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be run for at the spring meeting of 187©."
Steeplechasing had passed its test and was V on the rich New York circuit.
Just a century later, though, steeplechasing was "out."
With the advent of rich turf racing at mqjor tracks, race officials no longer wanted to plant living hedges as a permanent steeplechase course. As flat racing continued to grow, track workers found that constructing dozens of cedar-stuffed hurdles was time-consuming and expensive. Steeplechase jumps just didn't last long enough — not even a full season — to make hosting jump races at the likes of Belmont Park, Aqueduct and
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