The Washington times., 1934-05-07

Melita II won, and Jack Skin
ner is again the hero Of the
hour around Warrenton and
Middleburg. We from Virginia
are very proud of this boy who
trains and rides the horses from
his stable so often to victory,
and / expect Mr.. and Mrs.
Sumner Pingree, owners OF Fly
ing Horse Farms who won the
Gold Cup with Jack riding their
horses four times in five years
are pleased with him, too. Jack
rode a beautiful race on Satur-
day and it was exciting as Melita
II and Hotspur II, Mrs. Austin
WadSworths good horse, ap-
peared from behind the hill
(where they had gone out OF
sight for a little while) neck and
neck, far ahead of the other
horses. They took several fences
together, until HotSpur II went
down. They were so far off we
couldn't tell for a little which
horse had fallen, but in came
Jack, taking it easy after this
as the others were far behind.
The last time around, near Ohe
finish, Rond Du Roi came up
close and the race again became
exciting, but we could see that
Melita II was going the stronger
of the two and when Jack let
him out for the finish, he came
in well ahead. Friar's Hope was
second, and Massapaqua owned
by Mrs. Howard C. Fair and
ridden by Julian Marshall was
third. Julian Marshall who lives
near The Plains was riding his
first race which caused a great
deal of interest among his many
friends and relations. He rode
very we'll, too. The other starters
in the race were Jambo, Mrs.
Arthur Whites horse, who went
down at the fifth fence, HotSpur
II who fell and Rond Du Rol,
Thomas B. Gays entry ridden
by Randy Duffey.
The Warrenton Hunt Cup
Race, the last race of the day,
was a very exciting race for us
an-With six starters, but Billy
Bozo, a green horse, one OF
Mrs. Thomas H. Somerville's
entries, ridden by A. Fowler,
was pulled up at the first
fence on account of a slipped
stirrup leather. The rider knew
there was no use going on with
this mishap at the very start.
We were all cheering for
Henry Frost to win. Henry was
riding Laguna Seca, owned by
Charles E. Perkins and trained
by Henry Frost. Of the five.
horses, first one and then the
other would lead in this race,
making it very exciting for the
spectators.
Gil Bias, owned by T. W.
Durant and ridden by Buley
Cooke, won. with Laguna Seca,
ridden by Henry Frost, second,
and Diony, Mrs. T. w. Durant's
entry, ridden by Dicky Wallach,
third. In the morning the
Farmers Race was won by
Fuller Hughes on his horse
Main Roe with the Mcclellan
entry, Rockable, second. There
were eight entries in this race
but only these two horses came
in to finish. There were many
falls and two men hurt in this
race, one of them taken to the
hospital in Warrenton for
treatment. The North Wales
Steeplechase run in the morn
ing was won by Fairy Lore,
Noel Laing's own horse, ridden
by Noel, who came in far in
front of all the others; Dra-
peaU, owned by Alvin Inter
myer, ridden by Randy Duffey,
was. second, and The Mole,
owned by Mrs. Howard c. Fair,
ridden by Jamie Mccormick,
came in for third place far be-
hind the others. Jamie had a
fall, caught his horse, re-
mounted and came in to finish.
The other horses, Iolan and
Quincy, fell.
There were many entertain.
ments given in >Warrenton dur
ing these races. There was a
large and delightful buffet
luncheon at the North Walls
Club. Mr.. and Mrs. Amory Car
hart entertained a number of
friends at lunch and Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Barrett and Capt.
and Mrs. Richard Kirkpatrick
gave large luncheon parties.
Many other smaller parties were
given in nearly every house in
Warrenton. After the races
there were teas and cocktail
parties, so many of them that
you were distressed that you
couldn't go to all that you were
asked to. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Winmill gave a large tea, their
lovely place was simply swarm
ing with pretty, smart looking
ladies and well dressed hand
some men. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Sloan entertained large crowd,
their spacious lawn was literally
crowded with gay groups sitting
around on the ground talking
over the events of the day. Mr..
and Mrs. william STREET. enter.
tanned many of their Baltimore
friends and people of the sur.
rounding country. Dinner par.
ties and dances occupied the
might Mr. and Mrs William r