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NEW YORKS FINAL PROGRAM United Hunts Staging Election Day Sport at Belmont Six Races Down for Decision Evenly Split SplitBetween Between the Flat and Over the theJumps Jumps NEW YORK N T Nov 7 Down at Eel mont Park tomorrow afternoon there will come a finale to the thoroughbred sport In New York for the year It is the oneday meeting of the United Hunts Racing Asso ¬ ciation and the six races that are down for decision are decidedly above the average for such meetings Time was when a hunt club meeting meant four or at most five races each a steeplechase and with ama ¬ teurs to ride Now meeting a wider demand the United Hunts puts on six races with three of them on the flat and there are plenty of opportunities for the professional jockeys jockeysThe The events of big importance is the Tem ¬ ple Gwathmey Memorial Handicap This is a steeplechase of about two and a half miles to which 2500 is added as well as the trophy There are thirteen acceptances of the weights and it is a company calculated to give a worthy renewal of the prize that had its first running in 1924 1924Named Named to honor the memory of the sports ¬ man who raced under the name of Mr Cot ¬ ton season after season it has brought out some of the best of the crosscountry horses and among its winners have been Fairmount one of the best to bear the silks of Joseph E Widener which was three times the win ¬ ner Arc Light from the same stable twice winner as well as Golden Meadow Mac Carthy More and others of reputation reputationGREENTREE GREENTREE VICTORIES VICTORIESThe The silks of the Greentree Stable have been victorious in the two most recent re ¬ newals when Sailor Beware took down the prize in 1936 and Jungle King won last year For the renewal tomorrow Mrs Payne Whitney will depend on Sumatra to make it three in a row for her popular colors The son of Sunair and Marka by Sir Martin is under 149 pounds and with such a weight should give a good account of himself The Thefact fact that the three Thomas Hitchcock en ¬ tries Annibal Wambaw and Rioter were all scratched will make the race that much more attractive for the others and it will add to the winning chances of Sumatra
