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The Washington times., 1933-09-20
Llangollen National

The principal race of the day
was the Llangollen National Stee-
plechase.
The inhabitants Of the hunt
countries of Virginia had waited
long for this race. So had sports
men and sportSwomen throughout
the country. Barometer and Wat
sonia. outlaw and Huffy, and
Louis dor were top choices, all at
about 3 to i. Spar. Gipsy King,
Daniel SCOT and Last Cast we're
next in popular opinion. Berril-
don Flash and Portrait were the
outsiders
Mrs. Potts had bred Berrildon
Flash at her estate. Happy Greek.
She had brought him along slowly
and had entered him in two or
three races before the Llangollen
National, more as prepping than
for any other reason. H. ("SpeckD
Murdock was chosen to pilot him
in the Llangollen National.
Berrildon Flash ran a brilliant
race that day. He was on top
throughout except for a brief
stretch from the third to the sixth
fences, when Last Cast took the
lead.
Berrildon finished in front Of
OUTLAW by a good neck, the latter
making . helated move. Re
The Washington times., 1933-09-20
Bachelors Monument

, An interesting sidelight on the
Deep Run Hunt Club Cup won
by Bachelor:
When Mrs. Potts home was
burned in 1920, destroying the
cup, the Deep Run race commit
tee sent her one Of the chairs Of
the hunt clubhouse. On the back
Of the chair is a silver plate upon
which are engraved Bachelors
name and details Of the race in
which he won it. Mrs. Potts has
the chair at her estate, Happy
Greek.
Incidentally, Bachelor is buried
under the front lawn at Happy
Greek and his monument may be
seen there.
!. Undoubtedly, Mrs. Potts great
est thrill over a period Of half a
century as q devotee of and par
ticipant in the show ring, hunting
field and racetrack events came
On November IL, 1882, on the oc-
casion of the second annual hunt
race meeting of the Piedmont Fox
Hounds.
: This meeting was staged on the
famous estate of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hay Whitney, Llangollen,
near Upperville, Va. 1t was \ raw.
cold day, and the course was
almost flooded.
The Washington times., 1933-09-20
Her Biggest Thrill Is Foxhuntins,
Saws Brilliant Young Rider .

galloping with a field of other
hunters over the open country in
the autumn, and the hounds are
in full cry, and sometimes you see
"Old Red" as he crosses high
ground. It is then that your
blood really tingles. Your mount
is just as interested in the chase
as you are-he jumps the creeks
and takes the fences practically
without your direction, if he is an
experienced. and smart hunter, as
my horse is, and all you have to
do is stay with him. I learned to
hunt on my pony "Smilin'
Thru" and she would follow the
The Washington times., 1933-09-20
1.-THE Devil Horse:

When little Gertrude's father
gave her a black Canadian pony
that could Jump, Gertrude's
mother was in agony.
Fairy was the pony's name.
Little Gertrude rode the pony.
Some notion Of the kind Of pony
Fairy was may be gained from
the fact that neighbors called
him "the devil horse"
When Gertrude was IS years
old, Fairy was taken from her
and the beautiful chestnut
thoroughbred, Wayward, by Eolus
out of Grecian Bend by Lexing-
ton, was given her. Wayward
was bred by the famous Major
boswell, of Bluefield, and Cap
tain Handbook, of Ellersle.
Wayward turned out to be far
more fractions than Fairy ever
was.
The thoroughbred mare had to
be blindfolded the first time Ger
trude mounted her. When the
blind was removed, the mare
staged a Wild West show for
about IS minutes. Gertrude re-
NAMED in the saddle!
Upon her promise not to ride
Wayward again, the mare was
bred to the best stallion in Vir-
ginia, Imp. Charaxus. The re-
suit was a big colt, Arnon. His
first foal was Bachelor who car
ried Mrs. Potts in the hunting
field for 13 years without a mis-
hap of any nature. Mrs. Potts
husband, Allen Potts, author of
"Fox Hunting in America" rode
Bachelor at the International
Hunter trials at Upperville. Bach
elor won the Deep Run Hunt
Steeplechase in record time. The
record still stands.
The Washington times., 1933-09-20

