New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-10
PLANS OUT FOR
A BIG POINT.TO.
POINT RAQ
F. Ambrose Clark and r r
Won Stade Will CoIIabo
rate on New Fixture
PROMISE OF FINE
CHASING THIS YEAp
Horses Being SchooIed in II,
South TO Be Ready for The
Early Spring Meetings.

Early Spring Meetings.
One Of the new features of the b..
ing season Of 1915. which will h.,
in April, will be a four-mue nom.
point race over the estates OF p,
brose Clark and F. &. Won S.ad.
Nassau County, near Westbury IT,
decided to collaborate in the er,,..
or the new race a couple Of veek, a..
and Frank J. Bryan. secretary o. !
Hunts Committee, is framing the -.
ditions. which will Be annoa,,
shortly.
The estates Of Mr. Won S,ads ..
Mr. Clark cover fine hunting eor.
try, and their point-to-point race ma,
ises 20 be one Of the most interest.
Of The hunting season. Il will b. ,,
newed annually. and, as is the FASH.
when such races are held on priv,..
estates, they will entertain all come,
al luncheon al frescv.
The date for the tanning Of the -...
will be chosen after the Green Sn,.-.
Valley and Eikridge Hunts. Of M
land. and the ROsctree and other sr,,.
about Philadelphia have elected he.
dates IL will follow the Radnor M.
opia and White Marsh Hunt point.,o.
point races. which. boz turn. win toIlov
the opening amateur races Of the %.
son In MARYLAND the Grand Nstiors'
Maryland and Elkridee. all Of whiel
are run IN the Green Spring Vale,
just outside OF Baltimore. the fines,
hunting country In the East Their,
will be no purse. bu. a handsome piet.
of plate will be the trophy for tie
owner Of the winner
II is the intention Of Mr.. Clark. H.
Won Stade and others interested IA
country racing and hunting .
have their horses ready early in tie
spring. so that they may take part n
the steeplechase meetings at Havre d.
Grace and PimlicO ahead OF the oBer.
ing AZ Belmont PARK. and 10 that eri
q half dozen stables are wintering q.
Aiken. ;. {.
The stable Of Thomas Hitcheoc,.
the most distinguished member Of
which is the four-year-old Kehtoh. a
full brother 70 Harry K Knapps gooi
two-year-old FLY Of last season, Ka,-
kasia. He was shipped 20 Aiken vI,s
Swish and others Of less importance.
from Baltimore. And they are all DO.
ing well. kehtoh has recovered fron
the lameness which prevented his
starting IN the Harbor Hill Steep.e.
chase, which on all public form he
had az his mercy. and Mr. Hitcheotl
who left for Aiken himself a for
night ago. predicts that he will maxi
one of the best 'chasers Of 1915.
Last week the stables Of Mr. yo'
Stade and Mr. Clark followed "a
Hitchcock string 20 the popular Sog.'
Carolina resort, and the stable Of o..
ford A. COchrane viii follow Rr
week. The horses Of the Clark str-.
in the South are in charge Of Ware
Freeman, who trains. also. for Ala.
Pinkerton. They include the Englis
Jumper Peregriue Pickle. Mesdows.,
Meadowsweet and Savannah, which
one way or another were distinguish.
last summer at Saratoga.
Meadowsweet was the victim earl
in the meeting at the Springs Of
horse poisoner, who was ruled Of ih
turf By the stewards Of the Nsilola
Steeplechase and Hunt Association
and the others had 20 keep the stabi
in oats and hay. They did il rgf
well. Savannah proving one OF ih
smartest chasers Of the year. Ihe
horses are now IN fine condition, an
with the winter training they will g
over the fine steeplechase course 2
Aiken. built by the late William
Whitney fifteen years ago, they az
pretty sure TO come up 10 Baltimore
condition TO run and jump 10 ihe'
best form. They will all be nance 70
the coming Whitney Memorial at ny
ing Rock, and possibly three OF me.
will start.
The point-tO-pOlnt race candidate
of the Clark and Won Stade stables az
Irish hunters, Nh. Won Stade having 7
open steeplechasers. Mr.. Pinkertoa
representatives IN the stable are Pll'
Glass and a couple of green teneei
Plate Glass is qualified hunter pu
it is the intention Of his owner
send him along neXt year IN op:
steeplechasos. Mr.. Clark expects 70
in South Carolina the better par,
February and March superlntendi
the schooling of his fencers ana :.
training of three new three-year-o.oa
but Mr.. Won Stade will put in the VII
ter i'm California playing polo WIN "
Cooperstown team. go
The Cochrane horses William Nlde
Icy will winter at Aiken incldde. F"
Star Shoot Lady Bedford mare hal
Rose. for which Mr.. Coehrane p,
$4,000 a couple of seasons back; y
Irish-bred four-year-old Connem :. 4
and Royal Martyr, daughter OF uo.
en- Maxim and Mary Stuart, and one
the most promising OF the new tuf"'