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BIG JUMPING STABLE John Hastings Preparing Horses for Five Owners at Belmont. Seven Subscription Steeplechasers in the Lot Somerset Stable Promising. NEW YORK, N. T., March 20. John Hastings is preparing one of the largest jumping stables in this part of the country at Belmont Park for the coming season of cross-country racing. The seventeen horses in his charge belong to five different owners. The largest string in Hastings charge is that of the Somerset Stable. There are seven horses in this string and four of them are subscription jumpers. These horses, Kerry Blue, Colibri VII., Beau Brummel and Djahan Ghir, will all be eligible for the series of special races, purses for which will be drawn from the surplus subscription funds. This stable also includes Bar Gold, the five-year-old son of Son-in-Law and Baron-da, which came to this country as a companion for Papyrus last fall. The Somerset Stable acquired Bar Gold after he had finished his work of acting as a trial horse for the Derby winner in his preparation for the International race with Zev. - BAR GOLD SCHOOLED. Hastings has been schooling Bar Gold through the field and the horse has shown an aptitude for this branch of the sport. Bar Golds only start in this country was in a flat race at the United States Hunts meeting last fall when he finished second to Nedna. Other owners represented in the Hasting stable are Lawrence Waterbury, F. S. Von Stade, W. C. Langley, the D. L. W. Stable and C. R. Fleischmann. The Waterbury string is made up of three horses. Two horses will carry the Von Stade colors ; two will race in the Langley silks and two in the D. L. W. Stable interests. The Fleischmann jumper is a French horse. The three subscription jumpers which Hastings is handling in addition to the four in the Somerset Stable string are W. C. Langleys Cerise and the D. L. AV. Stables Shining Bachelor and Ness. E. Wolke will do the stables riding. Following is the roster of the Hastings stable : Property of Somerset Static. Bar Gold, br. li, u, by Son-in-Law Baronda, by Carbine. , Fane Lady, b. m, 8, by St. Brendan Fane, by Royal Minister. Belvoir, b. g, 7, by Ilaldeman Lady Constance, by Blackcock. Kerry Blue, fit. g, 7, by Cellini Savona, by Orrag. Colibri VII.. cli. g, u, by Trioninhant La Cascarine, by Moidant. Beau Brummel, b. s, 5, by Mon Tctiot Che Bella, by Your Majesty. Djahan Ghir, b. g, 5, by Sardanapalc Cassinia, by Carbine. Property of Lawrence Waterbury. Jigger, b. g, G, by The Curragh Trance, by Ben Brush. Ben Tasker, b. g, 4, by Fayette Tolly, by Sir Wilfred. Jim Jam. b. g, 3, by Jim Gaffney Margaret Roche, by Orimar. Property of F. S. Von Stade. Domingo, b. g, C, by Marathon-EJna Shannon, by Onondaga. Bethany, b. f, 4, by Leone Rosetime, by Trcvious. Property of "W. C. Langley. Cerise, b. in, 6, by Ilouli Cely, by Rataplan. White Rock, b. g, 4, by McUee Lithia, by In-goldsby. Property of D. L. "W. Stable. Shining Bachelor, ch. g, 0, by -Bachelors Hope Shining Lady, by Farnsi. Ness, b. f, 4, by Ulster King Ilia, by Isinglass.
