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By Clive Camie
Arundel Newspapers Staff Writer
ack of rain is the primary concern of everyone in steeplechasing this fall.
On a dry and very hot Labor Day, the faU racing season opened with a meet at Fair Hill, Maryland. The number of entries there was very small compared to previous years—two races were scratched because of lack of entries.
The major reason for a poor turnout, and the reason everyone connected with steeplechasing wants ram, is that the ground is like concrete at many of the East Coast courses. Owners do not want to risk injury to their horses by running them on hard ground. Many horses have not even been able to train over fences or on the flat because of the hard ground.
"The dry weather has taken its toll," said William Gallo Jr., the assistant racing secretary for the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, the governing body for steeplechase meets in this coun- • try. I
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