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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-04-25

Huey Long has an illusion. H
thinks that some one thinks enoug
of him to kill him.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
Glass Enjoys Fight.

LASS took him to the Sharkey-
II Sclmeling championship fight
few years ago.
And the Senator didn't miss
thing" Grayson recalled. "All dur
ing the fight he was explaining the
maneuvers to me and everything he
said turned out to be right"
AS a naval medical lieutenant,
Grayson accompanied President Roose-
welt on a 104-mile horseback ride in
Winter in RoCsevelts campaign to
harden swivel-chair Army officers.
Grayson took up golf largely be-
cause he had recommended it to
Wilson and the President needed
partner
He used to say was the victim of
my own orders" Grayson said. i
had told him to forget business while
he played. but every one he played
with persisted in talking shop so final
ly he discarded them and was rung
into service"
Wilson liked golf but primarily as an
exercise. Taft was enthusiastic about
the game. loved to play in foursome
OF jovial companions and enjoyed sit
ting on the tees and telling stories.
Grayson recalled the definition of
golf used by Wilson: AN Intellectual
attempt to put an elusive ball into an
obscure hole with implements i'll
adapted for the purpose"
Horseback riding was RooSeveltS
chief sport. He credited me with
giving him the advice that the out
side of horse is good for the inside
of a man" Grayson laughed. "It
wasn't original But it's still my idea
and horseback riding is my most fire.
quent exercise"
Evening star., 1935-03-17
START HAND BALL
PLAY TOMORROW
District A. A. U. Pairings
for Tournament at "Y"
Are Announced.

TINE fifth annual District A. A. U.
hand ball championships, con-
Quoted BY the Central Y. M C.
A, will get under way tomor-
row night, with the finals scheduled
for both the doubles and singles on
Monday March IS.
Pairings for the first round of the
singles matches are as follows:
Jack Schwartz u. C. c. VS.. Paul
Pearlman ~. M c. A.. R. E. Myers
(Y M. c. A VS. j. B. Payne ~. NJ.
c Al, Tom Mangan (Y. NJ. C. A. VS..
Frank Raftery 81. C. c., Charles Sill
verman u. C. c. vs. Joseph F. Cow
ley ~. M. c. A.. S. w. Lambdin (Y.
NJ. c. A. and John Kosowsky 81. C.
c. drew byes.
Scheduled matches for the doubles
championship throw j. Schwartz and
Frank Raftery. j. c. c. stars, against
Tom Mangan and ]. R. Guinee. Y. M.
c. A. standouts; A. J. Wondrack and
S. w. Lambdin VS.. R. E. Myers and
Paul Pearlman, all of the Y. NJ. c. A..
and F. Milo and S. Robbins oppose
w. C. Woodward and L. Vineberg. all
of the Y M. c. A.
The team of j. F. Cowley and ]. B.
Payne drew bye.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
LATE DATE EARLY
F|N|SHER IN RACE
Outsider Bests FldeIis by
a Neck in Thriller at
Tropical Park.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n II IAMI, March 16.-In one of
M the hardest fought contests
F of the Winter racing season,
the Brentwood Stables g.
year-old mare, Late Date, raced to a
neck victory over Fidelis in the Royal
Palm Handicap at Tropical Park to-
day.
Never more than a head separated
the pair during the mile and one
sixteenth journey. The race also was
a battle Of jockeys, with Earl Porter
up on Late Date, and Wayne Wright,
the riding sensation of the year, astride
Fidelis. E. F. Seagram's Stand Pat,
the favorite, stuck with two leaders
to the top of the stretch, but then the
top weight of 1875 pounds began to tell
and he weakened, finishing in third
place, one and one-half lengths back.
AS an outsider in the f1ve-horse
field. Late Date paid $3.50 straight.
Porter. up on Bye-Bye Mary, also
beat out Wright, riding Mrs. w. S.
Kilmer's Sun Reverie, in a close race
in the second. AS in the feature race
Porter was astride a long shot, Bye
Bye Mary. paying s52.70, after finish
ing a half length in front of the
heavily played Sun Reverie.
Evening star., 1935-03-17

