Evening star., 1933-04-26
W0RTH|NGT0NHUNT
HAS NOTED ENTRIES.
List of Saturdays Steep|e-
Chasers Reads Like Amer
ican Blue Book.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR.

Reading like the 1888 American
blue book Of amateur steeplechaSing,
the entry list for the fortieth Mary
land Hunt Cup, to be run Saturday
afternoon in Worthington Valley, was
announced yesterday by a committee
Of sportsmen directing this seasons
meeting.
Almost every first-class timber horse
in training hereabouts for the cross
country sport is included in the group
Of l6 nominated by stables from half
dozen States for the Maryland
classic.
Two past winners are among those
named. They are Alligator, 1929 VIC
tor. owned by Mrs. S. Bryce Wing of
Hartford County, Md, and Brose Hover.
the 1880 winner. from the stable of
BENJAMIN Leslie Behr OF Chicago.
Brose Hover missed by inches win
ming again last year. but was nosed
out In the final strides by Mrs. T. H.
Sommerville's Troublemaker. which
finished standing up in the 1888 Eng
lish Grand National this Spring. Trou
blemaker will not return from England
in time to prepare for the Maryland.
In the 81 years the Ross Whistler
Challenge Cup has stood as symbol of
victory in the Maryland no owner has
been able to gain three victories and
retire it.
Mr.. Behr has won it twice, in 1925
and 1880. c. L. A. HeiSer, on whose eS-
tate and the adjoining property of j.
w. Y. Martin the hunt cup course is
laid, also holds two legs on the trophy.
but there will be no entry to carry his
colors this year.
In 1892, approximately $4,000 spec
tators braved drizzling rain to watch
a brilliant field sweep over the four
miles of turf and % post and gail fences
in quest of the most coveted victory in
American amateur horse racing. In
view of the ever increasing popularity
of steeplechase meets in the area and
the extraordinary caliber of the starters
Saturday, it is probable last years at
tendance records will be shattered.
Lineup Of Entries.
The entries lineup as follows: BenJa-
min Leslie Behr has named Royal Play.
Sir John L. and Brose Hover. All prob
ABLY will start, as the Illinois sportsman
naturally is anxious to increase his
chances of retiring the Whistler cup
Frank Bonsal, jr, will have the leg up
on Brose Hover; John Pearson on Slr
John l.. and the rider OF Royal Play mas
not yet been named.
Richard K. Mellon of Pennsylvania
will place in competition strong PAN.
Comea and Pink Tipped. Comea ieil
while among the front runners IN TINS
race last year, and recently showed
creditable effort in the Middleburg Cup.
James Ryan will ride. Pink Tipped won
the Carolina Cup at Camden in March.
has started but once since and fell that
time. The Jockey will be Jack Skinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Durant OF Vlr.
pinia and New York have a husband
against wife entry in Fugitive and Row.
land. Fugitive scored several impressive
victories for Mrs. Durant last year,
handled then and again Saturday by
Randolph Duffey of Middleburg. NO
rider has been named for Mr.. Durants S
Rowland.
Jumping Jack, owned by Mrs. Francis
P. Garvan of New York, won My Lazy
Manor point to point by 10 lengths in
a hand gallop two weeks ago. Crawford
Burton will be in the saddle.
Hubar, winner of the 1888 New Jersey
Cup comes from the stable of Howard
Bruce, the Maryland sportsman who
won this race with Billy Barton in
1926. With Raymond Woolf up, the
Bruce stable is out to write its name
on the Whistler Cup again.
Ready Wit and Capt. Kettle. from the
string Of jumpers owned by Charles S.
Cheston Of Philadelphia. have made
past history in Maryland race meets.
Their riders will be Stuart Janney, jr..
and Charles White. respectively.
From Same Stable.
Starlite. from the same stable which
sent Grubstake to win the Maryland
little Grand National in Green Spring
Valley last Saturday, captured the
Glenwood timber race at Middleburg
on the second day Of the recent meeting
there. James Mccormick, who was in
the saddle that day. will again ride Tor
Mrs Raymond Belmont.
Albert Ober. jr., brought D. K. E.
Bruce's Bill Clark across the finish line
last Saturday in the Grand National.
Bill Clark was fourth. but at least was
one of the few entries to escape the
fall. Ober will ride this one again In
the Hunt cup.
B OF. Randolph's Lipan Lad, from
his Millwood. Va, stable, has been In
the money in past meets. Stuart Rose
will ride.
Mrs. Frank M. Gould's Ostend. con-
sidered one Of the most likely horses in
the Virginia trained contingent, was
scratched today.
Conditions of the race call for an i'm
post of 165 pounds on all horses, ex-
cept 5-year-olds. which are allowed 5
pounds. and 4-year-ol allowed Is.
Overweight ID allowed