view raw text
STEEPLECHASING AT HAND Sport Through the Field to Hold HoldImportant Important Place on Belmont BelmontParks Parks Program NEW YORK N Y May 13 With the opening of the Belmont Park meeting on Thursday the jumpers will come into their own once more in the metropolitan district Save for the United Hunt Club meetings last month and in November of last year the timber toppers have not delighted lovers of crosscountry sport at The Jockey Club tracks since the Aqueduct autumn meeting seven months ago agoThe The resumption of steeplcchasing on Thurs ¬ day will be marked by the Internationad Handicap a stake for fouryearolds and over at about two and a half miles with 82500 added It is a companion piece to the Toboggan Handicap at threequarters for flat racers racersWeights Weights for the International have been allotted Thomas Hitchcocks Bangle win ¬ ner of the last two renewals of the stake is top weight under 165 pounds five pounds more than he carried last year The Green tree Stables Fairfield is in with 160 pounds and E R Bradleys Beelzebub with 152 pounds That Bangles stablemate Jolly Roger is not as formidable as he was two years ago is indicated by his position in the handicap He is rated at 150 pounds in the same notch with Huffy
