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There is, perhaps as a result of the Breeders’ Cup, a serious concentration of large purse money at the hunt meets during the final half of the fall steeplechase season beginning with the Monmouth race meeting at Red Bank, N.J. on Oct. 18. Prior to that, on Friday, Oct. 10, the 63rd renewal of the Temple Gwathmey, the final race of the year at a flat race track, will be run at Belmont Park, N.Y. for $50,000' added.
This New York feature had its orgins in the 1920’s when a group of friends of the New York sportsman, Temple Gwathmey, gathered to discuss how they might erect some sort of monument to their late friend who died in the prime of his life. I They gathered funds together and United Hunts scheduled a steeplechase at Belmont Park in Gwathmey’s memory and set up a fund for steeplechasing which has continued uninterrupted all these decades.
“It’s possible that the complexion of the ‘Gwathmey5 will change this year due to the Breeders’ Cup being three weeks later,” explained Charles T. Colgan, executive secretary of the NSHA. “A lot of the $50,000 races will take on a different look. In all, the Breeders’ Cup has had a major impact on the sport. I wouldn’t be surprised to see some
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