People, Sep. 28, 1931

Twenty-five fine horses were "guests" at a testimonial dinner to rich Turfman Joseph E. Widener, president of the Westchester Racing Association, in Manhattan's Hotel Biltmore. The ballroom on the 19th floor of the hotel was made to look like Belmont Park. L. I., famed racecourse of which Mr. Widener is principal owner. Around the walls ran a pictured panorama of the course. In the foreground, near the tables occupied by some 300 guests in evening dress, was an actual reproduction of a corner of the park, complete to turf, a stretch of straightaway,...

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