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AUGUST BELMONTS RACING ACTIVITIES. August Belmool will raci several ol hi- thoroughbreds in steeple chase events in this countrj 1 tin- year. This i- a new riepurture for the cbair-in.ni ot the Jockey Club. In other rears lie raced I in- horses exclusively on tie- Bat and passed Up ,, steeplechasiag. But realizing that the cross-country c sport is weak in good material, be has made up u his mind to have six of his horses -Merry Task, Mission. Orage. Top Hat. Vailliant and Orphee trained for this purpose. Mr. Belmont will race • n string of forty-two horses ibis year twenty-eight , in America, sev«n In England and seven In France. Mr. Belmonl employ* three trainers s c. Iindretb. John Watson iBd rthiir Carter. He ha- breeding t| establishments iii Kentucky and in France, and ,| training ousrters at Babylon. L. I.: Beanlng. P. c.: Oarnot s. c. . Kewanarket, Eng.. and Chant illy. France. Hildretii has charge ol the American n string. Watson the limrlish division and Carter the e French stable
