Opening of Belmont Park Race Course

Edison summary: This picture has become doubly valuable on account of the subsequent performances of Mr. James R. Keene's Sysonby who, according to many turf experts, was the greatest race horse ever produced in America, if not the world. The only motion picture in existence of this grand horse in an actual race. One of the finest race track pictures ever offered, and the only picture in existence of the opening of the finest race course in America. The picture shows the horses going to the post for the Metropolitan Handicap and the dead heat between James R. Keene's Sysonby and Race King. A panoramic view of the grand stand shows the enormous crowd in attendance, with the jockeys dismounting and unsaddling their horses after the running of the Handicap and getting ready to weigh in.