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CORINTHIAN CHASE HANDICAP DRAWS OSSABAW AND ANNIBAL ANNIBALFencing Fencing Contest Will Headline Todays Program at Belmont BelmontNEW NEW YORK N Y May 26 A steeple ¬ chase stake once more will be offered as the stellar attraction at Belmont Park tomor ¬ row when the Corinthian Handicap has its thirtysixth running This event promises to prove the keenest hedge contest thus far in the Westchester Racing Associations meeting for it has drawn no less capable a fencer than Thomas Hitchcocks Annibal and is expected to provide a meeting be ¬ tween that good gray gelding and Louis B Mayers Ossabaw whom he defeated in a match here in what was his most recent start last spring springIn In addition to this redoubtable pair the half dozen dropped into the entries this morning include Annibals running mate Satilla and E B Schleys Dollys Love who runs coupled with Ossabaw The other two are Mrs F Ambrose Clarks Invader and the Sanford Stud Farms Arch Hero HeroThere There is the makings of a hedge classic that is certain to lure the chase enthusiasts of this sector out to the Hempstead Turn ¬ pike grounds this afternoon The Corinthian has 3000 added and is one of the most coveted of the Nassau County tracks hedge fixtures It was anaugurated in 1902 at Morris Park and invariably has drawn a worthwhile field fieldSTRIVING STRIVING FOR REPEAT SCORES SCORESAnnibal Annibal and Ossabaw incidentally will be striving to repeat recent scores in the Corin ¬ thian this afternoon for the former won the stake in 1938 and the Mayer fencer picked up the main award in its 1940 running The Corinthian is at about two miles over a dozen fences and if all the six named go to the post the Tuesday feature will yield the winner a net prize of 3100 3100Freddy Freddy Parks racing secretaryhandicap per of the hedge offerings in the Empire State put top weight of 166 pounds on Ossabaw even though that recent winner Of the International Steeplechase Handicap was defeated by Annibal in their memorial match SpecialIn styled the Red Cross Special In the International Ossabaw came from behind instead of going directly to the front at the start as had been his custom He is said not to be the soundest fencer in the business and indeed his entry in the Corin ¬ thian comes as a bit of a surprise to some close observers But Ossabaw shapes up the favorite coupled with Dollys Love to turn back Annibal under 164 in what is the grays proposed first out since he came back with an injury after winning the Red Cross
