A steeplechase was so called because originally it was a cross-country race, with a distant church steeple as the turning point. Native gem hunters at Mogok, Upper Burma, have found a sapphire worth £11,250, a ruby worth £7500, and a spinel of record tize.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 162, 11 July 1930, Page 9
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