yALLACH kept Charioteer in the
" third place, q steady couple
of lengths behind the other two
until the middle Of the third mile.
Then he started to make his move.
Evenly and smoothly he gathered
speed, passing first Hal Dale ana
then Oliver C and coming down the
home stretch, with the beautiful
brown gelding well in the bit and
going strong, he won by three lengths.
The two other races were miles
over brush. The first, the Pinehurst
steeplechase, was walkaway for
Aughrim Boy, trained and ridden by
Jim RYAN and owned by Mrs. Jim
Ryan. The other brush race. the
Southern Pines steeplechase, was won
fairly and we'll by the veteran Fairy
Lore. owned, trained and ridden by
Noel Laing. Though this bay gelding
IS IL years old, he came In q good
four lengths ahead Of Mrs. T. H.
Somerville's Muskogee, trained and
hidden by c. K. Bassett, and Arthur
Hagens Dock Light, ridden by Lyman
Wright, both four years younger than
the winner.
This course has been built in less
than a months time and the entire
construction of not only the race
course, but the hunter trial course
is said to have cost less than $1,000.
The people down here are keen about
sport and willing to work like mules
to develop a fine course. Because of
lack of time and money, the going was
somewhat rough, but the fences were
strongly built, both the brush and
the timber. and in another year, by
Evening star., 1935-03-17
e GAMES LISTED
|NCENTERLEAGUE
Several of Tits Bear on
TitIeS-Three SextetS
in a Deadlock,
TWENTY- FIVE games are sched-

TWENTY-FIVE games are sched-
uled for this week in the
Community Center Basket Ball
League, with several of the tilts
having an important bearing on the
various titles
Having eliminated Powell from the
minor league series, Flying Eagles
and Ninth Street Christians will
clash in the final game of the reg
ular series tomorrow night at Roose-
welt. A victory for the Ninth Street
Christian quint will give it the
championship A win for the Flying
Eagles will make a third game
necessary.
In the Community Center Girls
League, Satellites, Virginians and
Ninth Street Christians still are tied
for the leadership in the last half
Of their schedule. Tuesday Ninth
Street will play the Satellites at
Eastern, and the result probably will
mean the elimination of one of these
teams
The weeks schedule follows:
Major League.
Tuesday Langley $50 pm-Delaware
d Hudson VS.. Stewart's Pharmacy. Wednes-
day. Eastern. AIS p.m--Trinity VS. Stew
Heurich Flashes VS.. Trinity. Central 9:3O
p.m:-Sholl's Cafe vs. Delaware & Hudson
Friday; Hine, $50 p.m.-Stevart's VS..
Heurlchs.
Minor League.
Flying Eagles vs.. Ninth Street CHRISTIANS
Girls League.
s,rfsf Tgesday ,Ei1;1s Eastern 9:1S pmaNinth
Marvins vs.. n R. A; $50 pm.-H O.
l. c. VS.. Virginians Thursday. Central
$50 m. National City Christians VS.
EirRinians; Macfarland. $50 pm
shfamIocks sifn r Gi ,. Ss. R. A. Friday. Powell
day Hlne; 80 ,p.m.-H o. l. c. VS. Ninth
Street. Saturday. Eastern. SIS pm
Nlnth street VS.. VlrRinians.
Class A-Underdos.
Tomorrow. Roosevelt. $3.50 p.m-CIarks
Plumbers vs.. Calvary brakes. Tuesday,
Eastern SIS p.m-Renrocs VS.. Dome oil
Co: Central. $50 p.m.-Drakes VS. Corrs.
wednesday. Hlne. 1:30 p.m-Southeast
FaSnes VS. Dome Oil; Central. $50 pm
Corrs VS.. Clarks' Plumbers.
Glass B.
Tomorrow. Central 1:3O p.m.-P EP.
Go VS.. Levy's Ice Cream Wednesday
80 pm. Central-Loew's VS.. Royals;
Co Hins, $50 p;m.-Malions, VS.. Leyys.
2. Co: $50 p.m.-Levy's VS. National
Guards.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
Harrisburg l2Sl.
BATTLE TODAY ENDS
BOOTERS' CAMPAIGN
Comi Team of Baltimore Must
Beat German.Americans to
Keep Title Chance.

