Tremont's thirteenth consecutive victory came on August 7 in the Junior Champion Stakes, run at a distance of six furlongs at Monmouth Park in a driving rainstorm. Many horses scratched due to the weather, leaving only Kingston and the Julietta colt to contest the race. Tremont trailed behind a fast early pace set by the other two, then swept to the lead in the final quarter and pulled away to win in a "common canter" by six lengths. The reporter for "The New York Times" wrote, "the skeptics must be convinced that he (Tremont) is the greatest 2-year-old ever foaled in this country."