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TO PLAN REVIVAL OF STEEPLECHASING NFW YORK. N. Y.. January 14. At the rtooe of the awetiag of sportsmen held at the Commodor. Hotel yesterday, at which many military officers as well as a hundred or more prominent civilians were present, the following resolution was drawn up and r.ad to express the sentiments of thus.- at the no-. tine : ••That ■ committee of three be appointed by the chairman, one of the three to be a representative 01 the Halted States Army, and one npieaoaUag the sport of fox oaatiag, the chairman represent inj; the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association; the committee to take up the revival of the sport. willi an effort to arruni;e suitable dates, over which I the Hunts committee shall have jurisdiction and to rarry eat the eegCaaatJeaa tendered at the general I 1 ■eetiag of those interested iu steepl-chasim;. I 1 The committee appointed included Col. C. V. George, representing the chief of general stuff: A. Henry Higginaon of Barton, and F. Ambrose lark of New York. They will meet iu the near future to carry out ■nfaaathaal made at yesterdays meeting and report progress.
