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REPORTS FROM THE STEEPLECHASERS. New York. April 25. — Among the owners who will take a.n active part in steeplechasing at the Hunt meetings this year will lie F. II. Prince of Boston, who. until the outbreak of the war. spent a goodly portion of his time in France, his pack of houiid* at Pant, of which he was M. F. II.. providing the best sport for his friends on the continent as well as those visiting from this country. Mr. Prince has engaged Tom MeCreery to train for him and is seeking material to bring his stable up to a standard where he can be represented in all the hwnertant fixtures. One in the stable now, Fat-tanta. an Knglish-bred hunter, was at Aiken this winter and came there green and for hacking pur-imses only. He soon showed so well and gave indications of sjiced so often, that it was finally decided to train him and see what he could do with the regular jumpers. The result was surprising, for on more than one occasion lie outpaced and out-jumped representatives of the several stables there that are rated contenders for many of the big races to be run this spring. Fattanta is now at Relmont Dark and will make his debut under colors at the meeting of the Rockaway Hunting Club. Henry W. Sage has made an addition to the string that T. J. Donohue will campaign for him. The newcomer in his stable is Ambrosine. which was recently purchased from Mrs. Ambrose Clark. This horse is with the rest of the stable at Pimlico. G. Bernard Fenwick. Marylands representative on the Hunts Committee of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, will race a string at the hunt meetings this year. Among the lot which Ren Pope, old-time steeplechase rider, is training for him are Mo. Ruckers Run. Induction, Ptolemy and Margery Jacque. All are jumpers and have been well trained under Mr. Fenwieks personal supervision at his private training grounds at Glyn-don. Md. George D. Widener. Jr., lias purchased the Erden-heim Stock Farm at Chestnut Hill, near Philadelphia, and will at once begin work on transforming this famous old siiot, the birthplace of many of Americas most famous horses, into a modern breeding establishment. There is a mile track on the grounds, and a portion of the property is under lease to the White Marsh Valley Hunt, but no attempt will be made to change these arrangements; in fact, they probably will be encouraged to continue, as the club is active in promoting sport in that section. Mr. Widener now owns a number of choicely -bred marcs, as well as the horse Garry Herrmann, but he will soon begin the collection of a really great aggregation for his new breeding venture. It is also said that the Hunt meetings Which have lieen run at Krdenheim will be continued each year on a more pretentious scale, one of which will probably be an invitation meeting on the same plan as those given in the past by his unci,, J. K. Widener. at Lynnewood. J. T mple Gwnthmey is another of the hunt meeting followers who means to go into breeding on an extensive scale. lamt fall he purchased an i r.tensive farm at Warrenton. Va.. and liegan on a modest scale with Sea Horse II. at the head of the establishment. He now plans a trip to Kngland in July for the purpose of buying ten of the best mares that can lie obtained. Price is not to be oon-aidered when he finds what he wants. He seeks the heat, those far out of the ordinary, and is willing to pay well to get them. A. J. A. Devereaux will sell his entire racing stable and his hunters at auction in this city on Thnrsday. This will mean a chance to purchase some ready-made junipers, something hard to find at all times, and especially so this year, with the wonderful increase in the list of owners who have goi. • iii far cross-country sport. A. I. Humphrey, Jr.. well-known gentleman rider, has arrived at Relmont lark with his four chasers that he made ready on his farm at lp-perville, Va. He states that the horses made the trip in fair slu:|ie. despite the fact that it took them longer in the transfer from Jersey City to Belmont Park than it did to make the trip from Virginia to Jersey City. His colors will make their Initial appearance at Hewletts Ray Park next Saturday at the meeting of the Rockawav Hunting Club. Repentant, winner of the Harbor Hill Cup in HU, is to be raced this summer. She was generally rated best of the three-year-obN the season tiiat she won the cup. then went amiss, and it is only wit hill the la-1 couple of months that she has been going soundly again. She will race in the colors of .Mrs. Philip Stevenson. The entry blanks for the spring meeting at Piping Rock have been distributed, and the list of events tendered for the two days of the meeting. June 1 and 3. is ill keeping with the previous programs for the same course. The entry blank is a novelty, in away: that is. the slip for each of the races to lie run has been arranged in the colors of the donor of tin- purse. The style of the blank, too. is novel. being made in a fashion that permits an owner to retain a complete record of the conditions of the different races and the horses entered. Entries for the Piping Rock meeting will lose May 25 with Crank J. I.ryan. racing secretary. IS Last Forty-first street. Among those who have donated purses and plate for the meeting are Harry Payne Whitney. F. Ambrose Clark. Thomas Hitchcock, Kdward F. Whitney. Frederick Johnson. A. Ludlow Kramer. W. R. Coe. Paul I. Cravath. H. W. Sage, Williard Straight. C. K. ti. Killings. August Relmont. Harry LaMontague. C. Oliver Iselin and G. A. Coffin. Late comers from Aiken, which has Jieen a training ground for some forty jumpers all winter, report that Kintore. Keiitoh and Rryndor. three of the best in the stable of Thomas Hitchcock, have shown lameness that is apt to keep them on the inactive list until the fall meetings.
