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From Page 32 such as the Harbor Hill, Brook, Grand National and a spectacular 30-length score in the 1965 Temple Gwathmey while carrying 170 pounds.
Battleship was the first American-bred and owned to win the famous Grand National at Aintree. Bred by Walter J. Salmon, he was a smallish son of Man o’ War out of Quarantine and was a stakes winner on the flat while racing in the colors of his breeder.
Sold to Mrs. Marion duPont Scott and ridden through much of his career over fences by the top amateur rider Carroll K. Bassett, Battleship had won 10 of 22 starts on the flat as a juvenile.
Mrs. Scott purchased the colt privately in 1931 and made him into a jumper. He did not start in 1932 but the two following years he won seven of 10 starts over fences including the American Grand National.
Shipped to England, Battleship won seven of 23 starts, and in 1938 accounted for a victory in the Grand National at Aintree. Returned to this country, Battleship sired 57 foals including steeplechase champions War Battle (1947) and Shipboard (1956). He was inducted into the Hall of Fame posthumously in 1969.
Elkridge was a Maryland-bred who had his start under the great trainer Thomas Hitchcock. Kent Miller purchased the bay son of Mate out of the Black Toney mare Best By Test in 1941 for $7,000. By the time of his retirement at age 13 he had started 119 times over fences, winning 31 of these and placing 18 times with 15 thirds.
Elkridge earned $235,225 over fences
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