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August Belmont, Jr. (February 18, 1853 – December 10, 1924) was an American financier, the builder of New York's Belmont Park racetrack, and a major owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses.〔 He was chairman of the board of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He also served as a director of the National Park Bank.〔 ==Early life== He was born in New York City on February 18, 1853 to Caroline Slidell Perry and August Belmont.〔 His maternal grandfather was Commodore Matthew C. Perry. He graduated from St. Mark's School and was an 1875 graduate of Harvard University.〔 At Harvard on the track team he introduced spiked track shoes to the United States. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Harvard.〔(www.dke.org, This Week in DKE History, May 12, 2014 )〕 After graduation he worked at the Belmont banking house, August Belmont & Co.〔 At the death of his father in 1890 he became the head of the company.〔 August Belmont, Jr. founded the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in 1902 to help finance the construction of and operate New York City's first underground rapid transit line. He served as president, and, in 1907, chairman of the company. Belmont holds the distinction of owning the world's only purpose built private subway car. Named ''Mineola'', it was used by Belmont to give tours of the IRT. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「August Belmont, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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