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FOLLOWING PIPING ROCKS EXAMPLE New York November 5 The example set by the Piping Rock Club members which resulted in put j ting new life Into the snort of racing in this locality after two years of inactivity will be followed next wison by the members of the Watchung Hunt of Plalnlield N J in a manner that will be of benefit to the sport Eighteen members have agreed to suli scrilK for the purchase of as many thoroughbreds Ibis winter which will be disposed of to the subscrib ¬ ers by lot in the same manner as were the Piping Rt k subscription lionles lionlesAt At the spring meeting of the Watchung Hunt these will bo eligible for a tieclal race named the Walcli ing Hunt Dinner Stakes It is not stated how much these horses will cost nor whether any money will bo loft over to make the basis of i purse but this is uniujHirtint as the subscribers have agreed to make t further sweepstakes of 5O cacli to be competed for when the race Is run runCare Care will be taken to select the most reliable stock to be found so that every member shall have a souuil Imrse that will be callable of carrying his tolors in the spring Horses tiinc years i lil and ver will be eligible and there will be a uisticii rheu the horses are distributed whether the man ho lias nil old campaigner lias the Itetter bargain or whether the one who draws a threeyearold will have inori of a rlmnce of winning the race The horses will l e required to run over the Suburban Handicap route of one mie ami a quarter but the event will be a weight for age race with a scale or weights to admit of gentlemen riders having the it mints Under the conditions only gentleman riders will be eligible and in most instances it U expected that owners will ride The Walchung Hunt Is keenly interested In racing having held its meeting annu ¬ ally for fifteen years Kufus O Fiuch the master of the hounds is one of the movers In the plan nd it is the intention to make the event a social one an well as the racing feature of the spring meeting To that end the condition lias I teen added that the owner of the win ¬ ner shall iiivlt all the other owner and also the riders to a dinner In all probability the event will IXTonic an annual one but in any event it will pro ¬ vide new blood for the hunt meetings in this vicinity The Fcale of weights arranged Is Threeyearolds 145 jKiuuds fouryearolds 155 pounds fiveyearolds end upward 15S pounds
