 Paulding Farnham made several additional Belmont Stakes trophies that were distributed from 1897 to 1907.From 1896 until 1926, this trophy remained with the Belmont family.In 1926, Mrs. Eleanor R. Belmont, the widow of Major August Belmont II, donated the trophy to the Westchester Racing Association, then a governing body of New York racing, to be established as the permanent trophy for the race.