The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-13
DEF RUN RACES. J.
GREAT 4 / SUCCESS.
Three Thousand 4 2 eOplyet,..
Witness the Seven
Excellent Events.
ROBERT 1'AYL,,O r
WINS Foul RACES ~ C(,,El::,::;.
Nj. E. b. Sydnor5 Gets Fall, But is. is.
Not Hurt--No Accidents Mar
the Days Events eauti-
ful Reception on Club
Lawn After the
53 Races. S$s y .53s8
"Thc belle has run With their riders re-

40
ss"Thc belle has runs tn their riders t*r x
Al the starting post they muster.
The racers stripped for the Deep Run "A
45 cup, 5ilss X !, s # n i:3 az I
Is. KS All gloss, ana polish on lustre;
ii And the course Ia seen with u. It's h
emerald sheen, Il 81. Z. e
e BY tie bright spring tide renewed
Like a ribbon OF greco, stretched out 4
The ranks OF the multitude. es
The flags Is lowered 'Ih me re r. a ~ ii
They come, g5
The squadronsis sweeping on;
"A sway, in the crowdl---a Urn rtnu y '1l IA
They're here They're pas.s They're
gone." III i{ s II H}
4, r was on such n scene as this that 5000
naonlc looked, at 5the Deep Run races
Yesterday al the club track north OF the
charming club house nesting In its grove 'H
OF Towering acacia trees. .5f
u The day was ideal, not too warm in8the
bright spring sunshine, with freeze th tl'lt
came across the steeplechase course ana l1r'l
died away In the pine trees that FORM 9
beautiful background for tho cours Inc
"a II. was In excellent condition, and very
;fasf as the timers watch disclosed
III front OF the Judges stand u clun
marking space had been set aside r or
tI,e members OF the clubsand thelr5 s ues s'[
and here were seen society Inv lts pest
abjb and tucker, glad ~ In n brilllSnt w cos
tunes with tho touch OF color tha l' Pc,
ana
which blends with the silks Of the gen
tlemen riders.
Many Came Early.
BY two o'clock fuilyfa3half hour before
the races began. the club enclosure was
filled I ioverflowing. while all down the
track, OH either side were 3tveh clos OF
every sort, kind and description, from the
four-ln-handl and great touring motor
cars, { to the modest rpaboutt
Out in the field In the centre OF me
steeplechase course, the aeha sAtn1
pports' congregatcd surrounding small
band of buslness-like looking ''boolies''
who. with slate and pad, posted the odds
on every event and reaped q harvest az
the end Of each, q sE5
Added to this a small army OF ssaple
men paraded the racers on the turl Pc
hind tho Judges stand, while brass
band played rag-time nearly all me
while, except when the crowd was cheer-
Ing itself hoarse, d
Never had the Deep Run club given
30 successful q race meet, {for8the events
were run OH scheduled & time, the tlme
made in most OF the races was goou,
the contests were we'll contested and no
accident Of any kind marred the pleasure
of tho afternoonl Il Il, .33 BIZ t
Will Have Other Meets.
so successful was tile, meet that ar
rangements have already been made for
a. two or perhaps three days meet next
year when the club viii offer purses
large enough 70 attract the best stee,ple-
chase horses In the county, as well as
many good ones on theahat,
1T WAS exactly $3.50 O'Clock when the
Judges called the first event--a jumping
contest for horses hunted With Deep5Rul
hounds during the past season,
Zen 5horses We're shown oyer four ran
iumps four feet high, which We're set In
the race track before the Judges stand,
trhe hunters jumped for the most part
-fbadly, for they scanned TO miss the turf
and Il be 8averse to jumping on the ha nara
track, rs, 3, ,h :.
THROWN jug" and "Hpsnblg9 declined
10 90 near the jump ard were ruled out,
ME- u, Sydnor. riding 'BroWn gJus, J"
got tumble nut escaped an accident,
ssnon sine. pulyere "a !:
tRenvollo, ridden By Mr;5g ST. George
BRYAN Knocked one Jump down. and
raped once, y s'equed un \, g TldaeA byj Hal,