Evening star., 1930-04-13

NEW YORK, APRIL 12.-RaclHg IN
Che Metropolitan district opens next
Thursday, April IT, when the first of
the United Hunts races will be held at
the Aqueduct Race Course at Aqueduct,
Long Island. An excellent card has
been arranged and big crowd is ex-
pected. Many luncheonS will be given
in the club house previous to the races.
The president of the United Hunts is
John McEntee Bowman, who succeeded
the late August Belmont. Under his
rule the United Hunts has become most
popular and are almost as important
from social point of view as from the
sports angle. TIE next days races will
be held Saturday, April 10. Special
trains will be operated on both days
from the Pennsylvania Station at 1890
and AS.
Among those who have purchased
boxes for both days are Mr.. Bowman,
Joseph E. Widener, DR.. E. P. Kilroe,
H. o. Tallmadge, Paul G. Brown,
Alfonso P. Villa, Lewis E. Clarke,
Thomas Ewing, jr.; Charles w Leonard,
M. S. Burrill, Mrs. R. Penn Smith, Mrs.
Payne Whitney, Charles E. F. McCann,
Mortimer L. Schiff, Charles H. Thieriot,
Edward r. Tinker. T. L. Cunningham,
William r. Dick, Paul G. Brown, w. r.
Coe, James w. Gerard, John Sanford,
William Ziegler, jr.; ]. E. Davis, Henry
Carnegie Phipps. Mrs. Graham Fair
Vanderbilt, Walter J. Salmon, E. Victor
Loew, George D. Pratt. Norrie Sellar,
Francis P. Garvan, Amory Lawrence
Haskell, Mrs. Thomas N. McCarter and
Morton L. Schwartz.
New York State will have seven days
more of racing this year than III 1929.
The regular program will begin at
Jamaica April 81 and end at Empire
City November 7. The racing at pic
May Is and last until June 10.
Performance of Aladdin and the
Wonderful. Lamp" will terminate the
season Of entertainments given by the
New York Junior League Players. 1t
will be represented at the GanSevoort
Theater on April 19. There will be two
presentations, one at 1920 am, the
other at $3.50 pm. On April 26 there
will be performances at 1890 am. and
at $3.50 pm. On April 81 there will be
matinee. also a gala performance that
evening. followed by a party. There
also will be a professional entertain
Cedarhurst. Long Island.
Miss Eva McAdoo will direct the pres
entationS. Among those in the cast
are Miss Marka Truesdale. Van Henry
Cartmell. Mrs. John F. Russell, DR..
Charles Nammack, Miss Louise Bigelow,
Miss Barbara Scudder, Harold Gould,
Miss Margaret Brett, Sterling Foote,
Miss Elizabeth Reed. Basil Livingston,
Mrs. Francis Connolly. Emerson Smith
and Miss Yvonne Moen. Special dane
ing will be done by Miss Jane Erd-
mann. Mrs. Harry H. Stout, jr., and
Miss Margaret zolnay.
The players committee consists of
Miss Mary Elizabeth Putnam. chair
man; Mrs. Carleton Belts, vice chair
man; Miss Isobel Gwynne, secretary;
Miss Margaret Brett, manager of the
Children'S Theater Company: Mrs. John
F. Russell, jr., manager of the dra-
matte school; Mrs. J. Morton 1jams
and Mrs. Rembrandt Peale, jr., ad-
visory board.
Miss Clarissa Stem is in charge of the
program committee: During the inter-
mission, Miss Betty Jenny, vice presi-
dent of the Junior League Glee Club,
will lead the children in singing their
favorite songs. All the children In the
audience will be invited to join in the
songs Buses for transportation to
and from the Gansevoort Theater will
be outside the Junior League Clubhouse,
221 East Seventy-f1rst street, Saturday
niU4nings at 10 o'clock and afternoons
at O'Clock. Chaperons will be in
charge. Mrs. Burton Taylor is in charge
of tickets, which may be obtained at
the Junior League Clubhouse.
The engagement is announced by
Mr.. and Mrs. George Preston Coleman,
at Tuckerhouse, Williamsburg, Va, of
their daughter, Miss Cynthia Beverly
Tucker Coleman, to Singleton Peabody
Moorehead. Miss Coleman, who is de-
scended from the Tucker and Bland
families, attended school at ST. Hilda's
Hall and ST. GATHERINGS in Richmond.
Her father for many years was commits
s!oner of highways for the Virginia
Commonwealth.
Mr. Moorehead is the son of DR.. and
Mrs. Warren King Moorehead of An
dover. Mass He is a graduate of Phil
lips Academy. Andover; Harvard Col
lege, 30, and Harvard School OF Archl-
lecture. He is member of the 1nstl-
tute of ITO, Stylus, Signet, HAsty Pud-
ding and Fox Clubs. He is now con-
nected with the architects engaged in
the restoration of colonial Williams
burg. His father is director OF the de-
partment of archaeology in Phillips
Academy and is member OF the United
States Board of Indian Commissioners.
The wedding will take place soon IN
the historic Bruton Parish Church,
Williamsburg. The Rev. DR.. w. A. II.
Goodwin will officiate. Miss Peticolas
Lee will attend Miss Coleman, and
Ludwig King Moorehead of New York
City will be best man for his brother.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Miss Gertrude Trum--
bull Robinson, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John T. Robinson of Hartford,
Conn, to John H. C. Pierson, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Pierson OF
925 Park avenue Miss Robinson at
tended Miss walkers School at Sims
bury. Conn., and is member Of the
Colony Club of New York. Mr.. Pierson
was graduated from Yale in 1927, hav-
ing also completed course at Groton
School. The wedding will take place
in October.
Miss Pauline Dixon Dodge, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall j. Dodge OF
955 Lexington avenue and Southampton,
Long Island, has chosen June % as the
date for her wedding to Frederick R
Pratt. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert L.