The background of the Zev-Papyrus running at Belmont Park, L. I. the first match race ever held between America and England, reveals the following:
The owners. Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate. Racing interests recently acquired. Bought the Rancocas stud founded by the late Pierre Lorillard at Jobstown, N. J. His former champions: Purchase, Grey Lag, Cirrus, Mad Hatter.
Benjamin Irish, tenant farmer, of Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, England. Owns very few horses, only two of any previous account, Radium and Periosteum. Bought Papyrus in 1921 for $17,500. Ill health prevents his attendance at Belmont.
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