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Twenty Grand wins Belmont in 1931...
Twenty Grand wins Belmont in 1931...
Item # 580343
June 13, 1931
MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, June 13, 1931
* Twenty Grand - American thoroughbred race horse
* Belmont Stakes - great headline for display
This 12 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page:
"TWENTY GRAND WINS BELMONT STAKE" with subheads (see photos). Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well. Nice for display.
Other news of the day. Light browning with little margin wear and chipping, little irregular at the spine, otherwise good condition.
wikipedia notes: Twenty Grand (1928-1948) was an American thoroughbred race horse.
Owned and bred by Helen Hay Whitney's Greentree Stable, Twenty Grand was a bay colt by St. Germans out of Bonus.
Trained at age three by James G. Rowe, Jr. and ridden by jockey Charley Kurtsinger, Twenty Grand raced against very strong opponents in 1930 and 1931 when he was part of what the Chicago Tribune newspaper called the "big four" in racing which included Jamestown, Mate, and Equipoise. [1] Twenty Grand won the Wood Memorial Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Dwyer Stakes, Travers Stakes, Saratoga Cup, and the Jockey Club Gold Cup. He just missed the Triple Crown after finishing second to Mate in the Preakness. His performances in 1931 earned him retrospective American Horse of the Year honors.
After twenty five races, of which he won fourteen, finished second four times and third three times, Twenty Grand was retired to stud but proved to be sterile.
In 1957, he was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. In the Blood-Horse ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Twenty Grand ranked number 52.
Category: The 20th Century
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