New-York tribune., 1916-02-28
rarIous Amateur Meet
Books High-Class
SteeplechaSeS.
RACES TO BE AT TWO
AND ONE-HALF MILES
Mrs. Lathrop Brown Is Donor OF
Chamblet Memorial Cup in
Honor of Her Father.

Racing programmes are out, the ear
y.., Of the year In the North. for
Americas Oldest hunt meeting. They
announce the events for the thirty
9Th annual races OF the Country Club
Brookline. the picturesque suburb OF
Boston. on Thursday, June -. and Sat
ordsv. June T.. The book IS Of inter
st 70 al owners OF s'ceplechasers'
hunters or hacks ft 20 race with weight
M To borrow a comparison from
p-i.sb snort. as IL was before the
'.., Brooklne brings as many ANA
.srrs to the saddle ss Grand Ma
,ionsl and ss fashionably atured q
throng TO the lawn and stand as hoyai
Ascot -
three highest class steepiechases OF
The year, the Chsmblet Memorial
value $4,000. the Country Club Grand
Annual. value $1,000, and for the Ma
.ional Hunt Cup, a $500 trophy: with
) 600 added in cash, will be on Marcn
q Zach OF the races ls Or about Two
and q half miles.
Mrs. Iathrop Brown ia the donor OF
ne Chamblet Memorial Cup, value ST.
GOO. IN honor Of her father. Robert {.
Hooper. who was the founder of the
meeting. and in his day the best known
gentleman rider IN New England. under
,be sobriouet Of Mr.. Chamblet"
Horse and hound afforded him the
acme Of recreation, and he rode reGu-
lar.v eacn season with the Myopia
Hunt. Oddly enough. however, Dir.
Hoopers memory will be kept green
longest among spOrtsmen by the
knowledge that he was by accident the
real sponsor o. the Boston terrier,
Americas only dog native 70 the land.
Il is Tom. a brindle and white light
weight bulldog, imported from England
by 5ir. Hooper while he was Harvard
student, that fills the pedestal IS the
nioreer OF Boston terriers. His name
tons all pedigrees "a the preeXisten'
first cause that has made possible the
evolution and development OF the
strain, but that Tom was Mr.. Hooper's
college pal is not generally known.
A replica of the Chamblet Memorial
cuD is presented 20 the winner each
year. and he has also the custody OF
the trophy until the next renewal. A
$1,000 purse IS added. OF which $500
loes 10 the second and 5000 70 the
horse finishing third. Three wins. not
necessarily in succession. viii make the
cup an owners property. In the hve
years of its history there has no, been
q uble-header, the record standing;
1911. II X. Ninyut's Waterspeed; 1912
Mr.. McNurtrie's" Algie; 1918. j. Z
Dayis's O'Bear; 1914 r. ". Sargent
ir's, Big Sandy; 1915, Mrs. Iayne
Whitney's Cherry Nalotte.
Mrs. Whitney last year also won the
Country Club Grand Annual, with
Cherry Malotte, and T Ambrose Clark
the new director of the National Horse
Show Association, captured the Ma
ronal Hunt Cup with Knight OF Merci
Eight other races sre carced, anC
the final closing for all viii be )n Ma'
so. with Frank J. Bryan. secretary IL
East Forty-frst Street. New YORK. One
Is the twenty-ffth annual running Of
the Challenge Cup stecplechase foi
hunters, 10 be ridden by gentleman
riders A. !. A. DevereuX. of Philadel-
uhia. was the 1915 winner. with Con
oueror. and on the long list OF hunters
70 gain fame in the event is Aimanzor
which won in 1904 FOR the Hon. James
". Gerard. now American Ambassador
70 Germany. Two of the fiat races. re-
spectvelv of one mije and a furlone
and Of one mile and three fur.ongs
gentlemen % ride are limited 20 horses
owned by the United States govern
ment or by officers Of the United States
army