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SPECIAL FOXHUNTS HONORWASHINGTON Many Sports Lovers in Vir- ginia Pay Tribute to First President. BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR. ‘While dignitaries throughout the Na- tion honored George Washington, the first President, yesterday, on the occa- sion of the Bicentennial of his birth, two hunts'and many sports lovers in ! 2 ia_ paid tribute to George Washington, the sportsman. airfax Hunt, which rides a territory gton traversed many times in fox-hunting days, held a spe- fon meet yesterday morning ville, Va., while the annual nt hunter trials were the afternoon at Oak HIll, of Frank C. Littleton. After a brief g Washington, the ed By Rev. Michael Fairfax and the group set Smith A. Bowman, M. F. H.; ips, Delong Bowman, Hunt- nd Thomas Henderson, as- Three Foxes Started. g was fine and clear, and f good sport was amoly as the hounds started three The mc the promi fulfilled, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Guests at Official Bicentennial Ball HISTORIC CHARACTERS REPRESENTED IN COSTUME. roubled the hounds iderably as a high wind, which had , made it difficult for them to fter more than two hours of sport the hunt returned to the club house at and their guests enjoyed a hunt break- 1 Later many of them departed e hunter trials at the Littleton place and others returned to Alexandria :3» witness the parade and celebration here. The guest riders who went out with Fairfax were mostly from the Loudoun Hunt, which centers its activities at Leesburg, and the Washington Drag Hounds, a pack hunted from Bradley Farms, Md. Among the Washington- ians present were: Maj. Henry Leon- ard, Mrs. Edith Preece, Miss Virginia Rodgers, Miss Joy Hansel, Howard Cole, F. Moran McConihe, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Exnicios, Miss Phyllis Hight and Miss Elizabeth Jackson. Mrs. Whitney's Gelding Wins. If ancient history repeated itself in the scene at Fairfax yesterday morning, contemporary history did likewise at Oak Hill in the ternoon, for Mrs. John Hay Whitng chestnut gelding ‘was crowned champion of the hunter s there for the second successive 3 and Mr. Jack okinner's Light Hampson again won the Reserve, as he did in 1931. Mrs. Whitney's victory gives her Langollen Farm stable two legs on the Middleburg Bowl, which is held each year by the winner until the next trials are run off. The first class of the afternoon was for green regiStered hunters, in which 12 entries were listed for a 3-mile run over the 15-obstacle course. In all divisions the horses were required to complete the course in 10 mirutes, and were judged on jumping, manners, pac- ing style and comformation. Miss Jane Stevenson won the inaugu- ral contest on Otto Furr's Dining Out, Mrs. J. H. Whitney’s War Flame was second, and Flying Horse Farm's Meli- ta, third. - Miss Rosemary Ward entered the win- ners of first and third places in the di- vision for half-bred green hunters. Her Werby, ridden by James McCormick, took the blue in good style, while Clon- meen was third. Jack Skinner rode his own Her Way to second. Entertains 500 Guests. In the intermission following this class Mr. Littleton entertained 500 a hunt breakfast given for r of the Middleburg Hunt, D. C. Sands, and masters of neighboring packs, The honor guests included Dr. A ® Randolph, master of Piedmont; Capt. Sterling Laribee, master of Lari- bee Hunt; Alvin Baird, master of Cob- bler; Fletcher Harper, master of Orange County; Willlam Alby, jr., master of Culpeper; Mrs. R. C. Winmill, master of Warrenton; W. B. Watkins, master of Blue Ridge; Miss_Charlotte Nourse, master of Casanova Hunt, and Willlam DuPont, jr, master of Foxcatcher Hounds, When the trials were resumed after the breakfast, 21 qualified registered hunters were brought out to show their seasoned skill in the class for horses hunted more than one year. It was here that Arthur White Tode What1l I Do to the class victory and the cham- pionship. Light Hampson appeared to take the division second. Benton Stables’ Sacrifice was third. In the final competition, for qualified half breeds, Miss Fannie Whitfleld rode her own Time Lock to first place, Mr. White brought in another of Mrs. Whit- ney’s, Silver Cloud, second, and Mrs. Arthur White took third with her Cedar Brook. The judges were S. Lurman Stewart of Monkton, Md.; Edward Carle of Smithtown, N. Y.; Prederick Bontecou of Millbrook, N. Y., and Willam du Pont, Ir. Among the spectators and guests of Mr, Littleton were Mr, and Mrs, Breckinridge Long, Admiral and Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Davis, Mrs. Clendennin Ryan, Arthur Young of Milwaukee, Mrs. Burdette Wright, Mrs. Nora Mellon of Upper- ville, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harrison, and Augusta Harrison of Phila- delphia, Adrian Iselin and Frederick Warburg of New York, Mr. and Mrs, Alexander B. Hagner, Miss Katrina McCormick and other: