Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-18
STEEPLECHASE BIG FEATURE
OF. SARATOGA RACING PROGRAM
Renewal OF Four Cross Country Stakes Attracts Smart
est Fencers of Most Powerful American and
Canadian Establishments.

SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y. Juno
l0.-Racing will witness the most
attractive steeplechasinK of the cur
rent season at Saratoga in August
fhe TOUR cross country stakes of tho
great upstate meeting of thorough
nreds that VIII be renewed here have
attracted tho smartcSt fencers OF the
most powerful American and Cana
dian, establishments. There will be
no Canadian competition with Sara
toKa Tor cross-country material of
the first class. Steeplechas!np Is not
featured at Fort Erie and Windsor.
the Canadian courses whose dates
correspond with tho dates custom
mas estRhiished as the rightful and
inaienable dates OF Saratoga.
Sara'ogas cross-country specials
OF the stake variety nre the Sara
t"ga steeplcchase handicap, $4,000
added. about two miles and a half,
AMI the Shillelah. Beverwyck and
North American handicaps. each OF
two miles and each with an added
money value of $4,000. The Saratoga
stake program Will he supplemented
by series of overnight races that
VIII give profitable employment
throughout August to the first class
horses mat come to compete In the
stakes. These stakes are rich in
traditional interest. The Saratoga
numbers among Its winners Hercu-
ioi,i. MS fine a chaser as ever came
this way from the YirEinian Pied
mont. also I'll Cuchillo. Jimmy Lane,
lydia. Lysandcr. weldship. st.
Charlotte. MinRta, Hibier and Rob-
ert oliver. On the winning roster of
the Reverwyck. the Oldest OF these
cross-country specials. are emblaz-
oned the names OF Lion Heart. DR..
lob nlS IL OF.
Wooster. Weidshtp. Marian, The
Brook. liibier. Barkeley and Syrdaria.
Weldship. for three seasons an un-
hcntnbIe horse through the Saratoga
held. won three renewals Oft the
North American. Other winners OF
this stake were ElysIan. Flare. Bet,
Sweepment. st. Jude. Altar. Water
way. Aunt julie. Sandhurst and Com
modore Fontaine. Shillelah winners
were i.ayator, Foxhunter. GRANDPA.
Mckittredge. BaSonet. Wcldship.
The Brook. Hibler. Berkeley and
Syrdaria
Tho Saratoga steeplechase. COM
Ing. has attracted thirty-three nomi-
nations. the North American and
BeYerwyck forty-one EACH and the
Shillelah thirty-nine. For all four
Joseph +. Widener, OF Philadelphia,
has named Neap Tide. the half
uiptHcI VI 1.lCRwlCk ana Pilgrim,
which he bred himself In Pennsyl-
vania and with which he won the
$4,000 Appleton memorial ut Belmont
Park. Neap Tide, stranger. to
ste eplechaSing until May last, estaE-
lished new record OF 3:472-5 for
the short course ut Belmont Park
when he defeated Peccant, Roi Craig,
B'illseye, Belle OF Bryn Mawr and
three or four others. With this pre-
cn"ious 4-year-old In the Saratoga
chases are Sea Skipper. Joyful and
Wisest Fool. General James A.
Buchanan. of Virginia. has named
Flying Scout. the fastest jumping
gray. which won last November's re-
newal OF the Manly memorial at
Pimlico. Flying Scout is product
OF j. Temple Gwathmey's Canter-
hurry Farm OF the Virginan Pied
mont. just now the most prolific
American nursery OF cross country
talent. MIR. Gwathmey himself has
named the aged Belle Of Rryn Mawr
with Sea Monarch and Guy Gaunt
BELLE OF Rryn Mawr. n black steeple-
chasing wonder of few seasons
back, has this season accomplished
4 come back stunt that Is unique in
The history of American cross coun-
Try sport. After bringing two foals
INTO being at Canterbury farm, one
" them 2-year-old now, the other
a yearling. Belle OF Bryn Mawr