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By ANNE TINSDALE
Democrat Staff Writer
It was once referred to as a “huge watery crayfish field.” Its new name is The Great Meadow, and its proposed use, beginning in the spring of 1984 or 1985, will include the running of the Virginia Gold Cup steeplechase races and other such prestigious equestrian events.
The sweeping 240-acre property along two miles of Routes 17 and 245 is managed by the Meadow Outdoors Foundation, and will be held in perpetual open space for area turf events. A long abandoned nameless farm which had grown up in weed, the property was purchased last year by Arthur W. Arundel, who conceived the idea of a permanent site for area turf sports.
Preparation of the proposed course, which began in February 1982, included laying more than 24,000 running feet of drain tile, subsoiling to open the soil 24 inches deep, leveling rises and ditches, heavy discing of the entire course, rock picking, liming, fertilizing, mulching and seading. Finally, the entire 153 acres of raw topsoil was limed, fertilized, culti-mulched and then seeded in a criss-cross pattern.
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