The JEROME Handicap the second oldest stakes race in the country was named in honor of Leonard W. Jerome maternal grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill and founder of the old Jerome track located in the Bronx. The JEROME was run at Jerome Park from 1866 to 1889; then at Morris Park until 1905; at Aqueduct in 1960 and from 1962 to 1967. Not run form 1910 to 1913. Run in two divisions from 1866 to 1870; at two miles from 1871 to 1877; at a mile and three quarters from 1878 to 1889; at a mile and five sixteenths in 1890 1891 and 1903; at a mile and a half in 1892; at a mile and a quarter in 1893 1894 and from 1896 to 1909; at a mile and a furlong in 1895. In 1977 To The Quick finished first but was disqualified and placed second and Affiliate who finished second was disqualified and placed third.