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October 18, 1982

Hail And Farewell At Belmont

In the space of an hour, two horses attained glory, two were struck by tragedy

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And thus, a beautiful autumn afternoon at Belmont Park became the setting for both triumph and tragedy. Lemhi Gold will go on to race in the Washington D.C. International or in California ; Copelan runs next month at the Meadowlands. On Tuesday, Timely Writer was to be buried in the Belmont infield not far from the grave of another hard-luck horse, Ruffian.

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