Evening star., 1935-06-02
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, JR.
Staff Correspondent of The Star

n ELMONT, Loudoun County,
K Va. June 1.-THE master Of
l. one Virginia pack of fox
hounds sent young bay
gelding from his stables to win
the chief honors at another hunts
show here this afternoon. as the
Loudoun Hunt Club held its annual
exhibition on the historic estate which
is now the home of former Secretary
of War Patrick j. Hurley.
Dr. Archibald c. Randolph. who
has led afield the subscribers to the
Piedmont Hounds for the past several
seasons, was on hand amid some
$500. spectators who saw his capable
Missing Catty earn the championship
trlcolor in session particularly i'm
portant for the high quality of young
hunters it brought into action.
Visiting the country Of the North
ernmost Virginia hunt. Dr. Randolph
and the numerous other owners who
sent their candidates into the ring
found an ideal setting for hunter tests
on the sloping acres which Ludwell
Lee first staked out for his own farm
in 1895. The lay of the land pro-
vided opportunity for the construction
OF an outside course approximating
some of the trappy jumps one meets
IN cross country riding. and the
Loudoun solons overlooked nothing in
their plans. One jump had a slight
drop just at the take-off. another was
lower on the take-off side than at
the landing. and the inner portion of
the course varied from brush, to logs.
to gates, giving the horses and riders
leeWay for all types Of skill.
Rocksie Gets Four Blues.
STRANGELY enough, Missing Catty's
victory was clinched by fewer
blue ribbons than the judges handed
TO Miss Margaret Cotter's Rocksie.
The eventual champion won the hunt
er hack division, was second in the
Corinthian and in the lightweight
hunters, scoring a total of IL points
IN the events that counted toward the
tricolor. Rocksie, on the other hand.
won the working hunters. the light
weight class and the Corinthian, but
the first of these was not considered
under the advance rules set by the
committee. Therefore the Young
owners mount was
credited with only 10 points, and had
to be content with the reserve cham
pionship.
A handsomer aggregation of Swear
old jumpers has seldom congregated
on a Virginia show grounds in recent
years than the dozen youngsters that
paraded out in the suitable class here
this afternoon. After necessarily
lengthy and minute dehberation the
mentors. Janon Fisher, jr., of Green
Spring Valley, Md, and Ray Norton of
Washington, pinned the symbol of
superiority on Roger Bayley's Report,
and the red rosette on Mrs. Margo
CheWning's Repulsion. Incidentally
both horses were sired by the same
stallion, Repulse. When the same field
was asked to go over the jumps in
another class, Repulsion stepped out
of the shadow and took a neat first
with an excellent performance.
An Interesting Event.
NEXT to the Corinthian and young
hunter classes, perhaps the most
interesting OF the day, was the middle
and heavyweight event, which drew
large and strong entry. Against the
best OF them, Miss Anna Hedrich, who
shows a flrst-class one-horse stable,
rode her Madrigal Tom through an
outstanding round of the outside
course, defeating such good ones as
Turner Wiltshire's Satingle and the
Boxwood Farms Flying Pulse, both
of which were later placed repeatedly
in the ribbons
Because of the rather unusual num-
Der of green horses and the exacting
nature of the course, there were num-
erous spills during the day. but no
riders were hurt.
Summaries:
Special class for horses that have never
p1on ueea @ Mrs s. fasS H. whtn.y HI any
TissuTs, Pa; third. Billy. Peach Bros. Jp up-
=, 3-year-old hunters shown over jumps
Sozsn 2 Ieet0s1Tsr, RepllsiSn Mrs. Marco
Midguard. Mrs. j. H. Whitney; third, Ash
by Pet. T. H. Hardin. Middleburg.
Half-bred yearling colts Of fllies that
are, not entitled to registration. suitable
to become hunters-First Dorothy. f. L.
Redman; second. Recall. Peach Bros; third
Ann Duvall. Peach Bros.
Lightweight hunters. shown over outside
course-Rocksie. Miss Margaret Cotter,
Washington, D. c.. second. Missing Catty'
DR.. A. C. Randolph. -Uppervilie; third
Shasta Grafton. J. Y. Pennybaker. WASH
ington.
Middle and heavyweight hunters. over
outside course---Madrigal Tom. Anna F.
Hedrck Washington: second. Satinele
Turner Wiltshire. Middleburg: third. Fly
ing Pulse. Gen. William Mitchell. Middle
burg.
Half-bred 2-year -olds. colts or fillies not
entitled to registration. suitable to become
hunters-First. Dorothy N. Peach Bros:
second. Cherry Red Mrs. John Hay Whit
ney: third. Overland. Murt Legg.
Handicap hunter-First. Tim. Mrs. Pat
rick j. Hurley; second. Budget Boy. Will
liam ziegler jr., Middleburs; third. entry.
f'oLe Leudoan Hunt Trophy, for horses hunted
during past season with any recosnized
second Dorothy NJ. Peach Bros, third,
Good Morning. John D. Richardson. Chi.
cag0.