History of Farmers' Day at the Steeplechase Course in Medfield
The Norfolk Hunt Club continues a long history of sponsoring equestrian activities with the Ninth Annual Polo in the Country on Sunday, Sept. 18 on Steeplechase Course at 240 North St., Medfield.
Editor's Note: The following is written by Medfield resident Gil Rodgers and submitted for publication to Medfield Patch. 2011 Farmers' Day will be held on Sept. 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Steeplechase Course on 240 North St., Medfield. The Farmers' Day crowds would grow to over 4,000 local farmers, businessmen, spouses, neighbors and many children gathering from Medfield, Dover, Westwood, Sherborn, Walpole, Framingham, and Boston. This huge assembly was congregating at the large and spacious field on North Street, recently acquired by the Wardner Farm Trust for benefit of the Norfolk Hunt Club, and re-configured and landscaped from its former use as a golf course (Castle Hill Golf Links). Families were dressed in their finest: …
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