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RED CROSS STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP Attracts Good List of Subscriptions for What May Bo Greatest Jumping Race of the Year New York July 17 The Red Cross Subscription Steeplechase Handicap which will be run at Sara ¬ toga on Saturday August 17 closed with a list of subscribers that guarantees a substantial sum for tho worlds greatest charity Included among the list of accepted subscriptions are owners of practically all the topnotcher steeplechasers in the country countryEach Each subscriber is to name two horses on Monday August 12 the weights will then be assigned and one of the two is to bo named as a starter at noon on Friday August Kith the day Infore the race For this privilege tin subscribers pay SlOOO each and the Saratoga Association does its part by adding 1000 1000Those Those whose colors will lx seen in the race are HcrlMrt L Pratt W R Cm Morton L Schwartz J Temple Gwathmcy Triple Springs Farm J K L Ross Edw M Weld F Ambrose Clark Samuel Riddlft anil George W Loft LoftTho Tho subscription from Mr Ix ft Is one of the pleasing features of the race While for several years hi has owned and raced good horses on the flat he has never owned a jumper For this race in order to participate In will lease one oneThis This move of the Saratoga Association in putting on the race with tho rcsH nse it has brought is evidence of progress It means one of tho richest steeplechases ever run in this country and it will be for charity alone
