Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1937, Page 20

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In the Hunt Country Activities Among the Horse-Lovers of Virginia and Maryland. INA CARTER TABB. | 1SS MILDRED MCCONNELL‘ will give a large dance to- | night at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McConnell, near Middleburg, which | is causing much interest and excite- | ment among the young members of | society. This will be in a way a| farewell party to the McConnells’ | many friends as the whole family is | going abroad later in the week to spend about eight weeks in Ireland. On Thursday Mr. and Mrs. McConnell | and their daughters, Misses Mildred, | Betty and Carol McConnell, and | Robert McConnell, jr. will go to New | York and sail that day on the Co-| lumbus. On Wednesday another son, | Dick McConnell, will sail on the | Acquatania with Mr. William Jones of Middleburg. Dick will join his| family on the other side. | The McConnells will be very much missed 1n the neighborhood, as they are most attractive and popular. Their | home has long been a meeting place for young people of all ages. Mr. Mc- Connell will buy some brood mares in | Ireland and pr ly a steeplechasef. He recently purchased from Jack Skinner of Middleburg The Pratler, & winner of some good steeplechases this season. The Pratler was owned by Thomas Hitchcock before Jack got | him in May at Pimlico. He won a race there for Jack, who took him | then to Belmont, where Mr. McCon- | nell bought him. Pratler won a handi- | cap steeplechase for his new owner | and was second and third in other steeplechases. Mr. McConnell has re- cently bought from William Ziegler a good 2-year-old colt by Sun Edwin. | Jack is training both of the McCon- | nell horses and considers the 2-year- old & good jumping prospect. | THZ Leny Manor Horse Show held on Saturday at the estate of John R. Buchanan near Warrenton by the young people of that neighborhood was a great success in every way. The officials made several hundred dollars for the benefit of the Fauquier County Hospital in Warrenton. | There was a good crowd of specta- tors out to see the many classes, which were efficiently judged by Miss Bettina Belmont and Mike Kerr of Middleburg, John Fenwick of Balti- more and Harry Stokes of Philadel- phia. Rockfellow, owped by E. R. Colbert of Fredericksburg, won the championship ribbon of the show. He | was ridden in all of his classes by Dicky Kelly of Fredericksburg. The reserve ribbon was won by Faithful Hudson, owned by Miss Dorothy Ney- | hart of Warrenton. The pony cham- | pionship was won by Victorian, owned | by Billy Greenhalgh of Berryville. Reserve went to Queen of Sheba, owned by Stanley Green of Leesburg. Miss Betty Couzens of Washington exhibited her two horses, Bean Beatle and Bonnie. The latter won the ladies’ hunter class, one of the most interesting of the day. There were numerous dinner parties given in the Warrenton neighborhood afterward and the younz ones ended up the evening by attending a dance at the Warrenton Country Club. Mrs. B. Lauriston Hardin, sr., of | Washington and her sister, Mrs. John | Keith of Warrenton, will sail the lat- ter part of July for England, where they will stay for six weeks Mrs. Paul Whitin of Whitinsville, Mass Mrs. H. Gordon Moore nl‘ Lynchburg, and Mrs. Peter B. Wood of Baltimore are visiting their sister, Mrs. A. C. Marshall at Crednal, near Upper- ville, Va. James Y. Pennypacker of Washing- | ton spent the week end at Welbourne | as the guest of Miss Frances Morrison. | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sabin enter- | tained at a bridge party on Saturday | night. | The many thoroughbred breeding | establishments of Virginia have their vearlings looking in top condition as the time is drawing near for the vearling sales at Saratoga, N. Y. Among those taking high-class colts to the Spa are Admiral Cary T. Gray- son, Kenneth Gilpin, Willlam H. Lips- | comb, the Herring Brothers, West- moreland Davis, Willis Kilmer and David N. Rusi. | The first sale will start on the night | | of August 4. ANACOSTIA FETE SET FOR TOMORROW Athletic Events Will Start All- Day Program of Com- munities, Anacostia’s second annual inter- eommunity festival will get under way | st 10 am. tomorrow, with athletic events scheduled in the park as the start of an all-day program. The festival, sponsored by civic as- | sociations south of the Anacostia River in co-operation with the Ana- | costia Business Men's Association, the Lions Club of Anacostia and the Kenna-Main Post of the American Legion, will feature a baby contest in the early afternoon, with newspaper | women of the local papers as judges. Following this event Representative Randolph, Democrat. of West Virgi: will make a short address in dedica ing the new swimming pool. A bath- | ing beauty contest and aquaties will | close the afternoon events. A short intermission for dinner, from 6 to 7 p.m., will be followed by 8 parade. The closing event, & vaude- ville show to be held at the bandstand in the park, will feature a pageant by the Girl Scouts from Hillcrest. Prizes | for winners in the various events dur- | ing the day will be given immediately after the show is over. Streets of Gold. The ore-paved streets of San Luis Potos. Mexico, have been torn up to obtain the gold and silver embedded in them. The city is in the center of 8 rich mining district. One mine, La Lux, has yielded more than $800,- | 000,000 in silver since its discovery by | House Agriculture Committee. A few days ago James Roosevelt, son of the PENDING SUGAR BILL | ATTACKED BY ICKES| Says Government ‘‘Would Be Acting in Imperialistic Man- ner” If It Adopted It. B: the Associated Press. Secretary Ickes said yesterday the | Federal Government “would be acting | in an extremely imperialistic manner” | if it adopted a pending sugar bill de- | signed to restrict quotas of ofl-shorei producing areas. Ickes referred to legislation prof- fered by Chairman Jones of the President and a White House secre- tary, was reported to have criticized the measure on the ground it would | discriminate against Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Cuba | Jones drafted his bill as a “compro- | mise” after objection had been raised to an earlier off-shore quota measure. ADVERTISEMENT. ! Avoid Intestinal Fatigue Many people suffering from Intestinal Fatigue, commonly | called Constipation, do not know | what it is to feel good. One or | two E-Z Tablets for a day or two are just what these people need. ! They have more “pep” and step | livelier than in years. Dizziness, | tired feeling, headaches, when |due to constipation, disappear. | Surely makes a difference. See for yourself. 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