The Washington times., 1934-04-14

Hunters Whlc n nave peen
hunted with the Redlands
Hounds this past season only
are eligible for the Redland
Hunt Cup, which will be one Of
the features of the Hunter Trials
of the Redland Hunt, to be held
at Rock Spring Farms, near
Rockville, on next Saturday.
The program for the trials in
cludes the following events:
Glass 1-Redland Hunt Cup,
1:3O P. M.-Open to horses that
have hunted one or more times
with the Redland Hounds. To
be ridden by members of the
Redland Hunt.
Glass 2-The Masters Cup,
2:15 P. M.-Open to horses that
have hunted one or more times
with a recognized hunt during
the season 1933-34. To be rid
den by lady.
Class 3-The Manor Plate, 3
P.M.-Open to horses that have
hunted one or more times with a
recognized hunt during the sea-
son 1933-34.
Class 4-The Cavalry Cup,
3:45 P. M.-Open to officers of
the armed forces of the United
States.
Glass 5-The Sportsman Cup,
4:30 P. M.-Open to any team
of three hunters, combined
ownership permitted, including
teams of officers of the armed
forces of the United States.
The course will be about ~
miles over natural obstacles,
such as are encountered in the
hunt field. The tagged course
to be covered within eight min
uteS, keeping red flags on the
left. However, these trials are
not test of speed and horses
should show quiet willingness
for slow, careful work.
Horses will be judged on per-
formance, form over jumps and
across country, and condition Of
the entry at the finish.
Horses must be hunting sound,
mere blemishes and honorable
scars are not causes for penaliza-
ton.
Any competitor jumping any
of the tagged fences before
the event will be disqualified.
Jumping, manners, pace,
style and condition count 80
per cent, conformation 10 per
cent.
After completing the course
the rider must ride his mount
to the judges stand for OBJ
Servation.
Two dollars for each horse
in each class will be the entry
fee. There will be post entries.
For information, call Mr.. w.
o. Lasell, assistant secretary,
West 1917 after 6 p. m.
jim Healey has taken his
string of Jock Whitney race
horses that he had at Bowie
to Havre de Grace.
These good horses are New
Pin, Back Fence, No Saint, Blue
For Boys, The Immortal and
Singing Wood. Jock Whitney,
who is back from abroad,
where he went to see the
Grand National, will be at his
Virginia place, Llangollen, this
weekend and will attend the
Middleburg races today. Mrs.
Jock Whitney has several horses
entered for this day.
Winston Guest, the polo
player, whose engagement is
announced to Miss Helena
Mccain, will be in Virginia
soon, staying at his place near
Middleburg, and I hear he will
bring Miss McCann to show
her over his very beautiful
farm where he keeps his polo
ponies when he is not playing.
Winston Guest also keeps sew
eral hunters in Virginia and
runs down for week-ends to
enjoy this sport.
Lieutenant Fuller and Lieu
tenant Henry, of Fort Myer,
were in this part of the coun-
try yesterday, visiting Col. John
Butler and looking around for
some officers horses.
We went out to Bowie Friday
and had a good DAVIS racing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jock Whitney
were there seeing the Green
tree entry, The Triumvir, win
in the fourth race, with Mrs.
Jock Whitney's horse, White
Bird, second.
We Virginians were very in
terested in this race as it had
three Virginia horses in it. The
other two, in addition to Liz
Whitney's, were Mrs. Stanley
Green's Inez Green and Mr..
Robin Clark's Stir, trained by
Turner Wiltshire. Stir has been
in training for three months but
the weather has been bad most
of the time. However, Turner
got him out every day in spite
Of the weather and he seemed
very fit yesterday. We put a
bet on him just for luck and he