Evening star., 1934-03-25
CHAR|0TEER WINS
CAROLINA TROPHY
Outsider Ridden by James P
Mccormick of Virginia
in SteepIeChaSe.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR.,
Staf Correspondent Of The Star.

CAMDEN, S. c., March "a
Charioteer a brown son of Messenger,
rode a bleak wind to victory here this
afternoon in the famous Carolina
Cup, beating back the strong-hearted
efforts of 10 of the best timber horses
in America.
James P Mccormick, a young
Virginian horseman just starting his
second season of steeplechase racing,
gave the victor brilliant ride, up
setting the expectations Of $4,000
spectators who had come to see one
of half a dozen favored combinations
of horses and gentlemen jockeys cross
the finish line into the winners circle.
Mccormick held his mount well
back Of the terrific pace throughout
the 3-mile route, and surged for
ward in the last half mile to bring
to Mrs. Thomas E. Proctor of Boston
possession for one year of the antique
Carolina Trophy, nodded early in the
eighteenth century and permanent
ownership of duplicate.
Was Rank Outsider.
The triumph was an easy one, a
fact all the more surprising since
Charioteer went to the post a rank
outsider in the betting. Mrs W.
Austin Wadsworth's Hotspur, I'd, came
home in second place, six lengths back;
third was Paul Melons Drinmore Lad
and in fourth place Jagged T. w. Du-
rants Fugitive, which had cut out
all the early running and then faded
in the final test.
Mrs. Thomas H. Somerville's Oliver
c., one of the co-favorites with Fugi-
tive in the betting, might have made
the victory less of a walk-away for
Charioteer had not Noel Laing tum-
bled after the good chestnut struck
the next to last fence. Laing was
in the lead at the time, but Chari-
oteer was coming up fast back of him
and probably would have won under
any circumstances.
Charioteer, never rated as much
Of horse before today. did not
figure in the early stages of the con-
test when the speedy Fugitive and
Alvin Untermyer's War Eagle were
hitting hot rate in front. Henry
Frost was able to keep Benjamin
Behr's Brose Hover among the lead
ers near the start, but soon gave
way to Laing on Oliver c. The
three were doing all the racing alone
until Charlie White moved into the
picture on Durants Little Dan,
working himself into third place by
the time the closing round of the
course was begun. Hotspur was
rated we'll back all this time, and
Drinmore Lad, which also had been
held down to a working speed. sud-
denly rushed forward with him as
the last obstacles swung into view.
Triumph of Charioteer.
Mccormick and Laing meanwhile
had been running as a pair. and
turning for home they drove to the
front Oliver c. had the foot, but
Charioteer. a slow horse to get run
ming and hard one to stop over
distance. was loosening up the burst
Of speed his rider had checked
throughout the race. When Oliver q.
lost his rider. it was McCormickS
triumph in hand gallop.
There was only one other spill in
the test, despite the fact the three
miles were covered in 5:44. Francis
Green went down on Carleton Palm
er's Rord Du Roi which made a dis
appointing showing and tagged far
behind the pacemakers throughout.
Despite a damp, cold and thor
oughly unpleasant day, the meeting
here this afternoon proved all the
spectators and committee had hoped
it would be. The quality of the racing
and the condition of Springdale
course, on which every jump is al
ways visible, are indicated by the fact
course records twice fell before the
onslaught of competition.
Mrs Durant's swift brush leaper
Free Wheeler, dropped the 2-mlle
brush mark to 1862 in the Kershaw
steeplechase, second on the after
Moons card. and not content with
that achievement, Mrs. Werner z.
Reeds Our Friend tossed in time of
1861 in the Springdale brush race
over the same distance, in which, in
cidentally, the bay gelding Won his
third straight victory in three starts
for Noel Laing.
Free Wheeler won with plenty in
reserve in beating Laing's Kanem in
the maiden event, but Our Friend was
put to a hard drive to conquer Mrs.
#. H. Somerville's renowned son of
Man o. War, Battleship. Carroll
Basset drove the chestnut hard in the
last half mile after Our Friend had
set all the pace, but was unable to get
up in the final strides. Battleship
appeared to need racing.
Maiden Race Is First.
After a wait of half an hour be-
cause train from New York was late
and two riders on it had to be rushed
off and escorted to the track by motor
cycle policemen, the afternoon opened
with the Palmetto timber race for
maidens, in which Campbell Weir's
Soldiers Fate led all the way home to
conquer Mrs. Somerville's Western
importation named Ell Rey Keno. The
latter was a much improved horse off
his last race here, but could not offer
a serious challenge to the winner.
North Fletcher of Warrenton showed
a nice green prospect in Friars Hope,
which finished third.
The results we're:
The Palmetto timber race, az miles
First, Campbell Weir's Soldiers
Fate, James E. Ryan rider: second,
Mrs. T. H. Somervi1le's Ell Rey Keno,
Andrew Fowler; third, j. North
Fletchers Friar's Hope, Randolph
Duffey.
The Kershaw brush race. 2 miles
First, Mrs. T. w. Durant's Free
Wheeler, Charles White; second, Noel
Laing's Kanem, owner; third, Allison
Stern's Northern Light, I'd, James E.
Ryan.
The Carolina Cup timber race, 8
miles-First, Mrs. Thomas E. Proc
tors Charioteer. James P. McCor-
mick; second, Mrs. w. Austin Wads-
worth's Hotspur I'd, Stuart Janey, jr.;
third, Paul Melons Drinmore Lad,
James E. Ryan.
The Wateree fiat race, 1la miles
First, Mrs. T. H. Somerville's Brit
tanicus I'd, Carroll K. Bassett; sec