[1] On June 11, 1908, the Republican controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart–Agnew anti-wagering bill.
Racetrack owners had no choice but to drastically reduce the purse money being paid out which saw important stakes worth as little as twenty-five percent of what they were just two years earlier.
The race was won by Everett, a three-year-old colt owned by James Francis Johnson's Quincy Stable.
[4] However, further restrictive legislation was passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 which resulted in the deepening of the financial crisis for track operators and led to a complete shut down of racing across the state during 1911 and 1912.
When a Court ruling saw racing return in 1913 it was too late for the Brighton Beach facility and it never reopened.