The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
Victor at the Deep Run Hunt
Clubs Jumping Contest.
JACK OF DIAMONDS NEXT
Elevator Took the yellow Ribbon-p
Representative Gathering There
and Many Handsome Equip
ages on the Ground.

JUS fllISL jumping HCVntcSt. s-Igtse
There was n representative gathering
present Especially notable were the
many handsome horses and cquipa ges,
this being demonstration Of the good
done by the Hunt Club. which has ere
ated desire In the community to pay
more attention than In former years to
the general appearance OF their animals
\ and traps. 55
B The jumps, which had been erected
for the occasion, were Just between the
shooting stand and the traps. Originally
s the Jumps were built Of snplings. when
were held in place by stake we'll driven
in the ground, the topmost pole being
held with wire.
+ It was deemed advisable by the commit
tee to modify the severity Of this style
Jump and so it was finally decided to
remove the stake and tie the top bar
with Irvine. Some horses were with
drawn In view Of this action, the owners
saying that the Jumps ought to be as
stif as in regulation hunting country
However. Nae contest afforded ample
sport as It was.
The first horse over the bars was VIZ
g1nia owned by Mrs Frank W. CHRISTIAN
and ridden by Milton Cronton. The pair
made an almost perfect performance.
the marc jumping In beautiful form ana
showing the best Of manners. ~ w'.s
generally conceded that nothing short OF
q perfection would beat her after she had
made the round twice.
" The next horse to try was indian Joe, u
rangy chestnut with O. blaze face, rldoen
nv Mr., r. W.. Johnston, the whipper-in
3 Of the Deep Run Hunt Club. Indian Joe
can i,,mp when he chooses, and 1t was
no lack Of riding that made him touch
three out Of the four Jumps.
Fearless II, q roam gelding, ridden ov
Milton Cronton, was the third 70 start
4 He was ruled out for refusals.
- Van Gray a handsome chestnut, geidlns,
owned by ]. D. Matthews ana r,uuel,
Nv Miles Selden, started by a refusal ana
then n knocked down one bar, but his
other irmps were taken In such style as
q - gain him q. round Of applause.
al Inn n toppy looking chestnut geldlng,
owned nv Miss Claudia Palmer, who
often hunts him, and ridden by Milton
s cronton. started off with two clean per-
Il fnrn,onccs to his credit, but he was not
a. fortunate on his third and fourth
jumps. -
"Iittle Fellow" the pony belonging 70
Fl Thomas Atkinson, .Jr., and RIDDEN ny n'11'
came sixth. Little Fellow IS a Wonuo,,
himself to be perfectly at home over the
hars He rapped, however, two or three
times and lost his chance for the biue;
Next came Grey Squirrel, owned by ana
ridden by e. D. Hotchkiss, or: ALL
rapping the first jump, Grey squ t,a
scored two clean performances a NAV ~, n
n his riders disgust carried away
+ rail.
\ JACK OF DIAMONDS.
q TN to this time no horse had begun
70 compare to Virginia and 1t seemed as
+ a. her title to the blue would remain
Eundisputed-an illusion which was rudeiS
disnelled my the beautiful performance
Of Miss Louise Seldens Jack OF Dla-
monds." with Miss Selden up:
( chestnut gelding, about 1853, well form
I'd and handsome, and the way ne SAL -.
I'd over the first three jumps caught t1 at
4. rallery's interest and applause.
At the fourth Jump he sweryed out Ut. que J,
~, Is alleged, to having slipped. any,
was broken, and though the Jack OF LIZ liz
,,nnfis# took his last jump in great style
~ had not t clean.title, to the blue
Elevator. a gray gelding, owned am
/ ridden by J. Stewart Bryan, ou1ape'
ninth and got three clear scores, ~
nnluckiy for his chances ne knocKeu q
tho ton rail on the last Jump 7,
a.. !
Wallace, jumped tenth and got only on
ne,fect performance, though 1t was evl
dent that she was sklful jumper.
~ y. Guptil's Don" owner up, 5umpe
eleventh. .Dons" refusals and Tort
showed that he needed moro schooling :,
The last horse to try was barton = !,
Grundy's Welbum, Robert TRITON ~ =
Ing, Welbum was heaay a, ahu !, t', rid ii
manage horse that took q lot OF r!oInl
8 He began by refusing and thereafte
tumped in a careless way that lost MI
all chance for n ribbon.
After consultation the Judges, DR.. J. Z
White, E. Harvey Savage and q. !
Clarke, made Virginia c. and Jack
Diamonds Jump off for the blue, with IN
mopds getting the red. Elevator got "
yellow, and after another round betwee
5i Jim and Indian Joe. to sec who shoul
have the white, Jim was declared IT
better. The committee in charge wei
IL c. Beattie and Carl IL Noting
A BUFFET LUNCH,
ts9i fter the ribbons had boon awarded tt
guests adjourned to the clubhouse, whe
1, delightful buffet lunch was served. II
whole entertainment was thoroughly Q
poyed. and all are looking forward Q
rcrly to another Saturday nftcrno
jumping contest at the clubhouse.
Among those present were the follo'
Ing: -
kins. Mr. and Mrs, George A. Smlt
Miss Anne Tenant, Mrs. Henry Fairfa
Mrs. Charles Walker, Mrs. Eppa HUI
ton, Jr., Miss Claude Palmer, Mr.. al
Mrs. Frank ". Christian, Mr. and MI
II. II. Clark, Mr., and Mrs, Thomas 30
Ing. Colonel and Mrs. Barton Grund
Mrs, James Walker, Captain and M
Samuel Repister Mr. and Mrs, Andre