Known as the Major, the younger Belmont (1852-1924) succeeded his father in 1890 as leader of the New York turf as a crown prince succeeds a king. At his inherited Nursery Stud he bred the superb Fair Play (1905), sire of Man o' War and Display, the best sire in America since Lexington, and of special interest as a representative of the Matchem male line. Belmont was also first Chairman of the Jockey Club's Board of Stewards, a position he held for 30 years. Provincial resentment of his 'dictatorship' had a good deal to do with the decentralisation of American racing after 1918. The History of Horse Racing by Roger Longrigg, page 281.