view raw text
; i i ] i ] j t 1 * J J I . x E J l t J f v e E I . J J * I v r • r v * a a s * F J in » l r d ■ v * • Field of Eleven Seeking Iroquois Memorial Today Storm Hour After Repeat Win in About Three-Mile Chase Event NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 11.— A field of 11 has been named for tomorrows renewal of the ,000 Iroquois Memorial Steeplechase at Percy Warner Park here. A crowd of some 25,000 is expected to witness the about three-mile run over 18 brush fences, which is annually one of the highlight events of the steeplechase season in the Middle West. Dr. John Youmans Storm Hour, 12-year- old gelding by Thundering — Colhour, by Hourless, will be trying for a repeat in the Iroquois, having captured the fixture last year. A. D. Plamondon, in., of Chicago, will be at the reins tomorrow. Greer Allen, also a Chicagoan, rode Storm Hour in his successful venture last spring. Off his three-length victory last season, Storm Hour is expected to be the favorite tomorrow. Bannock Laddie, owned by Jack Brant, Jr., and George Saddlier, of Zionsville, Ind., is expected to attract considerable support off his second to Storm Hour in 1950 and his score in the feature at Royalton, In- diana, last season. Jack Brant will be in the saddle. Chicagoan Charles Jelke will pilot Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Morris Grandtrap, who also is expected to turn in a good effort. Grandtrap was trained by Kent Miller at Belmont Park two years ago when he bowed a tendon. He has recovered from this mis- fortune and young Jelke is confident of his success tomorrow. Mrs. M. Walshs Gift of Gold, winner of the Carolina Cup at Camden, S. C, is in the field and will be ridden by Carlyle Cameron. Prairie Imp, who will carry Dave Cummings colors, was victorious in the Block House feature race at Tyron, N. C, two weeks ago. Page County, also from the Morris sta- ble, will attract no little attention in view of the fact that he won the feature brush race at Middleburg, Va., last year by 40 lengths. Dinwiddie Lampton, Jr., is the scheduled rider. Austin Brown, who will ride his own Foxy Poise, has won the Iroquois three times and off that feat alone will be the choice of many in the crowd. Others slated to go postward are Thomas Satterwites Melissa, Calvin Houghlands Jumping Jack and Gallant Wind, and Nobel Lowrys Peter de Boots. All starters carry 168 pounds. Lowry Watkins retired the Iroquois Cup in 1949 when his Fatal Interview was the winner to give that owner his third success in the race and permanent possession of the cup. As a result, a new cup was of- fered last year and will be contested for again tomorrow afternoon.