World’s Tea Garden. y it may be said with truth that Empire is & tea garden and tea snop. South Africa, have followed ly one rival remains of any Java and Sumatra. darker, less aromatic captured the Western wly but surely ousted the In 40 years China's nearly haived. The figures spe In 1901 India produced 201,000,000 pounds. In 1921, 274,000,- 000 ds. In 1928, 404,000,600 pounds. b o0, had increased its output 44,000,000 pounds to 251,000,000 tea plant throws up young and ender leaves from the top—the B80- called “fush.” It is from these that tea 15 made. All these tender shoots have to be re- moved by hand. Many attempts have been made to harvest this delicate crop by machinery: all have falled. Before the crop is shipped away it is subjected to an intricate process of withering, rolling, fermentation, firing, sorting and packing. In a narrow by-street off Mincing Lane & man sits beside & steaming ket~ tle, & watch in his hand. A china tea- { member of the House of Lords and re- ™ P Mrs, Bloom, wife of Representatiy ve Sol Bloom, associate director of the Bicentennial Commission (upper right), wearing lavendar taffeta and silver Jace, which made a graceful picture. ing as Nellle Custis and wearing a copy trimmed with rare lace. Miss Emilie Stevens Custis (below), appear- of her wedding gown in soft, white silk, Miss Kate Hyde Scully (upper left), as Mary Heard, daughter of John Heard, founder of New Hampshire. BICENTENNIAL BALL PORTRAYS | HISTORY OF EARLY AMERICAi Brilliant Gathering at Mayflower Termed‘ One of Most Beautiful Ever Held in Washington. (Continued From Fifth Page.) direct ancestor, Gen. James Cudworth, who was deputy Governor of the Colo- nies in 1656 and commander in chief of all forces in King Phillip's War. Miss Dorothy Tirrell represented her ancestor, Lady Griffith Rice. Represents Ancestor. Mrs, Samuyel A, Kimberly, represent- ing her ancestor, Ruth Fisher of pre- Revolutionary days, was in rose and silver changeable silk made with dainty bertha of rare lace, her quaint cap matching in lace. She _had with her her house guest, Mrs, Kelly of Boston, who was in a model of other days in yellow brocade embroidered in pearls. Mrs. James Prancis Sullivan of Philadelphia had the role of the lovely wife of Gov. Nichols, first Britisher to rule over New York when it was wrested from the Dutch, Mrs. Cabot Stevens, whose husband appeared as John Cabot in the pre-Colonial grcup, played the part of Lady Betty Louns- bury, a heroine of Colonial days, carry- ing the lantern she had used for sig- naling in the incident in her childhood which gave her a place in history. Mrs, Stevens' gown of beautiful old brocade was one which had belonged to Mrs. Franklin Plerce and which she had worn to an inaugural ball. But the black lace mitts worn in the tableau were those of Betty Lounsbury, who made the little bag which Mrs. Stevens carried. - To Betty Lounsbury, Lafayette ‘himself presented the pair of kid gloves which Mrs. Stevens wore tled to her wrist. Mr. Edward Russell Talbott and his sister, Mrs. John Joseph Hagerty, ap- peared as their ancestors, Sir Edmund and Lady Plowden, were the only representatives of the early Colcny of New Jersey in the pageant. Sir Ed- mund, lord proprietary of New Albion, now New Jersey, was the founder and governor of that Colony in 1642. Appears as Sarah Clark. Mrs, Jacob Leander Loose, who repre- sented Sarah Clark, wife of Abraham Clark, signer of the Declaration of In- dependence, wore & gown of pink and blue flowered taffeta, the skirt being draped over a foundation of blue that was covered with a lace flounce. A narrow ruching of lace caught with tiny blue velvet bows, similar to those that held the drapery in place on the skirt, finished the neckline and sleeves, and was also used around the throat instead of jewels. A large jeweled comb in her white wig and blue brocade shoes completed the costume. | Mrs. Elcnzo Tyner attended the ball | as Lady Gage, wife of her maternal | ancestor, Gen. Thomas Gage of Revolu- | tionary fame, who was the second son of the first Viscount Baron Gage of Sussex County, England. The present representative of the Gage family is the Right Honorable Viscount Gage, tainer to his Majesty, Hiss Peggy Tyner represented her mother’s paternal ancestor, Countess Amelia of Poland. Among Georgia representatives at the ball, at the Mayflower Hotel, was Mr. Houstoun R. Harper, mppresenting his ancestor, Sir Patrick Houstoun, a young Scottish nobleman, who came over as secretary to Lord Oglethorpe, and was for years president of His Majesty's Council, in Georgia. His son, John Houstoun, was Governor of Georgia and the only native son who was dele- gate to Continental Congress and should have been a signer of the Decla- ration of Independence. Mrs. Daniel C. Stapleton had with her in her box her daughter, Miss Stellita Stapleton and her sister, Mrs. Mae L. Hamilton. They represented three distinct periods in the life of their ancestor, Margaret Tierman, wife of Col. Patrick Tierman, Washington's chief engineer, at Yorktown. The pic- ture of Gen. Washington and Col. Tier- man, by Rambradt Peale, is hung in the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Lord and Lady Fairfax Represented. Mr, and Mrs. Ronald Fairfax of Vir- ginia represented Mr. Fairfax's an- cestors, Lord and Lady Fairfax of Leeds | Castle, whose son was Thomas, sixth | Lord Fairfax of Greenway Court, Va.