By MISS MARGARET COTTER
Brilliant Young Rider Who Has
Achieved Distinction in Horse
n1anShip Glasses of Leading
Horse ShoUS.
Why the ideas Of a girl 16 years
old should be of any Importance
I don't know, but have so often
been stopped by my older sisters
when I have wanted to talk what
they call "horse" at the dinner
table, that I jump at the oppor-
tunity which Mr.. Costello has
given me by asking me to write
what 1 think about girls hunting.
All sports have their own pc
culiar interests and their thrills.
I remember the thrill of my first
dive, which I took while at camp
one summer, from a board that
seemed quite high, into the cold
water of the lake on which the
camp was located, and it was
The Washington times., 1933-09-20
Hunt Pack Trials
For Indiana
By L. w. ROBINSON, Jr.
M. F. H. Indiana Hunt

Indiana Hunt, Indiana, Pa, is
looking forward to an exception
ally good season this year. Condi-
tionS this fall are better than they
have been for some years. Previ-
ouSly the ground has been hard
and dry and has not been adapted
to a fast hunting pace, especially
over the rolling and wooded hills
in this territory. This year, how
ever, owing to plentiful supply of
rain, the ground, while not too
heavy, is in condition to hold
scent very well.
The new entry consists of seven
couples of very promising young
hounds Cub hunting has already
started and will continue weekly
throughout September.
The first cub run of the year
brought several new riders out in
the field. The field was led by a
pack of 20 couples of crossbred
hounds. Even the novices ex-
pressed themselves as having
thoroughly enjoyed their first
cub hunting, and they look for
ward eagerly to the first hunt of
the year on october 4.
On December 8 the Indiana
Hunt will hold hound pack trials
for the hunts in western Penn
sylvania. On this day five couples
of hounds from each pack will
compe g determine their ability.
The hunting season will last
until the weather becomes too bad
to permit the Hunt to take the
field.
The Washington times., 1933-09-20
Piedmont Pack
Draws the Elite
Or America

The Piedmont Foxhounds, Inc,
is one of the best Hunts in Amer
lea today. It's country, spreading
off in all directions around the old
town of Upperville, includes choice
Virginia farming and grazing
land-rolling and open, second to
none from a galloping point Of
view.
Long famous as a nursery for
live stock-particularly cattle and
horses-the section marked of
for this Hunts boundaries in
cludes a great deal of superb foot
ing-fields carpeted with age-set
sod. Cultivation and splotches Of
woodland break the monotony.
Large holdings predominant,
and the fencing is after a sports
mans fancy-line after line of
natural stone walls, with rails and
planks in sufficient evidence to
afford pleasing variety. Whe1e
there is wire, a section will be
found pierced with panels. Chick
en- coops, once the rule for this
work, are rapidly being super
seded by rails set in mortised
posts. All roads are dirt, except
few main thoroughfares, hard
surfaced.
Joseph B. Thomas was Master
Of the first non-private or sub
scription Piedmont pack. He
piloted the Hunt for several years,
but with his resignation there
were ups and downs, although
there always was hunting.
Not many years ago, thanks
largely to the efforts of DR.. Archi-
bald Carry Randolph, present M.
F. H. and son-in-law of Richard
Hunter Dulany, the Hunt was
taken seriously in hand and
placed on a sounder running
basis than it had enjoyed before.
The Washington times., 1933-09-20
Don 'tGive Away
A Bad Hound
By MISS JULIA SHEARER
NJ. F. IL. Meander Hounds


