Secretariat Breezes by 31 Lengths Wins Triple Crown in Record 2:24

Sunday, June 10, 1973 By Jim McCulley You can now call him Super Red. And now they won't be able to say a Bold Ruler can't go a distance because Secretariat won the American Triple Crown of racing yesterday with a fabulous record-busting mile and one-half performance that sent him under the wire a 31-length winner in the 105th Belmont Stakes as 69,138 witnesses roared approval.