Belmont Estates Horse Track - 1912, #2

Chuck Rudy Jr. supplied the information for this report. Sam Myers was the original photographer and the images were supplied by photographer Mikel Yeakle. This image is from the June 2-12, 1912 Belmont Driving Park race meet. 
 
These contests occurred near the Fairmount Park area after the famous road race ended its run the previous year, 1911. The track, called Belmont Estates (not to be confused with the Belmont Stakes track in New York), was a one mile horse facility built for the nation’s Centennial celebration just outside Philadelphia’s limits in Narberth, Pennsylvania. The track hosted one of America’s earliest races in 1899.
 
Check out other images from the Belmont Estates track elsewhere on First Super Speedway.

• The start.
• Stutz dust.
• Burman leads.