A large portion of the popula-
ton of the State of Virginia
hunts foxes.
The number of people hunting
with organized packs is only a
small proportion of the total
number who spend more or less
of their time, be it day or night,
pursuing that fascinating quarry,
on horses or mules, in a car, or
even on foot.
Many farmers keep from one
to 9 dozen hounds and hunt
them, generally in company with
neighborS, who also have hounds.
Consequently. trying to hunt an
organized pack presents many diff
ficultieS. And one of the worst
difficulties is one that could so
easily be avoided.
If only all masters and all
individual owners would make a
resolution not to give away bad
hounds. the farmer packs would
not be nearly so much of a prob
lem. So many people land it is
a great temptation), give hounds
away rather than destroy them.
The next owner either does not
know, or does not care, if the
animal runs true or not. Many
hounds will kill more foxes bv
being crooked. But by using a
crook" one hound may teach
many more the same tricks and
soon whoever received the gift
will have a pack running to kill.
by fair means or foul, instead Of
running the line.
The Washington times., 1933-09-20
Her Greatest Thrill

Pictures of the event did not
so indicate, but, after lengthy de-
liberation, Berrildon Flash was
disqualified. Huffy, always q
threat, was length behind Out
law at the finish, but very tired.
Spar never had a chance. Nor did
Barometer. The time was 6:56.
When Mrs. Potts sturdy home
bred, Berrildon Flash, flashed
across the finish line a winner
in the Llangollen National, with
the gray and green of Mrs. Potts
outstanding, she turned to an
acquaintance and said:
"For me it is the greatest thrill
in so years of love for horses"
Mrs. Potts most famous show
horse was the great Willow King.
If memory serves, he is still rated
as No. l in the Horse Show Blue
Book. He not only won several
thousands Of dollars in the show
ring, but he regularly carried
Mrs. Potts in the hunting field
for the four years she owned him.
1t has been said of him that he
never made a mistake in the
hunting field or the show ring.
Mrs. Potts sold him to Sam
uel Riddle, owner of Man O. War,
and the latter won several cham
pionships with him in Madison
Square Garden.
Mrs. Potts Happy Creek Bird
man, as thoroughbred hunter
as well as saddle horse, has
won more blues than any other
of her many famous mounts.
This thoroughbred took 264 blues
in all.
Mrs. Potts smilingly says:
Il love my horses. hope to
be able to own them and breed
them as long as I live. I should
die without my horses"
The Washington times., 1933-09-20

the encroachments of maCadam
roa5s, the bane of all hunting
men, the country is now accessible
from Washington in an nour's
ride over the new Lee Highway,
which runs through the southern
portion.
This hunt is a private estab-
lishment, supported by subscrip-
tions. and hunting is by invita-
ton only. During the summer
the hunt has been occupied in
cutting new rides through the
covers and improving old ones;
building a few panels where nee
essary. The frequent rains of
this summer portend good scent
ing this autumn; raising dens"
are more numerous than usual;
hounds have Summered well and
are fit and ready; the prelimi'
nary clubbing has been more than
satisfactory-from these factors,
the masters are encouraged to be-
lieVe that sport this season will
be the best in several years.
The Washington times., 1933-09-20
abbot Residents
Imported Red Fox

"It seems probable that Mary
land was the home of the red fox
in America until the winter of
1779," wrote Allen Potts in his
book Fox Hunting in America"
1T is a peculiar coincidence"
continued Mr.. Potts, that the
importers of the red fox into
Maryland were residents of Tai
bot county, the word talbot be-
ing a slang expression used in
England to signify a hound"
The Washington times., 1933-09-20


Red foxes are fairly plentiful
and stout, generally putting up a
good long run before going to
ground. Kills are infrequent, as
earth-stopping is not practiced,
and a live fox is better than q
dead one. Besides fox. the carted
stag has been hunted successfully
for three seasons, and this will
probably be continued this year
fast sport, and especially suit
able during dry periods when the
scent of the fox is scarcely per-
ceptible.
Twenty-nine couples Of Ameri-
can Hounds, medium-siZed, COM
pact, active; bred up for nose,
music, and stamina from the old
Virginia strains native to the coun-
try, provide sport four to five days
week. AS the season is long, Oc-
tober to March 18th meets are
cancelled in bad Weather-Wind-
storms sleet, and frozen ground
being considered unfaVorable for
hunting. From 25 to 80 hunters
are required to mount the hunt
staff throughout the season.
The country Of the Old Domin-
ion Hounds comprises some 10000
acres; on the north and east 1t
adjoins the Cobbler Hunt major
George Patton, M. F. HI, and
on the east and south the War
renton Hunt (Amory Carhart,
M. F. H..
While the heart of the country
is up to the present free from
The Washington times., 1933-09-20


