The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19
NATIVE SONS WIN
VIRGINIA RACES
Meet of Warrenton Hunt Club Winds
Up 1917 Season Over Hedges
and Brush
SILVER DART TAKES FEATURE.
Smoot Puts Up Vigorous Ride TO Get
Home i'm Robert Neville Memorial
Handicap.

Warrenton. Va. Nov ls-Hunt
club racing was brought 10 a brilliant
conclusion by the Warrenton Hunt
club yesterday afternoon at their de-
| nghtful course about TWO miles from
this old Virginia town. The day was
an ideal one for the sport ana never
/ before was there az large and as bril-
/ liant An assembiage on the grounds
II was real worth while closing
for the natives when three of the five
races we're taken down by the neigh
bors, the only invaders TO score being
Morton l.. Schwartz with his clever ole
gelding Archdale. and Lieutenant
George Brookes III with Eagle This
tie. The last-named was brought
down TO Virginia by Trainer James X
Frayiing.
Some tunlhles marked the s port, but
there were no really serious results,
though H Edmond was rather badly
bruised when he went down with Mrs.
Barrett's Jack senhouse in the race
for hunters In this same event
"Gerdy" Smith came down In a blind
ditch with his hunter IInsin. but he
escaped with "a few scratches. Then
20 prove he had not been hurt Mr..
Smith rode the last winner of the day.
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fessional Jockeys. 3. r. Wilson, who
rode Eugenia MeGee and 8. Steven
SOS. who had the mount on Kitty X.
They were both lucky to escape with
Is shaks-up.
Disqualification In First Race.
Then there was a disqualification
when Mark A. Mayer. after finishing
second in the opening number. was set
hack for having cut inside Of one of
the heacons
Some of those seen on the lawns
were Mr.. and Mrs, W. 4. Prime. Raj
Crane, e. M. Weld. Ashley Cooper,
Henry r, Oxnard. John Sanford. III.
Rozier pulaney, Frederick McElnone.
Gwynn r. Tompkins. Richard Wal
lach. Brooke Baker. Miss BAKER. j..
Temple iGwathmey, d. &. Sands. Jr..
w Eali i Nra w4,,7ars Hubert IF New
York; Mrs. w. #. Hit, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward p. Mclean, Mr.. and Mira.
George Gaithsr, Mr.. and Mrs Char
rington. Charles Perkins. Archie Ran
doiph. Lieutenant Turner Wiltshire.
Mitchell Harrison. Mr.. and Mrs. Grant
Hugh Browne. walter Goodwin. Lieu |
tenant White and Morton and Charles
Schwartx,
I. ], Fl, Murling. chairman Of the
race committee. and to whom much I
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was unable TO he present on account
of the press and important business. |
and his daughter Mrs, James K Mad
dux, WAS there with party OF friends, /
and she atoned largely for Mr.. Muir |
iing's absence.
IT was a good day for thu w. A. |
Prime silks when both Silver Dart, the /
imported mare. and Belle of Bryn |
Mawr were winners. Silver Dart took |
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was rather an easy victor over Nor /
ton l. schwsrtx's Crest and George |
p. sherman's Cynosure in tho run
ming OF the Robert Neville memorial /
steeplechHse. This was decidedly +
pretentious offering for hunt club /
meeting, It having an added value OF
81 ,eee
Claim Of Foul Dismissed.
william Garth started Rae PARIS
imported mare. Royal Spinner, In this
race. but after she had gone inside a
beacon she was pulled up by j. Smith. |
After the finish Smith charged that
Smoot. on silver Dart, was responsi-
bic for HIS mount going inside the flag,
but the stewards very properly d!d NOT
allow the claim. II was when he miss
ed the flag that Smith pulled up his
mount and hs did not complete the
course.
Silver Dart was taking up the
steadying irnpogt of 1877 pounds. max
ing her the top weight of the COM
pany. But this weight did not pre-
front at the drop Of the flag and she
never after surrendered command. Y
Smoot had her under double wraps
and she romped right along jumping
faultlessly and absolutely refusing to
be placed.