COUTHEASTERN LEAGUE soccer
y will bow out for the season here
today when the German-Ameri-
can Club opposes the Conf booters
of Baltimore on Benning Field at
2:30 o'clock.
Comi is tied for the lead in the
league with Stonewal Democratic
Club and Fernwood, and a loss to
the German Americans would cost
the Orioles their pennant chance, for
Fernwood and Stonewall play each
other.
The German n-Americans' chances OF
winning we're made brighter last week
when Fred Watson, goalie, returned
to the lineup after a lay-off due to
a split finger.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
TOP ROW OUT FRONT
IN ST. PATRICK RACE
Lives Up to Promise by Winning
Bay Meadows Feature in
Romp-Slapped Second.
nv tha Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAN MATEO, Calf, March 16.-
- Top Row came home with a
three-length lead to win the
$4,000 added st. Patrick's Day
Handicap at Bay Meadows track
today.
The A. A. Baroni entry closed a
3-to-5 favorite and lived up to ex-
pectations with Frank Mauro up.
Slapped held on for second place,
and brownsville, coming from far
behind, took third.
The time for the mile and six
teenth was 1:44 3-5.
The winner paid $3.40, So and
$3.50. Slapped returned $3.50 and
s4.00 and ThomaSville $500.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
AzUCAR R|SL0ADED
FOR NEXT GAL[0P
Will Carry Top Weight of
124 Pounds in $4,000
Bay Meadows Race.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
= AN MATEO, Calf, March 10
~ Azucar. the reclaimed steeple-
chase horse defeated the great
est field of thoroughbredS ever
to face the barrier in the Far West to
win the rich Santa Anita Handicap,
has been assigned top weight of l24
pounds for the $4,000 added Bay
Meadows Handicap, to be run here
March %.
Ladysman, second to Azucar in the
recent Santa Anita classic, and Head
Play, each drew 118 pounds. Time
Supply, winner of the 1ls-mile feature
here last Fall, will carry ll6 pounds
Top Row, which bettered the l 1-16-
mile worlds record during the 1884
Fall meeting here. was given an i'm
post of l07 pounds.
Other nominees and weights:
Mate, lis; Gusto, ITO; Riskulus, l06:
Dark Winter. 104 Thomasville, 102;
Frank Ormont, 1902; Gay World, 101;
Bluebeard, 81; Toro Flight, 95.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
Crowd Numbers 5000.

THE hunter trials in the morning
attracted a substantial crowd,
though not a third the size OF
the group of approximately 5000 who
gathered there in the afternoon. There
were four classes-lightweigh nom
thoroughbred hunters, won by Mrs.
Sloan Colts Colonel, ridden by Judy
Butterfeld, one of the whips OF the
Southern Pines Drag Hunt; second,
Grey Mist, owned by w. o. Moss and
ridden by David Carnahan; light,
middle and heavy thoroughbred hunt
ers, won by Ernest I. Whites Double
Time, ridden by himself; second, Sill
yer Mine, ridden and owned by that
fine child rider, Carter Wilkie Brown;
middle and heavy weight non-thor-
oughbred hunters, won by Mrs. C. w.
Middleton's Dark Star, ridden by Cor
bett Alexander; second. Conductor,
owned and ridden by Jackson Boyd,
M. F. H., of the Southern Pines
Drag Hunt.
Summaries of the afternoon races:
FIRST RACE-The Pinehurst steeple-
Boy, owned By Mrs. jim I'M Ryan al and ridden
sn u sysH oanes sfsns sH tS waller
by =. MITCHELL betting 8 to l. Third
Abolir. owned by Mrs; c. x. Bassett, rid
den. dsn By 1irIS.. C x sassest; betting. to 2
SECOND RAcEmTSe Enc HS Sfsonds ssndsill Cup. 3
miles oyer timber: won Sy Mrs. jackson
iseh: n1h:a betting; ct to q Second, oliver G.;
Dale owned by Mrs. Simon T. Patterson,
ridden by Lyman Wright; betting. to l.
THIRD RAcE1rhe Southern Pines
Steeplechase. . miles over brush. won by
Fairy Lore, owned by Noel Laing and
ridden by him; betting. even money. Sec
ssomsryille and ridden By Carroll Bassett;
owned by Arthur Hagen. ridden by Lyman
Mright: betting. to 2. Time minutes
The only fall Of the afternoon was
in the Timber race, when Jockey Bill
Macy fell OF Werner z. Reed, jr.'s
Chico at the first fence. Neither rider
or horse was hurt.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
BY GRACE HENDRICK EUSTIS.
- OUTHERN PINES, N. C., Mar

