Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
SOCIETY THRONGS
WARRENTON RACES
Sensational Spills Mark Run
ming of Virginia Gold
Cup Event.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WARRENToWN, Va. May "A
beautiful afternoon for the Gold Cup
race followed a showery morning and
the crowd was the largest ever seen al
any sporting event here.
OF the II entries in the Virginia
Gold Cup. seven started and FIVE
finished. The winner was Seraglio,
owned by Mrs. John Hay Whitney
ridden by William Street. scissors. a
previous winner of this race as well
as the Maryland Gold Cup, came in q
close second, ridden by Jack Skinner oil
Middleburg. So Dear. entered by Vine
hill Stables, Middleburg, ridden by
Harry Duffey, was third.
Rider Is Injured.
Skyscrapper, owned by George Sloane,
fell at the first jump, breaking the col
lar bone Of his rider, William Almy, jr.
the other horse lost out by fall.
Ten horses started in the second race,
the Warrenton Hunt Cup.
There were two accidents in this
race. Wise Guy. owned by Mrs. Frank
Gould, fell and his rider, Dick Wallach,
was knocked out but not seriously hurt.
A second horse Bluemont. owned by
John z. Hughes, broke his neck. but the
rider was unhurt.
Grenadier Guard. Mrs. T. H. Sommer-
Vile, rider Noel Laying, was first: Fiske,
owned and ridden by J. Churchill New
shire, rider, Harry Duffy, was third.
In the Canterbury Cup. IL horses
started and IL finished. Best Bonnet,
owned by Mrs. j. M. Black, had his
neck broken in a fall. The rider was
unhurt.
Isolateur, Canterbury Farms, rider,
Harry Duffey, was first; Fairy Lore,
Noel Laying, rider, Carroll BaSSett,
second; Our Way, Mrs. H. P. Perry,
rider, M. D. Odell, third.
Among the many prominent persons
present were Harry Worcester Smith OF
Massachusetts and Camden, S. c.: H.
L. Plummer, master of hunt, Toronto,
Canada; Harry D. Kirkover, Of Genesee
Hunt and Camden. S. G.; Mrs. Geraldyn
Redman, John Chiff, Jackson Boyd,
master Of Moore County Hunt, N. c.;
Judge John Barton Payne DR.. Harry
Kerr, Peter Kerr, Mrs. Victor Evans.
Mrs. U. B. Bowden, Mr. and Mrs. H. T.
Marshall, Misses Ethel and Lucille
Bowden Of Washington
House Parties.
Among those at North Wales for the
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sell, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Tunnicliff Fox.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Pryibill. Mr.. and
Mrs. oliver O'Donnell, William ". c.
Ruxton, Mr.. and MES. j. L. Johnston,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Blythe, Mrs. Ray
mond /. Schweitzer, Everett Fabyan,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Stone, all of New
York.
Others here from New York were Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Abbott, Mr.. and Mrs.
Noel Armstrong, Mr.. and Mrs. r. M.
McMullen and Miss Jane McMullen.
Richard Sears, of Boston. was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Drake. VIII
liam Amy, ST., Of Boston, was the guest
of Mrs. Ruth Buchanan.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. King, of Stuy-
veSant had as their guests Miss Lucy
Chisholm and Miss Handy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray Donoho and MIR. and Mrs.
Benthau Marshall, all of Baltimore.
Col. and Mrs. Robert Morris of Phila-
delphia were the guests of Mrs. @. L.
Fletcher.
Among others present were Col. w. L.
Saunders of Sumter, S. c.: Mrs. New
lands, wife of Senator Newlands, Wash
ington; Miss Evelyn Walker, Washing
ton; Mrs. Frances Burke Rodgers,
Pittsburgh: Mrs. Frank Lyon and Mrs.
Edward Alexandra, West Virginia; Miss
Louise Burns. Washington. and Mr.. and
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