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RCHS senior Kylene Wolfe needs-ed a project to complete her work for ■ the Gold Award, the highest award in , n Girl Scouting. Furthermore she was concerned that girls coming into the . high school from the elementary , , school often do not know what team sports are available to them once they get to high school.
International
Gold Cup
--Scheduled
*" On Oct. 19 horses, jockeys, trainers, owners and spectators from ' around the world will be flocking to ... Great Meadow Field Events Center J tn The Plains for the International 'Gold Cup Races, one of the finest traditions of American steeplechas»lng.
The feature race, the MercedesBenz International Gold Cup, in a timber (wooden post-and-rail fence) race with total prize money of - -$35,000. Some of the most prestigious and successful steeplechase ' horses in the history of the sport have participated in these races. ,;• As its name implies, steeplechasing began in Ireland after a long „ day of fox hunting almost 250 years
_..*go when a certain^lr. Blake challenged a Mr. O'Callaghan to a race ■j across many obstacles to a church Steeple on the distant horizon.
From these humble beginnings the sport spread across Europe and the rest of the world. In addition to countries like ^ngland, Ireland, France, Germany and Japan, steeplechasing can typically be found in
(former colonies of Britain. t Gates open at 10 a.m. on Oct. 19 "at the Great Meadow Field Events tenter in The Plains. Reserved tick' ;'ets can be purchased in advance ’ .through the Virginia Gold Cup 'Association at (540) 347-1215. ' General admission for one car and up to six people is $40 in advance ‘’’tad $50 at the game. Tickets are "available at all Northern Virginia 'Crestar Bank locations or call (800) (59-RACES for other ticket outlet infortnation.
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