Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1936, Page 26

SOCIETY. In the Hunt Country Activities Among the Horse-Lovers of Virginia and Maryland. BY NINA CARTER TABB. the two-day Fall race meet- ing which starts today. A large crowd is expected today and many of them will stay through Satur- day, the second day’s racing. All hunt meets have had large fields since Sat- urday. IDDLEBURG neighborhood is | = M filled with visitors, here for Glasscock, Henry Skinker, Joe Adams, Pit Kincheloe, Mr. Jones and others. * koK X Middleburg Hunt met at Dover on Monday at 9 o'clock, rode down the road to Johnson Russell's gate, and turned into the left to draw his big sod field. They jumped into Mrs. Henry Fairfax's farm, rode across that The feature race today will be the third on the card, the R. Penn Smith, jr., Challenge Plate, a timber race, 31, miles over a flagged course. Post time, 2:35. There are 10 entries, and 1t is sure to be a close and exciting event with so many good horses run- ning. The entries include Lassitude, 2d, owned by Col. Wyndham Torr, trained by Noel Laing and ridden by Anderson Fowler; Career, owned by Mrs. Simon T. Patterson and trained by Henry Frost; Laguna Secca, owned by Charles E. Perkins, sr., and trained and ridden by Henry Frost; Wel- bourne Jake, owned by Montpelier Stables (Mrs. Randolph Scott) andi trained and ridden by J. T. Skinner; | Ostend, owned by Mrs. Frank Gould, trained by William Streett and ridden | by Randy Duffey; Escape, 3d, owned | by Richard K. Mellon and trained and | ridden by Jim Ryan: Deflation, owned by Benjamin L. Behr and trained by [ G. O. Miles; Nicias, owned by Mrs.‘ David D. Odell and trained by D. D. ©Odel; Rod, owned by Old Mill Farm and trained by D. D. Odel; Jericho, | owned by Old Mill Farm and trained | by D. D. Odel. | Besides this race there are others| that are well filled, two hurdle races, | two brush races and a flat race. Saturday promises to be an exciting day also, when the feature race will | be the Glenwood National Steeple- chase, run over the new Grand Na- tional brush course, which has just| been completed. There are 12 entries for this race over the stiffest course in | this part of the country. *® X ¥ X Orange County Hounds met at Mrs. C. C. Rumsey's gate on Monday morn- | ing at 10 o'clock. There was a large field and many others who came to follow the meet. They rode up the driveway toward the Rumsey house, turned left into a large sod field, which they drew, a fox was started almost immediately and it was a won- | derful sight to see the big red fox, | hounds, horses and riders go flying | across those lovely grass flelds, taking stone fences, plank fences and post and rail in their stride. On to William Phillip's place they | ran, making a picture long to be re- | membered against the skyline of the | Hathaway Hill, the highest land in| that neighborhood. From there they went across the Smyer land, then to the Eddie Hatcher and Hattie Hatcher farms, crossed the dirt road to the cattle scales and ran around Rattle- snake Mountain to cross Raymond Guest's farm, then to Winston Guest's. Here they crossed the sand and clay road in front of Paul Llewellyn’s, ran | by that house, turned sharp to the| right and went to the Lake place, now | owned by J. S. Phipps. | Hounds lost here and as they had | been running well over an hour at a | fast clip all the way and had run into | the Piedmont Hunt territory, Fletcher | Harper, M. F. H, called it a day and | took hounds in. There were many out who had just arrived in the coun- try and they were thrilled at the won- derful hunt. Scenting conditions were of the best and going was good. | Among those following were Mrs. | Fletcher Harper, Mrs. John Butler, | Mrs. William Stevensen, Mrs. Norman de R. Whitehouse, Mrs. William Lang- ley, Mrs. John Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Atkinson, Mrs. George Gar- rett, who had motored out from | Washington in time for the mq't; Mr. | and Mrs. Robert Young, Mr. and Mrs. | George Parkerson, who have just moved into Mrs. Johnson Redmond’s | house for the season; Mrs. Winshrope, | Mrs. James McMann, Mrs. Amory | Adjustable from 25 to 50 in. long! 9 in. wide! convert your radiators into Perkins, Mrs. Elizabeth Skinker Ker- THE EVENING -STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1836, into her woods and started a fox on her place. From there they ran straight to Oak Hill, Mr., Frank Little- ton's place, turned there and came back over the same ground to Miss Charlotte Noland’s farm, over that to Jim Skinner’s, then across Turner Wiltshire’s place where the fox was put to ground. This was a great run of an hour and a half. Among those hunting with Middleburg pack were Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Hulburt, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Skinner, Mr, and Mrs. Turner Wiltshire, Miss Julia Whiting, Miss Ruth Hitchcock, Mrs. Alexander Patterson, Miss Rosemary Ward, Mrs. John Newell, Miss Eleanor Macubin, Miss Laura Sprague, Miss Nannie Fred, Paul Mellon of Pittsburgh, who with T Reg. S1 Wood Finish Radiator Covers —Just 300 to sell—not many considering the price and the excellent quality of these radiator covers. of metal in an attractive wood-grained finish and will They're useful shelves. AIR MOISTENERS Mrs. Mellon are staying at their place near Upperville; Martin Knapp, Col. Harry Whitfield, Robert Riticor, Herman Piggott, Walter West, Barry Hall, Buddy Cockrill, Walter Bowes, Freddy Bowes, Rogers Fred and several others, * % ¥ % The Fauquier County Field Trials, held on the Old Tavern Farm on Saturday, were a great success. The Old Tavern, property now owned by Fred Sharp, is an ideal place for shooting dog trials. A beautiful view, where one can stand on a hill and see every thing that is going on, the flelds are in good cover and there were enough birds there to make a success- ful meetin, %M’—Ufln Sth and D St Drapery Store From 8 o'clock until 5 pm. there was an interested attendance and as good a lot of shooting dogs ever as- sembled here. Mrs, Isabel Dodge Sloane was out at the trials early and was much interested in her own dogs and the other good ones there. Mrs. Sloane is keenly interested in bird shooting, is a good shot and spends a month on her place, Brookemeade, each year ,§ during bird-shooting season. The winner of the Derby Stekes was Motex, a liver and white pointer by Mote Baird, out of Ozark Jane, owned by Irving Hynes of Baltimore and handled by Jack Thomas of Round Hill. Motex won second in (Continued on Seventh Page.) L Brings You a Special Purchase of Rayon Lace CURTAINS $2.95 Values! —We were lucky in getting these curtains to sell at such a price. 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