- OUTHERN PINES, N. c., March
- l6.-The inaugural meeting of
the Sand Hills Steeplechase
and Racing Association, Inc.
was held yesterday on the new race
course constructed half way between
Southern Pines and Pinehurst. There
we're three good races, two over
brush and one over timber, all run
in the afternoon, and, for the benefit
of the crowd, hunter trials over a
well-made natural hunting course
were run in the morning.
The outstanding race of the after
noon was the timber event. It was
won by Mrs. Jackson Boyd's Chario-
teer, who had been trained by Noel
.Laing and was ridden excellently by
Richard Wallach. In the first part
of the race Oliver C, Mrs. T. H.
Somerville's strongly built chestnut,
ridden by Noel Laing, and Hal Dale,
owned by Mrs. Simon T. Patterson
and ridden by Lyman Wright, set
a fast pace and ran and jumped
neck and neck.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
MAY INCREASE PURSES

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, March 16
@.-Its Today racing meet sched-
uled for May 2l-June l, the Hagers-
town Fair Association is considering
increasing the value of its purses
which in recent years have averaged
around $500.
Competition has developed, Al Boyle
OF Charles Town announcing that the
Spring meet on the West Virginia
track will open May Is and run
through June %.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
TAIL0RS ENTERTAIN
GETTYSBURG QUINT
Play Fleetwings Today in First
Game of Series to Decide
Tri-State Flag.
. NALDI TAILoRs, claimants to

ID NALDI TAILORS, claimants to
N the local mi-profesSional
basket ball championship, will
entertain the Gettysburg Fleetwings
today in the Heurich gymnasium in
the first of a three-game series to
decide the Tri-State League title.
Action is slated to start at $50
o'clock, with a preliminary between
Sholl'S Cafe and the Jewish Com
munity Center to precede the tilt.
Art Zahn. former George Washing
ton University captain. will lead the
visiting aggregation, Ed Ronkin, Jack
Scully, Jake Understein. Joe Sweeney
and Jake Goldblatt comprise the
Tailor squad, which scored over the
Heurich Brewers last week.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
oH Rides Shu,v Track Victory Cuyyon Made Three Presidents Train
Owings, Bailey
Leave Generals
BY the Associated Press.
T EXTINCTION, Va, March 10

BY the Associated Press.
T EXTINCTION, Va, March 10
II Howard (Tubby) Owings Of
Norfolk, 275-pound star tackle
of Washington and Lees South
ern Conference championship loot
hall team, and Jack Bailey of
Maysville, KY, cartain-elect and
fullback, have Withdrawn from
school for the second semester.
Both men would have been eligi-
BILE for Spring sports this year.
University officials said they left
for financial reasons, but declined
to comment on their status for
next Fall.
Conference rules provide that
student of sophomore grade or
above not in school the second
semester may be eligible for foot
ball the following Fall.
Owings was being counted on for
many points as a weight man on
the Generals track team this
Lpring
Evening star., 1935-03-17
Nv Own Was Star.

TIE BREEDS horses now to sell as
n yearlings. but he has owned
great race horses. My Own
won the Saratoga Cup for him in
1923 and Fluvanna. fine filly, lost
by nose race that carried a heavy
purse.
My Own was recognized as one of
the best racers in the Nation and was
considered along with zev to be
Americas entry in the famous race
with Papyrus, the English Derby win
ner.
Zev was chosen, with My Own as
first substitute. Grayson put his horse
at the disposal of the American COM
mittee. thereby losing opportunities
of winning a number of purses. The
Jockey Club presented him a cup
as a token of their esteem of him
as a sportsman.
Another horse, Sarazen. sold as a
colt. won some S225.0O0 for its owners
Grayson seldom races his horses now.
A sprinter at William and Mary
College. Grayson could speed the 100
yard distance in II seconds. He likes
to hunt duck and quail now. does
some fishing and often attends horse
races and prize fights with his friend
and patient. Senator Garter Glass OF
Virginia.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
STREET. and Hazard Win.


