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CROSS COUNTRY STARS GO TO LAUREL Kingstown Pier First to Put in Appearance Will Try for Eich Steeplechase Prizes PrizesNew New York September 14 The advance guard of the steeplechase horses which will help to make the cross country racing at Laurel Park this fall worthy of the Inst traditions of Maryland and Virginia chasing has arrived at Laurel Park The singular is applicable because the advance guard consists of one horse John Lumsdens good Irish jumper Kingstown Pier The other chasers that will take part in the Maryland State Fair meeting are now at Havre de Grace and Itelmont Park battling for the Westchester Racing and Harford Agricultural and breeders Association purses but they will all be here before October 1 and the stars will participate from day to day in the races on Laurel Park programs programsThe The stars of the crosscountry firmament are booked for Laurel Park this fall because of the widespread abandonment of the hunt meetings about New York and Philadelphia The only reason the Lumsden stable with its speedy fencer Kingstown Pier is here is that H It A West was late in applying for stalls at Havre de Grace and he could not find shelter there thereKingstown Kingstown Pier a big rangy fencer of the Eng ¬ lish and Irish type by Krponstaad is a good fencer He was bought in Dublin last year by Fred S Meyerscough of the Irish Uloodstock Agency for E I Morgan of New York Mr Morgans participa ¬ tion 5i war work made it impossible for him to pay proper attention to racing last spring and he sold Kingstown Pier to Mr Lumsden A comparatively green horse in the field Kingstown Pier has proved a singularly apt fencer He is resolute and bold nothing in the line of a hedge or a fence daunts him and he has plenty of speed Moreover his size makes him a good weight carrier carrierKingstown Kingstown Pier is the Lumsden candidate for the Royal Blue and Chevy Chase Steeplechases the two most important cross country events that will be decided here in the course of the October meeting and he is to be named on September 25 for the 10000 Manly Memorial Pimlicos great two mile and a half steeplechase steeplechaseThe The other nominators in the Laurel Park steeple ¬ chases are K A Real W K Coo Mrs Timothy Dunoliue Joseph F Flannigan J K Griffith of Baltimore Walter M Jeffords Mrs Walter M Jeffords F G Martin Capt Kal Parr Mrs Payne Whitney Commander J K L Ross of Montreal W D Smith of the Triple Springs Farm Grover C Wabh Samuel J RiddlQ Joseph P Wdenet and Uapt Joseph K Davis DavisThe The best jumpers that will appear here in the course of the Octolwr meetings are Het The Brook Expectation Qnel Bonheur Pebcto Clootz Acabado Babcoek Tudor King Robert Oliver Bughouse Gob ¬ lin Shannon Kiver Koyal Arch Le Marsouin Dra ¬ maturge Onward New Haven Skibbereen Nutmeg Superhuman Kintore Early Light Duettiste Mar ¬ tian Brooks and Single Stick
