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Still going strong
The oldest active American steeplechase race, the Maryland Hunt Cup, was first run in 1894. The National Steeplechase Association formed the following year in New York City. August Belmont was its first president.
“They finally realized that steeplechasing on its own was a
For the 1896 ‘Cigar
and Umbrella Race/
the ‘cigar’ part was
understandable, but
the ‘umbrella’ significance
has been
forever debated.
big enough sport to have its own governing body,” explained Joe Clancy, Jr., publisher and co-editor of the Steeplechase Times.
“Steeplechasing was subordinate to the prosperous flat racing game,” in the 19th century, wrote Raymond Woolfe Jr. in his “Steeplechasing.” “[But] the jumping sport enriched the other
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