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MOVE TO BENNLNGS IS CONSIDERED WISE. There the United Hunts Racing Association Will Be in the Midst of Hunt Clubs. "The announcement that the United Hunts Racing Ass6clatI6n would give Its meeting at Bennlngs this tall came as a surprise to turfmen generally, but after having recovered from their astonishment it was universally agreed that It was a wise move, considering the fact that the new plant of the association, tfdar the Belmont Park track, will not be ready this fall," says the Morning Telegraph. "The principal object of the United Hunts Racing Association is to interest the hunt club set or the amateurs in racing and provide a field that will make the collection and maintenance of a stable of hunters and ponies capable of winning on the flat worth While. "In no part of the country Is this Interest so great as within a radius of seventy-five miles of Washington. All through this section, from Baltimore to the central part of Virginia, hunt clubs thrive as nowhere else In this country. Interest in tills class of sport is intense, and the best class of hunters to 1k; round anywhere In the United States are lired and raised there. A meeting at Bennlngs IS sure to arouse this interest to the highest pitcbi a"iid may be Jlie means of bringing new recruits to the spWt. A meeting In that section would1 draw crowds equally as big as could reasonably be expected about New1 York, and the association should not lose anything by the move. "Another feature tliat will be of especial Interest is the riillltary steeplechase. The United Hunts Raclrifc Association was tiic flrst racing body tb introduce this class of sjlort, and it was significant tfcit; it received the ready indorsement of the War ijepartWeht1, the !fflclals of wliich saw the otipor-tfiSkty of VasV 1kUt-tbwtliS-caVflIrytlbi-tbrttigH, Jhe promotion, of steeplechases in wjjlpl officers of t the Army or the State National Guard were to ride. General Fred Grant, commander of the Department of the East, with headquarters at Governors Island, was the first to give the scheme his indorsement, and was on hand at Morris Park to sec the race run. At that time General Grant spoke in the highest terms of the race, or rather the object of such races, the improvement of cavalry horses. At Washington, the headquarters of the army, the military steeplechases attained greater results than anywhere else that the meeting could be held. Thls-iteni is of no little importance and had weight ln; the selection of Berthings. "Perry Belmont the head of the association, is in Europe at present, but August Belmont has shown much interest in the work. The meeting dates, which, of course, are subject to the approval of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, have not been announced, but it is planned for themeet-: ing to follow that at Belmont Park. It will be of three days duration, and if it can be arranged with-; out the opposition of any other Jockey Club track It will be held on Saturday, Wednesday and Satur-j day, the same "as last year. By going to Washington, the United Hunts meeting will offer ho serious- opposition to Jamaica the New York track in operation at the time while it should be of material benefit to the Pl.mllco and Bennlngs meetings, which follow, as it would be a good feeder for each of them." .. .. .
