 It was said that the ghost of Mamie O'Rourke would never let another Triple Crown winner emerge unless and until "The Sidewalks of New York" was reinstated as the post parade song for The Belmont Stakes.The alleged curse ended when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown with his wire-to-wire win at the Belmont Stakes on June 6, 2015.Max Fleischer and his brother Dave Fleischer made a cartoon "The Sidewalks of New York" with the song in 1925, using the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.