The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
THE HUNT CLUBS
FINE MEETING
Some of the Best Racing Ever Seen
There.
G5EAT ONE MILE FLAT RACE.
Splendid Exhibition f Horscmanship
in the Jumping Contest Tor The
Wcstbrnok Cup-D. tails
of The Event.

/; Iha sport offersd ut the Deep Run Hunt
! Cito fai. meeting at the club track yes
; tsrday afternoon proved OF 3. II Oh class
and at leasl one of the rae1s was one Of
tae best ever seen on the track. Iile at
tendance waS not as large as uD0n prey aus
was brisk and good and the track was
exceedingly tit.
There We're several little accidents. but
Rust, who had shoulder broken. was the
only one badly hurt.
Society vas well, but not largely. repre-
scented. and there We're q number of hand
some traps cut.
Tie mosS exciting race, aEr by Ear the
best that has b5sn seen or the track. was
the fourth race. It one mile flat. with four
starting. incsud,nS Z. D Christian. IRIS
''Chugnut" ana ..SnCtbaIt." jams Pee5les
Helps HearEe. and ". II. ioyners
Kings Pride From the jump il looked
Ike tug between Chugnut and King
PRIDE, VIII Shotbelt and Heps:e scattered
in order, and the crowd shouted in adm:ra-
ton of tbs. Iine start. ana the Very DOUBT
iu' naure OF ne contest had every one
guessing. At the quarter. however. things
began 10 assume q tangible shape. Hep
sic Hearne was dropping far ta the rear.
and ShoiFcelt vas show ng Chugnut his
heels in the half and pushing past Kings
PRIDE. On the strstch there was great
commot:on for ii was plainly ? tilt be-
tween Kings Pride and Snotbeit, with
Chusuut sure TOR place. Wien the
mounts sighted the wire, liley worked
their whips rapidly. and It was seen that
K nS's Pride,s jockey mad lost his whip.
On the horses cag1le, and slowly tile dis
TANGO between the noses OF ShotbeIt and
Kings Pride closed. and 1t locked like q.
dead. and would have esen perhaps won
had the wire been ten feet further away
AS it hapo-ned. though, Shotbs-t won by
na:r. WITH Chusnuu a good third and
Heps.e n the rear.
When the race was called Chusnut was
the favorite and Kings PRIDE second
choice
THE HURDLES.
Another good race was the steeplechase.
Cper to all. Eve horses started " IN
A1odoc q strong favor.te. The field went
good but astor the first nile ii narrowed
down TO N1odoc and AJAX for first place
Modoc had a lead. but it gradually OWN
died, with the mounts, MeSsrs. L. Crox
against each other 10 land first. On the
stretch. however. IL was seen that. save
through accident. A1odoc could do no bet
ter than get second place. while Trumps.
with Mr. r. L Triton up, caught third .
There was fair fed IL the half-rnile
dat ani, goo! run was given for the
and after the wire rad been passed, the !
tilly ran away and threw her mount. a !
Young negro jockey. The latter was not !
hu"t, ard the horse was caught about |
mile from the track. The race was won
by King 5. Pride. with Chusnut third.
There were five starters in the Farmers
race, with good start. Belle and Nellie
gave good run for first place, and the
others were scattering
THE SUMMARIZES
summaries: Farmers Haif-aIile Flat
'rizeS. saddle and two bridies-Be:le u. f.
oalmore) hTst.>Nellie {Scotsl second, Bird
Cnldrey) third. May (F'rankiia) and Maud
.Hllliard) also ran. Time, :57l-22.
-one-Ha.f Mile Flat-Purse. $40. s25 to
ecohd-hlns's Pride tJoyner) first. Glory
quay CIV. e. Matthews} second. Chus-
y, lE- D. Christian, Jr..) third Shotbeit,
s. 1-2.
teeplechase-about two m.les-Purse,
~ of which $40 to second. SIS TO third
Jax e. W. ChrIst:an) first, Modoc CA H {
nr1sl1an. Jr..) second Trunps fW- C.
aunderS third. Wildfirs and Gamecock
$50 ran. Time. 4:1O. !
one Mile Fiat-Purse, sl25. OF which S2o
} second-Shotbelt (E. d. Christian. Jr..)
nugntlt &c. D. Christian. Jr..) third.
epsie Hearne also ran. Time, las. l,
JUMPING CONTEST. r
The jumping ccates: Tor ;is Wsssa.ook 9
p was veil up IN entries. sevs.sae. Z
'sses Showing Up before tae Judges. Ma, =
way s.. Allen. c. D. La35aosuo ana j.
err Branch. The entries were Back
Garter: Brunette. tAllaa Potts: seneca,
Stewart Bryan. ridden by Spencer Car Of
:: Bismarck. VIM. RuegeF. ridden by 81
os.s Martin: Red Rock, Spencer Carter; | hj