Evening star., 1932-02-23
SPECIAL FOXHUNTS
HONOR WASHINGTON.
Many Sports Lovers in Vir-
ginia Pay Tribute to
First President.
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS. JR.

BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR.
While dignitaries throughout the Ma
ton honored George Washington, the
first President, yesterday, on the occa-
sion of the Bicentennial of his birth,
two hunts and many sports lovers in
his native Virginia paid tribute to
George Washington, the sportsman.
Fairfax Hunt which rides a territory
Washington traverSed many times in
his own fox-hunting days, held a spe-
c1al invitation meet yesterday morning
near DranesVille, Va, while the annual
Middleburg Hunt hunter trials were
run of in the afternoon at Oak Hill,
the estate of Frank c. Littleton.
A field of rs or more assembled at
Creighton Farm, on the Leesburg pike,
at 10 o'clock in the morning to follow
the Fairfax hounds. After a brief
ceremony honoring Washington, the
hounds were blessed BY Rev. Michael
Donovan of Fairfax and the group set
out, led by Smith A. Bowman, M.F.H.:
with the whips, Delong Bowman, Hunt
ley Finch and Thomas Henderson, as
siSting him.
Three Foxes Started.
Inc morning was nne, and clear, and
the promise of good sport was amply
fulfilled. as the hounds started three
foxes. One of these was denned, a sec
ond gave the hunt an excellent fast
run of several miles along the river.
while the third troubled the hounds
considerably as high wind, which had
arisen, made it difficult for them to
scent.
After more than two hours of sport
the hunt returned to the club house at
Sunset Hills, Va, where the members
and their guests enjoyed a hunt break
fast Later many of them departed
for the hunter trials at the Littleton
place and others returned to Alexandria
to witness the parade and celebration
there.
The guest riders who went out with
Fairfax were mostly from the Loudoun
Hunt, which centers its activities at
Leesburg, and the Washington Drag
Hounds, pack hunted from Bradley
Farms, Nd. Among the Washington
ians present we're: Maj. Henry Leon
ard, Mrs. Edith Preece, Miss Virginia
Rodgers, Miss Joy Hansel, Howard Cole,
F. Moran McConihe, Mr.. and Mrs.
Marshall Exnicios, Miss Phyllis Hight
and Miss Elizabeth Jackson.
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II ancient history repeated itself In
contemporary history did likewise at
Oak Hill in the afternoon, for Mrs.
John Hay Whitney'S chestnut gelding
was crowned champion of the hunter
trials there for the second successive
year, and Mr.. Jack SkinnerS Light
HampSon again won the Reserve, as he
did in 1881. Mrs. Whitney's victory
gives her Langollen Farm stable two
legs on the Middleburg Bowl, which Is
held each year by the winner until the
next trials are run of.
The first class of the afternoon was
for green registered hunters, in which
~ entries were listed for emile run
over the 15-obstacle course. In all
divisions the horses were required to
complete the course in 10 minutes, and
were judged on jumping, manners, pac-
ing style and conformation.
Miss Jane Stevenson won the inaugu-
raj contest on Otto FurrS Dining Out
Mrs. j. H. Whitneys War Flame was
second, and Flying Horse Farms Meli-
ia, third. H..
Miss Rosemary Ward entered the win
ners of first and third places in the di-
vision for half-bred green hunters. Her
Werby, ridden by James Mccormick,
took the blue in good style, while Clon-
meen was third Jack Skinner rode his
own Her Way to second.
Entertains 500 Guests.
In the intermission following this
class Mr. Littleton entertained 500
guests at a hunt breakfast given Tor
the master of the Middleburg Hunt,
D. C. Sands and masters Of neighboring
packs. The honor guests included DR..
a C% Da,dn1nf1 of Piedmont.
Capt. Sterling Laribee, master Of Lart-
bee Hunt; Alvin Baird, master Of Cob
bier; Fletcher Harper, master Of Orange
County; William Abby, jr. master Of
CulPeper; Mrs r, G. Wipnnill. master
of Blue Ridge; Miss Charlotte Nourse,
master Of Casanova Hunt. and William
DUPONT, IT., master OF Foxcatcher
Hounds
When the trials were resumed after
the breakfast, 81 qualified registered
hunters were brought out to show their
seasoned skill in the class for horses
hunted more than one year. 1t was
here that Arthur White rode Whatn I
Do to the class victory and the cham
pionship. Light Hampson appeared to
take the division second. Benton
Stables Sacrifice was third.
In the final competition. for qualified
nan DTe6OS, MISS + AO0C
her own Time Lock TO first place, Mr..
White brought in another Of Mrs. Whit
ney's, Silver Cloud. second, and Mrs.
Arthur White took third with her
Cedar Brook.
The judges were S. Lurman Stewart
of Monkton, Md; Edward earle OF
Smithtown, N. Y; Frederick Bontecou
OF Millbrook, N. Y, and William du
Pont, 1r.
Among the spectators and guests of
Mr.. Littleton were MIR. and Mrs.
Breckenridge Long, Admiral and Mrs
Cary T. Grayson, Mr.. and Mrs. T B.
Davis, Mrs Clendennin Ryan, Arthur
Young OF Milwaukee, Mrs. Burdette
Wright, Mrs. Nora Mellon Of Upper
Vile, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Harrison
and Miss Augusta Harrison of Phila-
delphia, Adrian Iselin and Frederick
Warburg Of New York, Mr.. and Mrs
Alexander B. Hagner, Miss Katrina
Mccormick and others.
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