Evening star., 1932-04-17
TWO RACE MEETS
OPEN SPRING SERIES
My Lady's Manor Point to-
Point and MiddIeburg Hunt
Events Held.
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS. JR.

BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, JR.
Two of the five annual Spring stee-
plechase meets in Maryland and Vir-
ginia were run off yesterday afternoon,
with favorites and outsiders dividing
honors in the feature races of MY
Lady's Manor point-to-point and the
Middleburg Hunt Cup.
Stonedale, an outsider despite the
fact he had won the Piedmont Cup at
Llangollen Farm last Fall captured
the Middleburg Cup for Malcolm Nc
Giffin at Middleburg. Va, while Brose
Hover won the Maryland honorS at the
Hartford County meet, as most had ex-
pected
More than 10000 spectators gathered
from all points of the sporting world
to witness the running of the two his
toric timber events.
Sunnybank Open.
The Middleburg card opened with
the Sunnybank, a ll2-mile fiat race,
In which r. B. Young rode his own
Aries to a decisive victory over j. E.
Ryan and his bay gelding Last Cast.
Jack Skinner was third on j. Y. w.
Martins Doctor Rankin.
Racketeer II and Stonedale had the
race to themselves throughout the Vir-
ginia speciality which followed the Sun
nybank, and neither was headed
throughout the running. Mrs. Som
mervilles entry led the way twice
around the mile and one-half course
and was in a strong position as the
pair cleared the last jump. but was
closed out by Stonedale's superior
speed. The cup was won without mis-
hap to any of the seven starters.
In the William Skinner Memorial
Cup Jack Skinner, brother of the
horseman in whose memory the race
was established this year, was thrown
at the first jump and suffered painful
but not serious injuries to his right
arm and shoulder Admiral Cary
Grayson's Dinner Dance took an early
lead, but was quickly cut off and put
out of the running by the favorite,
Annapolis, and r. c. Winmill's Vir-
ginia Lightning. The latter two had
the rest of the race in hand, and An
napois. formerly star as a fiat racer,
closed fast in the second round to win.
Miss Julia Writings Prospero was down
at the second jump. but the rider, Mr..
J. George, was not injured.
Grubstake Disappoints.
Grubstake, owned by Mrs. Raymond
Belmont disappointed his hackers in the
Rose Hill event. a 3-mile cross country
for horses that had never won
race when, while holding a strong lead.
he fell at the farthest jump of the
brush layout. The second runner War
Horse, also went down at this obstacle
and Duncan Read Immediately took his
own Silvery Jim to the front to win
from DR.. L. NJ. Aliens OStend.
Four of the eleven starters tumbled in
fha P0rY1natirjOT1 for tha T TnIIdnlIp plote
fifth and final event of the day, but
none of the jockeys was hurt.
w. A. Phillips Noon Joy and Mrs. j.
H. Whitney's Disdain headed the field
as they first came by the specially con-
structed grandstands, but before the 2
mile brush run was COMPLETED both
were backed out of the honorS by Will
liam Almey, jr., on his Point Breeze
and Allison Stern on his own FeStoon.
Official, equestrian and Old Dominion
society turned out in full force for the
races. Drawing the high winds and dust
clouds which swept across the hills
throughout the afternoon. Among those
present were Secretary Of War and
Mrs. Hurley, Assistant Secretary Of
War F. Trubee Dawson. Col Patrick Day
of the British embassy, Mrs. Andrew
Mellon and Paul Mellon, Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren D. Robbins and their daughter
Helen. Admiral and Mrs. Cary T. Gray
son. Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford
Miss Evelyn Walker William Hubert,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, Julian
Green. Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Hill Ches-
ter Gwinn, DR.. and Mrs. Raymond
Holden, Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. Corbell,
Mrs. w. Plunkett Stewart and others.
Wins Second Time.
BroSe Hovers victory for Benjamin
Behr Of Chicago marked the second
year this horse has won My Lady's
Manor, but was not as easily gained as
some had anticipated. The chestnut
gelding beat out Wallace Lanhans
Reel Foot an the fat in the stretch,
winning by a neck.
The second race saw less severe COM
petition, with the novice timber-topper
Kahler winning by 10 lengths over
Mrs. T. w. Durant's Fugitive
Mrs. Durant's colors came to the fore.
however, in the John Rush Street
Memorial. final event OF the Maryland
card, when Charles White brought the
Durant entry to the Rag a head in
front OF Mrs. Francis Garvin's Meta
Run. Marcal Delporte's Star Easter
was third
The summaries at Middleburg are:
The Sunnybank. Aries, r. B. Young,
S"iAeA' AAOA4S, bdSJ SdSJ, d. Z. IIydll,
owner, up.
The Middleburg up-Stonedale,
Malcolm McGiffln, James Ryan up;
Racketeer II, Mrs. T. H. Sommervilie,
Noel Laing up
The William Skinner Memorial
Annapolis, Mrs. T. II. Sommerville,
Noel Laing up: Virginia Lightning,
r. c. Winmill. William Street up.
The Rose Hill-Silvery Jim, Duncan
ReaomonWer riding; Ostend, DR.. L. r
Allen, William Street up.
The Loudoun Plate-Point Breeze,
William Almey, jr., owned up; Fistoon,
Allison Stern, owner, riding
Huntsmen's race called off for lack of
sufficient entries.
In Maryland the results were: My
1ady's Manor, Brose Hover, Benjamin
Behr, owner. Frank BonSal jr, up;
Reel Foot Wallace Lanahan, owner,
Rieman Mcintosh up.
Right Royal Cup-Kahler. w H. De
Courcy Wright, owner, Albert Pocock
up; Fugitive, Mrs T. w. Durant, Charles
White up.
John Rish Street Memorial-Polinos,
Mrs. Durant, White riding; Meta Run,
Mrs. Francis Garvtn, Crawford Bur-
ton up.