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Show TO REVIVE INTEREST IN STEEPLECHASING .: ':" " f. -: V i iilHfimfe. ,dl V s!, f ! jlsf Ifjlff Mjf . i - - S , , V- - -IS PHrns to revive interest in both amateur and professional steeplechasing were considered by a special committee appointed at a meeting of more than one hundred horsemen under the auspices of the National Steeplechase and Hunts association. The army's interest in the sport was indicated by the presence at the meeting recently held in New York of four officers from the general staff at Washington. Various speakers declared that the weights were too low, the fences too small and the races too short. Many speakers asserted that the jockey club did the sport an injustice by not allowing open dates for the hunts meetings instead of having them conflict with racing at different tracks. Tire low scale of weights was held to blame for the fact that certificates were issued to only 25 amateur riders last season. The photograph shows three horses taking a hurdle at the Plumpton course, England, and is remarkable Inasmuch as It shows the three horses in midair at the same time. |