COLUMN: Steeplechase
As comedian Jerry Seinfeld used to always say, “what is the deal with….?”. In this case, insert the word steeplechase at the end of that inquiry.
It is a centuries old human endeavor that began, one source said, with people running from church steeple to church steeple in old times, presumably looking for more religion or possibly running between the two tallest and thereby most visible structures in towns and villages. Heavenly race guides, if you will.
The steeples, it seems, were a guide for the participants.
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