June 11
1919 Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes thereby becoming the first horse in racing history to win the Triple Crown.
The three year old was ridden in the race by Johnny Loftus.
Sir Barton raced again in the 1920 season and set a world's record for the 1 3/16 miles dirt race that year. On October 12 of that year he was defeated by Man o' War in a match race at Kenilworth Park in Windsor Ontario. He was retired and put to stun in 1921. In 1932 he was sold into the Army Remount Service and stood at Ft. Royal, Virginia and Ft. Robinson, Nebraska. He was then assigned to Wyoming rancher J. R. Hylton who was part of the Remount program. The Remount Service at that time assigned out studs to ranchers in the program.
In 1937 he died of colic and was buried on Hylton's ranch outside of Douglas. His remains are now in Douglas' Washington Park where a memorial for the horse exists.
The three year old was ridden in the race by Johnny Loftus.
Sir Barton raced again in the 1920 season and set a world's record for the 1 3/16 miles dirt race that year. On October 12 of that year he was defeated by Man o' War in a match race at Kenilworth Park in Windsor Ontario. He was retired and put to stun in 1921. In 1932 he was sold into the Army Remount Service and stood at Ft. Royal, Virginia and Ft. Robinson, Nebraska. He was then assigned to Wyoming rancher J. R. Hylton who was part of the Remount program. The Remount Service at that time assigned out studs to ranchers in the program.
In 1937 he died of colic and was buried on Hylton's ranch outside of Douglas. His remains are now in Douglas' Washington Park where a memorial for the horse exists.
The same day football giant Big Bill Edwards' had his photograph in the papers marching with the Boy Scouts.
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