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CLAX0N HAS NO FEAR AS TO JOHN M. P. New York, October ll.Algernon Claxon. trainer of the steeplechase stable f--Grunt Hugh Browne, does not anticipate trouble In getting John M. P. to the post fit in the coming Champion. Steeplechase, in spite of the indifferent schooling- of. the outlander at Belmont Park Saturday-." ohnM; P.."was "not hurt when he ran through the wing of the front-stretch jump, although his skin was abraded In several places. He Is as sound now as he ever was, and Claxon believes he will take the course all right when he tackles a field of jumpers capable of making him do his best John M. P. was never good at schooling. He loafs when ont by himself. Patsy Gallagher, who rode John M. P. when he went through the wing, believes the English horse will race, better than ho schooled, - V
