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When fellow foxhunters Denis O’Callaghan and Reginald Blake matched their hunters across field and fence from and to the only markers visible (church steeples — hence the name) in 1752, history did not record the contest winner, but it did take note of the thrilling competition. It took another 55 years until the term “steeplechase” was applied to the sport (previously it was called “steeple-hunting” and “steeplerace.”) But once the game got a foothold in Ireland, the natural sporting tendencies of horses made horsemen embrace the new competition.
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From the first official U.S. point-to-point meeting in 1859 at the old Rose Tree, a Pennsylvania hunt club, racing over fences was embraced
See TRADITION, Page 8
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