When Mrs. Allen Potts was
wee little Gertrude Rives she be-
came what her OH Nanny"
called "hawse crazy" She lit
orally lived at the stables. To
her own mothers horror, and to
that of Nanny" little Gertrude
mounted every horse on the
place. It made small difference
to the child whether colts were
broken or unbroken.
Gertrude's old Nanny" was
won't to say to Colin, the family
coachman, who taught the child
to ride, %Colin, these here rarin'
colts II kill my chile"
Colin would grin and reply,
sLawse me, Sadie, ef a hawse S
gwine to kill 4that chile, he'd
done kin'd her long ago. Dey
jeS amt no hawse kin kill dat
chile, so res easy"
The Washington times., 1933-09-20

best horse over the biggest jump.
Then when I graduated to horse
I hunted Impulse" and hope
to have some good hunts on her
this winter. She gives me a Won
derful ride, and do not know Of
any more enjoyable sport girl
can take up. It has taught me, I
am sure, to think more quickly
and to concentrate, for you have
to do both when you are hunt
ing-even with a horse as good as
Impulse"
The Washington times., 1933-09-20
Hunting Cated Stag Is Suitable
For Dry Periods Of Season

The Old Dominion Hounds hunt what is probably the
fox-hunting country remaining in Amercaold
stone walls an abundance of post-and-ra and "snake"
fences minimum Of wre having reduced the need Of art
ficial paneing to a negligible factor.
beautiful gently rolling country devoted chiefly to
grazing fat cattle and sheep waered by the branches
of the Rappahannock River its wide turf fields afford fast
gaopng under almost ideal condonsto stay with hounds
The Washington times., 1933-09-20
Sport Owes Mrs. Potts
Huge Debt Of Gratitude,
Says Handicapped
By PADDOCK
(FGmous Handicapped and Student of Thoroughbred
Breedinnl

Mrs Allen Potts is famous horsewoman The world of sport
her huge debt of gratitude She is breeder of
She is remarkable After As years Of
riding to the hounds she today probably the bsequpped
in America the world for that matter to write
personal experiences of the hunting field.
Wherever they show horses in America, they know Mrs.
Allen Potts How she show horse And she make
horse show ura-ineresting Truly, grand woman in
of he
The Washington times., 1933-09-20

3 l Z d u ), L
|have sailed
a boat on
chesapeake
'B a y a n d
t h e thrill
'one gets in
a sail boat
r u S hin G
t n r o u g n
the water
u n d e a
S p a n king
bheeze with
the lea rail
under is a
real one; T
The Washington times., 1933-09-20

Lake Erie once in a hydroplane.
The lake was rough and our take
off was a series of bounces on
the waves until we finally scared
off into the air. That was a
thrill too. But none of these COM
pare in my mind to the thrill that
comes when you are on horse
that you know and love and are
The Washington times., 1933-09-20
Military Leaders

DeVOTeeS OF TUnTIng
Military leaders since Revolu-
tionary War days have been
devotees Of fox hunting. Wash
ington, Braddock and Lafayette
were among those who hunted
around Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1933-09-20
Canadian Hunts
Date From 1872 War

Canadian hunts date back to q
time after the War of 1872. AS
early as 1926 the Montreal Hunt
had been founded. The Toronto
Hunt started in 1850.
The Washington times., 1933-09-20

gan Mckinney protested that Ber-
rildon Flash had swerved in the
stretch and had deprived OUTLAW
of the latter's chance to win.
Evening star., 1933-04-19
HEARS |
-FOUR MINISTER'S
Annual Spring Meeting Ad-
dressed by Retiring Mod
orator and Others.

