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CARMANDALE NOW A JUMPER E. F. Whitney to Enter Steeplechase Field-Second Thoughts Training Well. ItAl.TIMOKK. Mi., March 1ft. arniandale. E. Y Whitneys baj geldinc, ." . by Meridian — Darunia by Solitaire II.. is being schooled through the field by trainer W. Irvine and will Ik- the firt jumper to carry his owners colors. He will be started in some of the jumping races of the spring -ea -on. Irvine recently moved the Whitney horses from their wiutcr quarters at Syos-et. L. I., to the Havre le Qncc track and thirteen of the fourteen are going through iutetisjvo tiainiiii. IMiinegold. the two year-old bay colt, by Hock View [thine Maid-ell, by Watercress, injured his shoulder while running loose in a paddock at tin- Syo-s.-t f;irin and probably will not be able to start until late in tin-year. Second Thoughts, the real star of the atakat, is a candidate for the Kentucky Daks. She is a che-tnttt filly, by Ulttamaa — Lydia II.. by Huke HIackhuru. and made a fine recoid M a two year old on the Canadian circuit last pear. She has gro.»n opsidcrably during the winter and is well alorg in her training. She will piobably start at Havie 4a DHMe ;• lid if she performs up to expectations will be sent to Kentucky about oue week before the running of the Oaks. Jockey J Howan. the stables contract rider, kept in condition through the winter by galloping the horses at Syosset and is already down to riding weight. He will probably ride Second Thoughts 1 in all of ber engagement All of the two y. 11 olds except Hlnnegold are 111 good condition and have been galloped at a two-minute late.
