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Show TFTTrrnwni:l,,T:7r":,ri " i.'nnmini!iiS I: MEIICH JUMPERS f i BETTER THAN ENGLISH 1 . Recent Victory by Good and i v' 'zj- Plenty Demonstrates '-7 . . Tribune Special Sporting: Scrvlctw J -r , ' NEW YORK, June 9. American stcc- ifi &' :4 plochasers seem to be better than tho English brand. With the recent running ' ; of Desert Chief In tho Whitney Memorial. " f v ''" . however, meeting tho best chasers In j, America, a very fair Idea of tho relative p .. I value of the horses pf the two countries sj . 2 J , ! was obtained, when the English horse was re .' i ' ; badly beaten by Good and Plenty, . . Accounted Best Horso in England. jl - Desert Chief, who while possibly not j ' the best chaser that England can pro- duce, was counted the best horse In that M country over the two-mllo course before fl .JlHP" he was brought hero by Mr. Grant Hugh Jg ttfiHR Browne of the Brownlelgh Park stable II ffjn Magnificent Build for Jumping. M 'WjtM A He Is an S-year-old gelding bj' Spahl- a Jr ', Gcnesta, and, while not a big horse as g chasers go, Is magnificently made for m .StmSmmB. Jumping. He has carried all sorts of f& HEPAHifch weights on the other side, winning with ggjjggR .IMKfliSt 1S5 pounds up. and has a turn of speed 9hHRXh wjjark- that carries his opponents off their feet. fSH9UIICcML J&iSiA At ast tnat 13 tlie reputation he had in BJfejfflSIBfcSH Different Styles of Racing. I JBHMBBP That does not mean, howovcr, that he M flWSBBflfwlHK can do tho same thing in this country. St jSv&JKfiwl'alB In England they loaf through the field, M jBWKPSSiexIJRl while here they aro racing all the time. JBBrefjiwKBB Numerous Americans have Imported ES WHt&BSBtoSjSHii English Jumpers during the past few m BKfWhBSB years, but none of them has been up m SKB&ttSSeKF to the class of Desert Chief. Mr. Browne 2 JMWS&aalAIG had to dig In his pocket to get posses- m iHKvBBa slon of the horse, paying $15,000 for him, j JUvSSy Determined to Settle Question. m mmwKl WESm i "I purchased him." said Mr. Brown, it 'SXWm gmwg "because he was the best I could get In w mSKWt SH& England, and I was anxious to see If their bs WBSI ijKifk horses are better than ours. I don't say w IEkH ffiHatlt what my thoughts have been on the sub- f ffipPffl (uti Ject, but I want to settle the question re WWsSa wSffifi once and for all, and I bellevo I will m mBM m&M "One thing Is certain. Desert Chief is iKmritt y. a good horse. He was called a two-mller pffiffi trsfSmfK' In England, but there Is absolutely no ittTTfPw T' WigiKzfW reason why ho should not stick out our Snapshot Showing Gilbert of Yale Breaking the "World's Record for Pole Vaulting. |