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STEEPLECHASE MATERIAL IN DEMAND. New York, October 22. William Garth, of Charlottesville, r- Va., who has been a successful trainer of race horses, has decided to devote more attention i- to the handling of jumpers iii the future. "I lind there is a growing interest among men 11 who enjoy the sport to see their colors carried by f the leppers, and that the interest in that branch of racing is developing more remarkably so far as IS small owners go," he said. "Seven different gentlemen 1 have given me commissions to pick up likely horses from the selling race class not quite te good enough for the stakes arid high class handicaps and school them over the sticks for the lu races next year." . "As all the racing associations in the east and nl in Maryland and Canada are fostering the sport, t and found it was a drawing card during the season i. now closing, the prospects are that there will lie more high class racing over the hurdles next vear than in manv years. Young men who hunt it and ride are being attracted to the sport as a a result of the encouragement given it at such meetings t- as those at Piping Rock and Belmont Park 1j Terminal, as well as the regular courses at Belmont I- Park. Saratoga, all the Canadian tracks, at it the Laurel track iu Maryland, and at the country y cluli meetings around Philadelphia and Boston. "The supply of material for cross-country racing ig by no means meets the demand," lie said, "but before e- tile stables go into winter quarters trainers r will be willing to let good, big, sound horses that have been just good enough to get the short cud , of the purses, but not quite good enough to win. , go to a man who is willing to pay a fair price for ,uj them, and I expect to get number of these. So do several other trainers who have been asked to to pick up likelv jumpers. From the demand I expect !t. there will lie more, aild better racing of this is sort next season than this country has ever seen. ii A good cross-country horse will develop into a fallback ir or hunter, or an excellent saddle horse after r his racing days are over." It is reported that Mr. Garth will have tne ie services of Fred Williams to ride the horses he e trains next season. Williams rode with considerable success over the French courses. He came back to this country at the outbreak of the wan iii company with other American jockeys who left France when they found their occupation gone.
