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. ; s - ; NEWS OF JUMPING STABLES Crawford Buys Horses for Queen City Stable in France White Signs Jockey Mahoney. i j . i R. H. Crawford, trainer for the .Queeiv City Stable, writes from France that net haSfmado several purchases of jumpers for Kijenllo. ors. He will bring these: h6rsesbaflj to this country when he returns in the spring. Crawford plans to keep Vin "condition- durr ing the winter by accepting mounts- in stee-r plechases at the French courses. It Is understood that he has.--been proniised mounts in several of the big jumping stakes of the French winter season: jr Major F. W. White, who came frbm England last year with a stable bfj: jumpers, which he campaigned in his oAyn.jtjMY. A, Reads interests, is wintering Jijs . horses at J. K. it, Rosfs Laurel, Md.,-"faiW He has signed steeplechase jockey W. Mahoney to ride for the stable next season "and the rider will report to him at Laurel January 1. Major White is expecting a shipment o jumpers from England soon. John Hastings, who is handling ji big string of jumpers for various owiiers at Belmont Park, has signed the veteran steeplechase jockey E. Wolketo ride for him next season. Hastings has taken advantage of the recent warm weather to school some of tho subscription jumpers in his charge over the Belmont Terminal course. The foreign-l ers showed good form in their trials.
