 Lawrence was also responsible for creating of the Futurity Stakes in 1888.The stakes were later run at Belmont Park on Long Island as a Grade II race on the dirt.The race continued to be run there (except for the Belmont Park redevelopment period from 1962 to 1968) until it was removed from the calendar in 2005 by the New York Racing Association (NYRA) as a cost-cutting measure.