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CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE WESTBURY STEEPLECHASE STEEPLECHASEThe The Westbury Steeplechase will be run for the eleventh time tomorrow In the course of its years of running it has been contended for by the best jumpers in the land and numbers among its winners such famous crosscountry performers as Dr Catlett Plato Zinziber Self Protection Land of Clover Good and Plenty and Jimmy Lane a grand band throughout with Gi od and Plenty probably best of the group The record of the event is as follows Year First Age Jockeys Second Age Wt WtLion Third Age Wt Val Time 1897 Royal Scarlet 4 English Lion Heart 0 170 170Olindo Mars Chan C157 940 535i 1S9S Diversion 4 Veitch Olindo G 158 158Trillion Roy Scarleto 158 158King 815 528 1899 Dr Catlett 5 Finuegan Trillion 8 159 159Old King T 0 140 140Charagrace 1370 53GJ 1900 Plato 4 Heider Old Tank 5 133 133Fulminate Charagrace 5 158 158Ormau 1370 528 1901 Zinziber 4 Veitch Fulminate 5 150 150Fulminate Ormau 4 147 147Scotch 1410 5191 1902 Self Protection 7 Mr Page Fulminate 0 157 157Borough Scotch Bush 4 132 1435 511J 1903 Land of Clover 5 Veitch Borough 0 143 143The J Phillips C157 1950 520 1904 Good and Plenty 5 Kay The Bag Cavalier 5 147 147Dick DfodnDy 0137 2775 509 1905 Jimmy Lane 5 Owens Dick Roberts 5 147 147Paul Pagan Bey 5 140 140Pioneer 2725 51 1900 Balzac G Hueston Paul Jones 4 140 140McKittredge Pioneer 4 130 130Mr 2875 51 1907 Slier Williams 4 Douohue McKittredge 4 148 Mr McCaun 4155 2825 510
