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-f " T WINNERS OF THE SHILLELAH STEEPLECHASE b 1 : : Intil 190S the Shillelah was a jumping race that ranked among the most coveted of each year and was f good value. Ijst year it was run as an overnight purse because of the doubtful status of racing fol-owing the enactment of the Hart Agnew law. This .year it is restored to its former dlguity-as a -closed stake nice, although its endowment is not so much as it was prior to VMS. In its time it has been contested by some of the best Steeplechasers known to .our turf history. Rising Sun, Lavator, Land of Clover, Ioxhunter. St. .Tude. Grandpa, El Cuchillo, Coligny and Bayonet all being high-class cross-couiitrv horses, ihe race was named after an old-time steeplechaser, owned by a former mayor of Albany, and Its record o date is: lear. First. Age. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Age. Wt. Third. Age. Wt. Val. Time. 1002 Clnsher 4 . .Heider. .130 Rising Sun 4 137 Filon dOr G.108 ,245 5:10j 1003 Lavator 7 Mara..3C5 Land of Clover 5 1G1 Arian 4 130 3.S20 5:04 1004 Foxhunter 5 Ray..lGl St. Jude 4 140 Grandpa 5. ..151 3.700 5:01 1005 Gatebell G Ray..l4G Gold Van 5 155 S. Horse 11.7 .14G 3,310 5:29 190G Grandpa 7 Ray. .100 El Cuchillo 4 131 Onteora 4 ...138 3.C90 5:19 1907 McKittrcdge 4...T. OBrien.. 130 Coligny 7 154 Palm 4 142 3,475 5:20 BIOS Havonet 5 McKInney.-148 St. Nick 4 139 4S5 5:31 1008 Bayonet 5 McKinney..l4S St. Nick 4 139 485 5:31
