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1957, during the twilight
years of steeplechasing
at major tracks 1. s around New York and the northeast, a committee was formed to promote so-called “hunt meets,” steeplechase events held out “in the country” and sponsored by local clubs or charity organizations.
As the name implies, hunt meets are considerably more formal than point-to-points and usually offer substantial purses. They were sometimes sponsored by an active hunt club, as in the case of the Radnor Hunt Races in Pennsylvania, but were just as often sponsored by a committee drawn from hunt members, as was the case with the upcoming Virginia Gold Cup when it
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