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GETTING READY FOR JUMPING SEASON. New A. nk. January Id. Tkc stewards of the N.i lional Steeplechase anil limn Association, IUe g«v lining body tor cross country racing in America, al 1 1 1«-1 1 annual meeting transacted much business In eonnectioa with the management of the aport far the coming sea--.ui. Angusl Belmont wae n- elected « 0 president, with Harry S. Fane drst rice president 1 I and Harry J. Munis secretary ami treasurer. The following committees were chosen: Execwtive Committee — Henry V. Hull. Charles K. Harris.. ii. Jr., Henry -I. Morris. Committee on Rub- Charles K. Harris.. n. Jr.. Henry J. Morris ami Harrj 8. Page. c.itniuitti Licenses Henry I. Morris, Harry S. Page and Charles K. Harrison, Jr. Committee on Coarsen A. Henry Hlggtnson, Charles K. Harrison, Jr.. and Harry s. Page. Representatives to Serve on tbe Hunts Committee . Henry Hlgginson, Charles K. Harrison, Jr., ami Henry W. Boll. Joseph W. Burden was elected M serv as a steward t.» set ilm ng the absence of s. s. Bowlaad, a In. is touring In Europe. Licenses were granteil the following gentlemen to ride, subject t.. iii - approval of tbe Hunts Commit tee: Lieut. E. M. Whiting, l. s. A.: John Tucker ami Evans Tucker. Licenses were aN.. granted the professional Jockeys William Murphy and Boy Gilbert, while Matbew Brady, who is handling the names of Joseph L. Davis, was granted a licence to train. rule of some Importance was passed when it was decided t.i eunibiiM- tbe qualified and the nana fide hunters during HM3. By the bringing of the two ■•lasses together ii lieconses necessary t . only qualify once every two years. Instead of once a year, which was the fotasir rule. This new tinier is calculate*! to bring on larger fields for the amateur meetings and shook] f.-sult in much Tie-tier racing in those .lasses. The stewards present at the meeting were Henry J. Morris. A. Henry Higginson, Charles K. Harrison. Jr.. and Harry s. Cage. At a meeting of the hoard of directors of tin-United Hunt- Baring Assorts t km, the toll. .wing officers were elected: Perry Belmont, president; Harrj S Cage, tirsi rice-president; Henry W. Bull, second rice-president; J. Watson Webb, treasurer. ami H. A. Bock, secretary.
