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• 1 1 • • • • HEARTS OF OAK TO BE A JUMPER. Toremt.i. Ont.. October 20.— Hearts e f Oak. one of the- be-st horses ever bre-.l in the Dominion of Canada, and winner of the Kings Plate at Toronto iu IMS, is ele-stine-el to Because a steeplechaser. He has been handed ove-r to W. G. Wilson te school aii.l tit through the stee-pb-i-hase field. Hearts of Oak was bred and is raced by Harry Gid. lings of Oakville-. Wilson at erne- time was a well-known sti-e-pb-chase rider and trainer. Following his retire-, ment from racing, he took over the show horses of Major Gilmour. if Toronto, and has trainee! them for the past few seasons. His b.-st e-ffort in ste-e-ple- chasing was with the horse Expansionist. Hearts of Oak has taken to jumping in a kindly manner ami in none if his schooling has he display. h| tip. ill- temper shown by hint on the fiat which accounted for his lieing barred from races ou several occasions during the past two seasons.