Addresses by four ministers prominent
in church activities of the Capital fea-
tured the second session today of the
washington City Presbytery. which is
holding its annual two-day Spring
meeting at the Garden Memorial Pres
byterian Church, Seventeenth street
and Minnesota avenue southeast.
Rev. H. B. Wooding of lexington
Church, retiring moderator and head
Of the committee on program and field
activities; DR.. A. E. Burrows of the
Eastern Church. presbyterial treasurer;
Rev. r. Paul Schearrer Of Takoma Park,
head Of the Committee on Christian
Education, and Rev. Frank S. Niles,
head Of the Committee on Foreign Mis-
sions. made the principal addresses.
Other important business on the last
days program will be the election of
three ministers and three elders as
commissioners to the General Assembly.
Six alternates also will be chosen.
Rev. D. Hobart Evans of the Hyatts-
vile Presbyterian Church was elected
moderator for the coming year at yes
terdays session, while Rev. A. B. Alt
father Of Falls Church was chosen vice
moderator. DR.. w. F.. Eagleson OF
Sherwood Church was appointed to
membership of the Committee on Va
cancy and Supply. Rev. Robert c.
Simmons Of Northminster Church was
selected temporary chairman.
Reports Of ministers without charges
on their work during the past year
we're read
The meeting today was opened by
devotional service led by Dr. Simmons.
Rev Freeley Rohrer and DR.. Bernard
Braskamp gave the reports of the Com
mittees on National Missions and Pen
sionS, respectively.
Evening star., 1933-04-19

abroad the doctrine Of Americas desire
for fsirness and brotherhood with the
peoples Of all nations" through in
struction to children about to be sent
back to Europe.
Other reports included statements by
Mrs. ThaddeuS M. Jones, national treas
urer, Of the Tamassee Scholarship Fund,
and the Wakefield Memorial Fund; Mrs.
Van Orsdel, on the care and preserva-
ton Of the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
dier Of the Revolution; Mrs. Frank S.
Ray, on Founders day; Mrs. Charles S.
Groves on bicentennial activities, and
Mrs. Amos A. Fries, on publicity.
Recites History Of Society.
Miss Aimee E. Powell recited a chro-
biological history Of the society.
Miss Margaret Lothrop. the first
member of the c. A. r., told Of her
early life in the historic surroundings
made famous by Longfellow's Paul Re-
vere's Ride" Mrs. Fries entertained the
junior officers of the society at lunch
con in the Girl Scout House. The
Board of Management was entertained
last night at dinner in the Powhattan
Kctel by Mrs. Lawrence Quirolle
Mary H. Genres, a member of the
Gov. Winthrop Society of Massachu-
sets, was stricken with appendicitis
Yesterday.
Evening star., 1933-04-19
KITE TOURNAMENT
HELD YESTERDAY
Model Aircraft League of District
Sponsors First Preliminary
Contest.

The first preliminary contest Of the
annual kite tournament sponsored by
the Model Aircraft League of the Dis
trict with the cooperation of the pub
lie schools and the District playground
departments. was held yesterday at the
Takoma Manor Park and Seaton Park
The winners at the Takoma Manor
Park we're Paul Hamm of Group l, Glass
A Ben Danger. Group 2, Glass A: Dor
othy Kay, Group l. Class B; Claude
Owen, Group, Glass C, and Thomas
Navin, Group 2, Class D. Those at
Seaton Park were: Lorenzo Baker,
Group /: James Bruce, Group 2. and
Horace Brown, Group 8; all of whom
were entered in Glass A.
Jane Austin. Dorothy Trout. F. l..
Harries, Frank A. Frost r. H. Heald and
Charles E. Combs we're the judges for
Divisions l to 9, while Roscoe Orme,
j. T. N. Wilkinson. Walter English, Mrs.
Tams and A. P. Brent judged the Divi-
sionS 10 to 13.
Further preliminary contests will be
held today, tomorrow, Friday and Sat-
urday, and on April 29 and May with
the finals planned for May 20.
Evening star., 1933-04-19

