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Warrenton photographer Douglas Lees received the 1978 Eclipse Award, denoting the best racing photo of the year, for this dramatic picture of Master's Degree landing on his nose and rider Buzzy Hannum about to follow.
head thus cut off, there was reason to fear in the early 1970s that chasing’ body, namely the 28 hunt race meetings at places such as Middleburg, Va., would consequently wither or die. The purse structure at the major New York tracks had always provided the sport’s foundation. Traditionally, owners have run their horses at the hunt meetings for silver trophies and/or purses which rarely have covered the vanning bills. They have run pour l» sport, supported in large measure by individuals such as Mrs. Marion du Pont Scott, of Montpelier, Virginia, who have for decades provided from their private funds. Steeplechasing has had more close calls than Eliza on the ice, however, and when it appears down and out, it takes on a new lease. The people who put on the hunt race meetings went out and won local, and some national, commercial sponsors, to take up the slack. They have been remarkably successful. Recently, the National Steeplechase and Hunt
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