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a j ACTIVE WITH STEEPLECHASERS Owners and Trainers Are Preparing Charges for Gwathmey Memorial. Tourist DT. Assigned 165 Pounds for Coveted Jumping Race to Be Run at United Hunts. 4 NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 5. Steeplechase owners and trainers spent a busy Saturday morning at Belmont Park, supervising the final trials of their charges for the running of the Temple Gwathmey Memorial Steeplechase Handicap, the Cherry Malotte Steeplechase and the Weld Steeplechase Handicap, which are down for decision on Tuesday at the United Hunts. The Gwathmey is fashioned for four-year-olds and over and carries an added value of ,000. Those interested in this branch of the sport predict that a field of at least eight will face the barrier. The race closed with eighty-two subscriptions and the estimated value of the event is placed at 1,000. Tourist n. and Golden Meadow have been named by the Sanford Stud Farms for this race and Tourist II. is the high weight of the field. He is assigned 165 pounds and is asked to concede weight, ranging from two to twenty-nine pounds to his opposition. Trainer Hughes had his two charges brought to the main track early in the morning. He sent them a turn of the field and they jumped faultlessly and moved along at a smart pace. Their work attracted attention from a small group of specialists in this line. Vincent Powers who has named Jack Anthony for the Cherry Malotte Steeplechase, schooled his charge one turn of the field. He moved along smartly and jumped boldly. F. Ambrose Clark, mounted on a dapple gray lead pony, supervised the trials of six horses that he had vanned over from his long Island estate. They were schooled in sets of two and did what was asked of them in pleasing fashion. He appeared satisfied with their work. Following the trials the horses were cooled out, loaded back on the van and returned to their own quarters. They will be brought to Belmont Park Monday to await the meeting. Charley Douglas brought St. Francis, Wat-sonia and Special Delivery, owned by Thomas Durant from Syosset to school. They showed up well in their trials. St. Francis is named for the Gwathmey, while Special Delivery is a candidate for the Weld. The latter is for hunters duly registered with the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association and to be riden by amateur riders. Douglas quartered his charges in the stable which at one time housed the horses of the late John E. Madden. Those which are expected from Maryland are fit and ready to race. Several of them will be given short opening up gallops for their different engagements. Green Cheese, handicapped at 163 pounds in the Gwathmey is expected at Belmont Park late Saturday night. The first running of the Whitney Gold Cup will witness a duel between Mate and St. Brideaux. The latter will be saddled by head trained Willie Brennan and will be ridden by Charley Kurtsinger. Mrs. Whitney is very enthusiastic over this race and has expressed the wish to friends that she would from a sentimental reason be more than pleased should her horse be returned the winner. Mate, which in his past few Maryland races showed a return to his 1931 form, will be saddled by his young owner. No rider has been named for him. A gold cup is presented to the winner by a friend of racing in this event.