that is. except those who reside in the
District of Columbia In Washington
the laws of the Nation are made by the
Representatives of the Nation. yet the
inhabitants of the city are denied their
portion of the general heritage Of
democracy. are forbidden to have any
direct share in their fiscal destiny. are
barred from national representation.
The tragic consequences of that handi-
cap touch every home in the COM
munity. especially in times like those of
the prevailing depression. Hence the
campaign of the people Of the Capital
to educate their countrymen to their
need for relief from their present condi-
ton of civic disability. In that cam
paign many Of the most eminent in
habitants Of the District have partici-
pated Their example prompts further
effort toward the ultimate goal of gov
eminent "of the people. by the people.
for the people" in Washington ss else
where under the Star Spangled Banner
Evening star., 1933-04-19
OFFICERS REPORT
ON WORK OF CAR.
Progress on Various Projects
Explained at Second
Days Session.

Reports of special committees and
activities were heard this morning at
the second days session of the Thirty
eighth Annual Convention, National
Society of Children Of the American
Revolution, being held in the National
Red Cross Building.
Progress on the various projects of
the society was outlined to the chill
dren by the adult officers.
Mrs. John Morrison Kerr. a collateral
descendant of George Washington, told
Of the furnishing Of the Mary Ball
Washington bed room at Wakefield.
The necessary funds, amounting to
about $1,000, were furnished by the
C.. A. r. She said only two Of the
pieces Of furniture are originals, the
others being reproductions constructed
after careful research A bed slept in
by Sarah Tayloe Washington and q
crib used by several members Of the
Washington family are the original
pieces, she said.
$4,000 for Memorial.
Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdel, national
president. said approximately $4,000 has
been raised for the Harriet M. Lothrop
Memorial building fund.
The Ellis Island kindergarten, sup
ported by the children, spent S347.40
last year, Mrs. John p Mosher reported
She said the kindergarten is spreading
Evening star., 1933-04-19
PREACHING WINS MERCY
FOR MOONSHINE CONVICT
Federal Judge Warns Prisoner to
Stick to Gospel-Plant
Was Elaborate.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PADUCAH, KY, April 1s-"Stick to
preaching" Federal District Judge
Charles l. Dawson yesterday advised
r. AdolphuS Walker. who since his
arrest, charged with operating an
illicit still, has taken up spreading the
gospel.
Otherwise, the Judge added, Walker
might get chance to be chaplain in
a penitentiary." Walker said he would
follow the courts advice
Walker was given year and q day
suspended sentence and Bert Dyer,
jointly accused with him, got six
months on probation.
The STILL which officers said was the
largest ever taken In Western Ken
lucky. was found in Galloway County
operated under the name of the Cen
ter Ridge Distilling Company" Around
1t signboards bore an elaborate code
of rules for employees, even one eau
tioning them to take of their hats
before ladies'
Evening star., 1933-04-19
DORMITORY BURNED

OLEAN, N. Y. April 10 (P.-Fire at
St Bonaventure College last night
wrecked Lynch Hall, boys dormitory
and Oldest building on the grounds. The
loss is estimated at between $50, 900 and
$4,000. partially covered by insurance
The fire started in the clock tower of
the three-story brick building. The
cause was not known Students said
painters we're at work in that part of
the building earlier in the day.
Because of the Easter vacation, there
were few students in Lynch Hall, which
normally houses approximately 200
young men.
st. Bonaventures experienced q loss
o. about 81 ,000, 900 on May 5. 1880.
Evening star., 1933-04-19

U. .. A.,
Retired. who died Monday at Walter
Reed Hospital will be buried in Fair
field, N. c., tomorrow. The body was
taken from Washington today. Gen.
Simmons Is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Estella Simmonds; son, Benjamin T.,
jr., a student at George Washington
University. and two sisters, Miss Mary
Simmons and Mrs. Matte Cartwright,
both of Fairfield, of which city the
general was a native.