[1] In the 1901 inaugural only two horses ran after future Hall of Fame trainer Jack Joyner announced that Perry Belmont's Ethelbert would compete, leaving Richard Croker's Beau Gallant as the sole competition.
She came into the race after she had won the May 22 Preakness Stakes at the Gravesend track, a victory which at that time made her the second filly to ever win that American Classic.
The final running of the Standard Stakes took place on June 9, 1908 and was won for the second straight time by owner James R. Keene.
[6] On June 11, 1908, the Republican controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation.
[10] The Agnew–Perkins Law, a series of four bills and recorded as the Executive Liability Act, made it possible for racetrack owners and members of its board of directors to be fined and imprisoned if anyone was found betting, even privately, anywhere on their premises.