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LUMSDEN JUMPERS ARRIVE AT PIMLICO Steeplechase Division in Charge of Trajner Hcaley and Contains Promising Material MaterialBALTIMORE BALTIMORE Md March 19 James Healey one of the younger trainers who had considerable suc ¬ cess in Canada a few years back with a division of the stable of William Garth has arrived nt Pim lico track with a string of jumpers belonging to John Luinsdtn of Ottawa Jack Richardson has charge of the flat racers of hi Lumsden stable The Lumsden horses wintered at Pequest Farm in Sii extountr Xew TerK vvJ rcLlmdeiflfrving bought request Farm from R H McCarter Potter about a year ago with the intention of making it tile domicile of this thoroughbred nursery nurseryHealeys Healeys jnni ers are Candle a sevenyearold son of Charles Edward Sea Lord a nineyearold son of Bryn Mawr King John Kingston Pier and Between Vs VsThese These horses arrived at Pimlico well cak M with mud they having been loaded on the cars direct from the fields in which they had been running all winter But if they were 11 bit untidy they are at least ready for active training and it will take little galloping at Pimlico to have them ready for the races when the Southern Maryland Agricultural Associations meeting begins on April 1 1Healeys Healeys horses are flat runners as well as jump ¬ ers Between Us being an exceptionally good sprinter up to seveneighths of a mile Tliqy will nice on the flat at Bowie in preparation for their engagements at Havre do Grace and Pimlico PimlicoCandle Candle a horse of great size anl established weightcarrying ability is a potential candidate for the 5000 Green Spring Valley Steeplechase the crosscoiintry feature of the Maryland Jockey Clubs spring meeting Candle schooled at the jumps last year and showed wall an accident preventing his appearing in the field fieldKING KING JOHN IS PROMISING PROMISINGKing King Joint a son of Sir John Johnson and Devil tree and a grandson through Deviltree of Imp is an apprentice at fencing but promising He began the season of 1918 in the stable of Samuel I Riddle Mr Riddle lost lim early to Steve Judge through the claiming route and Judge lost him last fall in the same way Mr Lumsden took King John because he is a fine jumping type and has already shown some aptitude for fencing fencingKing King John can go u long route and after a flat raw or so at Bowie he is to pitch right into steeple chasing at Havre de Grace Since he is green Healey does not anticipate that lie will show Green Spring Valley form in the spring but he does ex ¬ pect that the Sir John Johnson horse will be ready to show something before autumn He will do his summer racing in Canada if the Dominion govern ¬ ment revokes the orderinconncil tinder which racing was suspended for the duration of the war warAmong Among the flat Dinners Richardson will bring down from Pequest Farm are Bachelors Bliss Sharp Practice Burglar Maiichu K of K Have a Heart and King Terry Miss Voski a filly by William Rufus which raced with some credit under the Lumsden silks last year will not be trained this spring The Lumsden flat horses will ship direct to Bowie track They are as far advanced toward racing condition as are the steeplechasers and it will not take a great deal of work to get them ready for the colors colorsBachelors Bachelors Bliss one of the fastest racers that ever came out of Ireland ought to do well tliis year After showing Richardson threeeighths of a mile in better than thirty five seconds at Windsor track a year ago last summer this strikingly handsome son of Tredennis lost his form He was of no ac ¬ count last year He will make u fresh start this year yearManchu Manchu and K of K are Irish horses that clearly wanted acclimatization last year although both showed speed on occasions They have wintered satisfactorily and developed notably Old Burglar for several years one of the most reliable of platers fell lame badly last spring and was put by He is galloping soundly again
