062101/drf1914062101_3_1). *Daily Racing Form*. 1914-06-21. Retrieved 2018-12-02 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Waldo Wins the Laureate"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1909060301/drf1909060301_1_2). *Daily Racing Form*. 1909-06-03. Retrieved 2019-01-16 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Penalties in the New York Bills"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908011801/drf1908011801_1_7). *Daily Racing Form*. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Liebman, Bennett (May 24, 2009). ["The First American Triple Crown Series"](https://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/the-first-american-triple-crown-series/). *The Rail*. Retrieved September 2, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Race Track Bill Defeated In Senate; Measure Modifying Directors' Liability for Gambling Fails of Passage"](https://www.nytimes.com/1911/07/14/archives/race-track-bill-defeated-in-senate-measure-modifying-directors.html). *The New York Times*. July 14, 1911. Retrieved September 2, 2017.

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