Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
,;SO|SSONS, Skinner
| Up, WINS GOLDCUP
Thousands at Warrenton
Witness 9th Running OF
Annual Race.
~ q stan Correspondent. Of The star.

NJ q staH CORRESPONDENT Of The star.
wARRENToN, Va, May 3;-Dow .S
there among the blue grass clad RE, IsS
otclay hills Of Virginia, where they D Dath
sthe roads with plenty OF orio is pe
sspace and King Horse rules .L an,
was held this afternoon the n Al. 1r,,.i-
Anual running of virginiaS ,,mnn;,ia cold
S5, E 'e rsc - over four rugged miles of
-;hiiis snS rayines. timber ana water
Jumps. and gentleman
srider. Jack Skinner OF Giynoon. MO-
aastride SCISSORS, wen and most co,o Wi
toroTS tS.t ever has come TO Warren
Ton for a Gold Cup race.
Hxore than 10000 persons stood on
,ths hiiItop on, the Elway Farms estate,
zshout which the race was run over a
picturesque course nt iasnioned somewhat
.sionaI of England. The aristocracy Of
King Horses realm from over the
United states came to see entries from
nine states race.
Three Others Finish.
Three other horses of the field of Is
that started finished the race. They
were, in the order names, Thorn Brack,
owned by Mrs. M. e. Altemus of Mid
dleburg, Va, and ridden by r. McKin-
ney; Bulgold. owned by Mrs. H. r.
By H. R. Bishop, and VI TrouS I
owned by Mrs. T. H. somerville Of War
Tenton, ridden by v. Moves.
. Two OF the foremost horses in the
race, Ballast I'd, made favorite before
the race, and Fore Lark, which led the
Held up to. the last jump, will race no
more, both breaking down during the
Long before the time for the race, 4
o'clock, the crowd began gathering
about the hilltop about which the
race was run. In the improviSed
paddock at the foot Of the hill
the horses were paraded, as they
are in the paddocks Of the race tracks.
by race time the original list Of 19 en-
tries had been scratched to Is. Brose
Hover owned by Leslie Behr Of Lake
Forest, III, winner of the Maryland
Hunt race last week. and much favored
sby the crowd, was scratched at the last
11inute.
Get Away Nicely.
Starters william Skinker and Lee
Evans got the field away nicely down q
winding slope along the Warrenton-
Fauquier Springs road. Fore Lark,
5o oIeu the e' lead and raced neck and neck
for the first circuit Of the course, the
rest of the field sticking closely
punched. Trouble Maker was taken
back OF Fore Larks fast pace at the
start of the second circuit and the rest
Of the field started moving up on the
leader.
riders, Coming into the finish stretch,
down q steep hill with only one timber
Jump before the finish pole, Fore Lark
was well out In front and running cas-
ily. The last Jump, however, was Fore
Iarks undoing, the horse stumbling
Just after the jump and throwing It's
rider into the path OF the oncommg
In the fall Fore Lark broke o leg. VIII
son scrambled clear of the horses, un-
hurt Another horse fell over Fore
Lark and was out Of the running. just
before the finish, Ballast I'D pulled up,
a blood vessel broken in the gruelling
. T1'- .
stopping OF Fore Lark and Ballast I'd
came Scissors, which Skinner had rid
Gen clear Of the fallen horses, and, q
RDod six lengths ahead Of Thorn Brack.
crossed the finish line. Bulgold and
Troublemaker struggled across well back
None of the riders of the horses
that failed to finish were injured seri-
ously.
After the race the judges, W. p. HUI
bert, Fletcher Harper and Gen. VII
liam Mitchell, presented the gold cup
to Skinner. TO be held until the race
Is run next year, today's victory TO
be recorded a. "les" On the coveted
trophy. which becomes the property
Of the horseman who wins It three
times.
Roads leading into Warrenton were
choked all day, many arriving In time
for the running Of two other races
over a smaller course on Clovelly Farm,
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert c.
Winmill.
Clovelly Cup Race Is Run.
At noon was run the Clovelly Cup
Race, for o trophy given by the hosts
at the early events. Maid Of Msrs,
owned by J. l.. johnson and ridden
by Lucien Keith, was installed favorite
long before the race and easily led the
field over the emile steeplechase,
brush jump course. Imperial Whiskey,
owned by T. B. Gray and ridden by
Randolph Duffy, was second; Princess
ridden by Charles Castleman. was third,
and Red Indian, owned by Z. ]. Kauf-
man and ridden by james c. Hsmil-
ton, was fourth.
The White Hall Cup, q az mile
event over timber course, run at 1880
O'Clock, was won by Pomo, owned by
Mrs. H. G. Hamilton and ridden by
Mr.. Hamilton. Gold Finch, owned by
r. G. winmill and ridden by Charles
Castleman, was second; Moblaw, rid
den by r. L. Evans, was third.
Following the races today there was
the annual gold cup ball at the War
renton Country Club.