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CHAMPION STEEPLECHASE IS TO LIVE LIVESaratoga Saratoga X Y August A number of gentle ¬ men interested in crosscountry racing got together here and decided to aid the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association in an effort to retain the Champion Steeplechase which is run every fall It Is a valuable race and still it might bo a hardship to ask the Westchester Racing Associa ¬ tion to continue 1t on the old lines with matters us unsettled as they are The idea is to make up the purse or a goodly portion oT it by subscription As soon as the decision was reached J E Widen er put his name down for 500 Thomas Hitchcock Jr added a like amount George Saportas con ¬ tributed 250 Herman Duryea added 100 though he does not race horses through the field fieldThe The Champion Steeplechase was run at Morris Park prior to 1004 and its racing history Is as asYear Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Time l0r Hylas 4 154 Ray 0500 i57 i57IIHK IIHK Hylas 5 Kay 8925 823 1007 Colisuy 7 168 Douobue S325 733