| Gen. Washington spent a great part of his early manhood at Greenway Court as surveyor for Lord Fairfax. Mrs. Fairfax wore a ring which was given by George Washington to his pot stands beside him and on the table an array of tea samples. Very carefully he times the kettle, infuses the tes, waits four minutes by his wateh and then takes it in his mouth. This is the tea-taster. He tests its qualities by the taste buds of his tongue and then ejects it. In this way teas are graded and valued for the market. i s O The most remarkable of all Ameri- can roads §s said to be the main Inca road of Peru, according to some, one of the engineering wonders of the world. Over 4,000 miles in length, traversing of the ro t and most moun- ‘:flvyw\m&y was“gtilt and in the world, w daily use =00 years aga. Mary road Brown. than brother, Lawrence Washington, at the | time of the latter's marriage to Anne | Fairfax, the ancestor of Ronald Fair- fax. The has since been handed | down to the eldest member of the Fair- fax family. It consists of a large dia- mond set in heavy gold, surrounded by 13 small star-shaped diamonds, in com- memoration of the union of the 13 original colonies. Miss Virginia ton Glazebrook, daughter of Dr. Mrs. Larkin W. Glazebrook, wore & gown donned by her | eat - great - great - grandmother, 8. enry Threlkeld, in 1724. Mrs, Threl- keld was, before her marriage, Miss Brown, daughter of Dr. Gustavus Her husband came from England in . 1740 and bought Berleith, an estate of ! 1,000 acres in Georgetown. The grand- | daughter, Jane Threlkeld, married Col John Cox, who for 26 years was mayor of Georgetown. He lived in & row of houses known as “Cox's Row,” where he entertained Gen. Fafayette, who presented him with a gold watch fob, still in possession of the family. Col Cox afterward built 8 home in George- | town known as the Cedars, now the | site of the Western High School. His son, Thomas Campbell Cox, married Margaret Robinson, whose father mar- ried Anne Aylett Washington, great- niece of Gen. George Washington. His | second wife was Anne Calvert Stuart, a niece of Martha Washington and daughter of Dr. David Stuart, to whom Gen. Washington willed b~ large shav- ing table, which later oecame the property of Miss Glazebrook’s maternal grandmother and which now is in Gen. ‘Washington's room at Mount Vernon. Mrs. May Howard Bloedorn repre- sented the wife of her ancestor, Sir ter, Helen Bloedorn, was Bir Thomas’ daughter Elizabeth. In the Colonial pageant among the ‘Thomas Gerrard, and her young daugh- Georgians the person of Sir Patrick D. C, TUESDAY, Houstoun, was represented by (Patrick) Houstoun Harper of Washington. Mr. is & direct descendant of the head of the ancient Scottish family which the family tree shows dates back to 1165 in the reign of King Malcolm IV. He wore the historically cor- Tect costume of the period 1732 to 1764. Sir Joshua Reynolds painted several portraits of the family. Sir Patrick Was secretary to Lord Oglethorpe, who founded the colony of Georgia. Mrs. M. de Clare ‘Berry impersonated her great-grandmother, Martha Wins- ton, who was the wife of Maj. William Overton Callls, Revolutionary officer, her gown being of white satin brocaded in blue orchids and trimmed with rare old lace, the skirt built over a watered silk petticoat. Ao - — “Buy British” Campaign. A recent report by the Canadian Bu- reau of Statistics gives the outstanding | facts regarding the aluminum products industry during the last four years. Between 1926 and 1929 there was &n increase of 122 per cent in the selling | value of the products of the industry. | In 1926 these products were valued at $1,917,810 and in 1929 at $4,263,801. In | the interval there had been an increase in the number of plants from 12 to 14 | while the capital employed had risen | from $3,930,336 to $5,264,388. Kitchen utensils were formerly the chief el ment in the production of the industry, but more recently they have been re- placed by other products. In 1927 kitchen utensils were valued at $1.421.- 269 and other products at $897,625. In 1929 the value of kitchen utensils was | $1.090,112 and all other products, $ 173,689. The other products include | boot and shoe lasts, aluminum castings, thermites and parts for railway weld- ing. washing machines and automo- | biles. Three sizes your neck. The end clamps fortable, light as a feather! Phone Orders to Jane NOTIONS—STREET FLOOR. 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