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February 1913: “The King of the Sprinters,” and a pari-mutuel plea

The graded stakes run earlier this month at Aqueduct have been around for a while: the Toboggan was first run in 1890, the Withers in 1874. When racing came back to New York in 1913, both were renewed, both at Belmont Park. The Withers was run on May 31, the day after racing returned for…

February 13, 2013 in Brooklyn Backstretch.

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