The sun., 1913-10-13
LIVELY RACE MEET
At HOT SPRINGS
Visitors at the Virginia Resort
Participated in Annual
Event.
MISS MARY D. BROOKS WINS
New York HOrsewomen Took
Honors in the Ladies'
Race.
MISS MARY D. BROOKS WINS

uo- srsrNos Va. Oct l?.--The second
ANIMAL race meet Of the Fassifern Hunt
cn,h ~ fassifern Farm yesterday drew
ooo neorle from the Homestead and prob
mi, AS many more from the surround
ins countryside
luncheon with its sequel OF turkey
,ro,tiug at the farm house was quite a
function
Miss GLADYS ingalls, captured the blue
in the initial event OF ladies saddle horses
riding Jay Bird. The Judges gave the
second award to Mrs. Goodman on Star
urh, and tho third to Miss Ciarice French
IN chester. Miss NJ. n. Brooks exhibited
Midnight who passed unnoticed, but she
cot the blue ribbon in the runabout class.
the next event. Barton French driving
Car,ain won the red and the judges
uinned the white ribbon on Tate Ster-
ret,'s King.
Mr. French again captured the red
. hsdcr with the same horse in the Gen
nen,ens saddle class. the blue going to
Tate S,erretts Red Bird. J. J. Pollard
up with Tate Sterrett's King again pulled
down the third The mile track race for
thorcughbrcds was won by a nose by
rstc Sterrett's Dixie defeating Henry Al
'herts Lady Frances in :56. the fastest
time OF the day.
Harrison Higgins. son Of the late Gov.
Higgins Of New York. picked UP Dixie
here At the beginning of the racing sea
son last fall. and won with the horse re-
pcatedly. ". w. Osborne. one of the
Judges, recognized the mount as a two
yesr-cld he had once raised at BenninG-
ton. - thoroughbred registered under the
name Kinnesaw. He was certain Of the
Identification.
Ladies' Race to Miss Brooks.
The half mile race for livery horses
gentleman riders, supposed to be the fea
ture Of the afternoon. drew surprisingl,
Few entries. a fact said to have resulted
,irom Il report that the traci< was too we
Nor safety. Ferdinand Jelke OF Chicago
ON the Virginia Hot Springs Company.
4 Shipman. won. pressed most Of the wa.
10 the finish by Hamiltons Gray Eagle
ridden by J. G. Lowe OF Dayton. Ohio
who came in second, though Jelke openet
up a lead Of three or four lengths At tn,
hnish Mr.. Lowe entered at the las
minute after the other entries were al
ready on the track.
Miss Mary d. Brooks Of New York wol
the ladies race. three -eighths OF q mill
on the hat Mounted on Lord Fassifern
riding Jockey fashion with short stirrupe
she took the lead from the drop Of tn
flag and came up the long slope like
,shot. her mount increasing speed at ever,
Dsecond and hnshing strong. Miss Brooks
riding was splendid and the grand stan,
was glad to give her a hand for wha
was Without question the finest bit o
horsemanship Of the day.
While Miss Brooks had the race VOL
from the start Virginia Girl. ridden b!
Miss Helen Leroy Miller Of New York
who 10 here with Mrs. Lewis Delaheid
hung to tho fast pace Lord Fassifer,
ret to within a half dozen lengths Of tn
end. This bay mare got way out of he
riders control and plainly gave her
bad shaking up. though she stayed gam
30 the tape. Miss Charlotte Deiafeld
who finished third. riding satan. got
poor start. After the race she entere
protest and. It was said, got the starter
admission that he had made an error