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Belmont Schedules Steeplechase Stake StakeHampton Hampton Roads Hot Paiaja And Jam Among Twelve In International Renewal RenewalBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y April 30 The Westchester Racing Asso ¬ ciation is making another interest payment tomorrow on its longstanding debt to the sport of steeplechasing which kept racing alive in New York State during the dark years of 1911 and 1912 and has brought valued new owners into thoroughbred rac ¬ ing The payment is in the form of the fiftyfifth running of the Intenational Steeplechase Handicap at about two miles The 7500 International is the first of six stakes which will be renewed over brush or fences at this meeting and has attracted a field of 12 most of whom raced with varying success at Belmont Park and Saratoga last year yearMontpeliers Montpeliers Hampton Roads a nine yearold son of Annapolis who has been racing well in top company for the past several seasons is top weight in the In ¬ ternational with 142 pounds He finished fourth in last years International but won two chase stakes and an overnight event and finished second or third in five others during the 51 campaign campaignHot Hot Banner Waves Coupled CoupledRigan Rigan McKinneys Hot G H Pete Bostwicks Paiaja and James F McHughs Jam are next in the imposts with 141 pounds each Hot who will be coupled with Banner Waves 138 is a speed jumper but has not been racing on the major tracks since 1950 Banner Waves finished third in the Grand National for his final appear ¬ ance last fall and won the Shillelah Chase Paiaja is a sluggish but steadily improving French jumper who finished second to Navy Gun in the Temple Gwathmey last autumn Jam was one of the better hurdle racers last season but fared less well over fences fencesOak Oak Spring Stables Sergt Peace and Brookmeade Stables Flaming Comet will be coupled as an entry with 137 pounds each They will have to improve consid ¬ erably over anything they have shown in New York YorkThe The others in the International are F Ambrose Clarks Flying Wing and Mrs Stephen C Clark Jrs Extra Points 138 each Mrs Esther duPont Weirs The Mast 139 Irl A Baffins Irish Monkey 133 and Keith Chandors Fonda 130 Of this group The Mast winner of the Tom Roby Steeple ¬ chase by 15 lengths hi his 1951 finale may be the most dangerous dangerousThe The International will be the fifth event on the eightrace program The best of the flat races is the sixfurlong Elpis Purse for sophomore fillies This dash named for the late William Helis good filly of a few seasons back has attracted a field of nine who for one reason or another are not competing in Saturdays Acorn Stakes Clever Reward Wonderful You Lancaster Lady Ardiutha and Mohduma all finished second or third in then last outings in similar company while Blue Flash Brechin and Gun Moll are making their first local appearance of the season and Rachel G comes from a bad race
