THE FIRST MEETING. JEROME PARK, N.Y.
The First Meeting. Jerome Park, N.Y.
Lithograph handcolored, 1873.
Image size 17 3/4 x 25" (450 x 635 mm) plus title and margins.
Good condition and color. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 9588
Price: $750.00 Publisher : H. Schile. New York. The Jerome Park racetrack was a thoroughbred horse racing facility from 1866 until 1894. It was located in a part of Westchester County, New York that was annexed into the Bronx in 1874. It was the home of the Belmont Stakes from 1867 until 1889. Today, Jerome Park is the name of a neighborhood adjoining the Jerome Park Reservoir, Bedford Park and Norwood in the northern Bronx. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Horses - Sporting & Racing , Racing