Meadow Brook Steeplechase Association

Meadow Brook Steeplechase Association was a racing group on Long Island created on May 1, 1897.^[1] In 1914 their race was held on the property of Harry Payne Whitney.^[2]

References

^ "Meadow Brook Steeplechase Association Series Attracts 4,000 Devotees". New York Times. May 5, 1912. Retrieved 2011-03-23. Hunt racing really got its 1912 send-off yesterday at the meeting of the Meadow Brook Steeplechase Association at Belmont Park terminal track with more than 4,000 persons aiding in the attempt to show that the sport of Kings still had many loyal friends. Society was there in its best regalia, and the quarter stretch and paddock reminded most of the old-timers present of the "good old times."
^ "Indicator Takes Meadow Brook Cup. Stirring Race for Hunt Trophy on Harry Payne Whitney's Estate at Wheatley Hills". New York Times. May 10, 1914. Retrieved 2011-03-23. Harry Payne Whitney played the part of an English country squire to perfection at his country place at Wheatley Hills yesterday, the occasion being the annual meeting of the Meadow Brook Steeplechase Association. For the farmers and their families in the vicinity Mr. Whitney provided an abundant lunch, and incidentally an opportunity to get enough out of "them city fellers" to buy all the fertilizers they will need for the coming year.

[1] "Meadow Brook Steeplechase Association Series Attracts 4,000 Devotees". New York Times. May 5, 1912. Retrieved 2011-03-23. Hunt racing really got its 1912 send-off yesterday at the meeting of the Meadow Brook Steeplechase Association at Belmont Park terminal track with more than 4,000 persons aiding in the attempt to show that the sport of Kings still had many loyal friends. Society was there in its best regalia, and the quarter stretch and paddock reminded most of the old-timers present of the "good old times."

[2] "Indicator Takes Meadow Brook Cup. Stirring Race for Hunt Trophy on Harry Payne Whitney's Estate at Wheatley Hills". New York Times. May 10, 1914. Retrieved 2011-03-23. Harry Payne Whitney played the part of an English country squire to perfection at his country place at Wheatley Hills yesterday, the occasion being the annual meeting of the Meadow Brook Steeplechase Association. For the farmers and their families in the vicinity Mr. Whitney provided an abundant lunch, and incidentally an opportunity to get enough out of "them city fellers" to buy all the fertilizers they will need for the coming year.

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