4:53am PDT - July 12th, 2023

New @ForgottenNY: In 1866 Jerome purchased the estate of James Bathgate north of Fordham in the Bronx. He took on a partner, August Belmont Senior, and built the Jerome Park Racetrack, where the first Belmont Stakes prize race was held in 1867. https://t.co/SPS97YobSR

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