TWELVE teams of two members
each raced away from the Will
liam H. Emory hillside for the
second and final event, purely time
affair judged on the total time con-
sumed by each team in galloping
to outlying points on the landscape,
picking up some chips from men sta
toned at those spots, and hotfooting
1t back to the Emory slopes again.
William B. STREET., the Warrenton
gentleman jockey and trainer, and
Sylvia Hazard of Middleburg paired in
this trial They were the first away
(the teams were sent off at regular
intervals). the first back and the first
in score, their time aggregating 68
minutes 18 seconds for approximately
7l2 miles. The next team consisted
of Emily North King and w. Harry
Poole of Warrenton, who rounded
out their turn in 76 minutes and 26
seconds, while the third honors were
garnered by Mrs Amory S. Carhart,
wife of the Warrenton M. F. H., and
R. B. McGrath. They required 10
minutes 80 seconds for the jaunt.
Trophies for the event were do
mated by Frederick H. Prince, jrr and
the presentations made following the
last race.
Conditions of the race forbid rid
ing along a road for more than a
quarter of a mile, required all starters
to close gates and replace bars them
selves, and demanded that both men,
bers of team finish in order to
make it eligible for scoring.
The results were:
FIRST RACE 6or individual riders)-
Hubert Phipps. owner; second, Motherdy
Be aspPyy yyih d Ii GFisE9ld "a, rider and
Kerr. jr.. rider; Frederick NJ; Warburg,
eynere 1d.I sixth SIa MassapeSua Howard E.
ditional starters. Pendennis prentice Por-
oy s5 Fdfs Mfs Robert Jke e. w5m nm Tide9 anS MY
owner): Spottswood Robert C. Winmill
rider and ownerl: Little Joe (William H.
EnTmy,a Emory, rider dIa1.. NeNTbold Moves owner1
yer, owner) fell; California. Henry Frost.
jr.. rider and owner: pulled up: Davy
Yosns sfach rdeF GTnsT snd
owner: HarkaWay 1Sterling Larabee. rider
and 1Ene pGae Mis- Psnaeon Anne Gen
Silver ,1Taylor Hardin. rider and owneri !:
Kilmollock Iieth Symington.. rider; Albert
g; ober jr; owner; pulled up; Return
Southwest I'd (James p Mccormick rider
Bontecou. rider: Duncan Read owner1
Back Talk MRS. James C. Hamilton. rider;
N: H. Bearns: ownerl: NoIa lE Kenneth
Jenkins, rider ana ownerl. fell: Domino
lMrs. Mary G Cutting, rider ard owner
Fiery Run william E. Doeller. rider and
Street rider and owner: Amos "a. Mac
kay Smith rider and owner): Retaliate
1Harry G stokes rider and owner1: Hief
Frederick H. Prince. jr. rider end owner
Nancy Mildred Gaines. rider and owner)
SECOND RACE (f0r teamS)-Won BY
entry. William B. Street, and Sylvia Haz,
ard: second Emily North King and, w:
and R. b, MeGrath: fourth; Mrs: NJ; II
Edward Friendly and H: R: Bishop tfelD;
Mrs. Howard Linn and w. r. Wilbur. Mrs
Viola Winmiil and E. Kenneth jenkins
Jane Averett and Frederick H; Prince. jr.
Mrs. George Sloan and Mildred Gaines
Dorothy Willing Randolph and Edwart
Friendly. Margaretta Rowland and Capt
r. J. Kirkpatrick. winning time-6S min
uteS iS seconds.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
PECK five REACHES
CHURCH LOOP FINAL
Beats West Washington Baptist
for Second-Half Title, Faces
Same Team for Flag.
DECK MEMORIAL tossers won the
- .aoond holf chaunionshin of the

second-half championship OF the
Junior division of the George
town Church Basket Ball League last
night on their home floor by defeat
ing West Washington Baptist, SO to
%. West Washington won the first
half title and next Saturday the two
teams will open three-game series
for the loop crown.
st. Johns Episcopal. winner of the
senior division, wound up its league
season by downing Peck Memorials
senior tossers, Al to "a. st. Johns
also will open a series next Saturday
with the Y. M. c. A. Flashes. cham
pions of the "Y" Church League.
In another Junior league game last
night. Georgetown Lutheran routed
Christ Episcopal, A to IA. Summaries:
W. Wash. B. (92). Peck Mem. 800:
Evening star., 1935-03-17
ROOSEVELT GETS GOALS.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, March Is
RJ.-John Roosevelt, son of the Presi-
dent, scored two goals today as the
Harvard freshman polo team trounced
Yale,s Cubs. l3 to 8.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
CINCINNATI U. GETS COHEN.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 16 up.
The Nashville Banner was advised
today that Russ Cohen, Vanderbilt
backfield coach for the last three
years, has been appointed head coach
at the University of Cincinnati.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
BASKET TEAMS ADVANCE
Sherwood and New York Avenue
Reach Playground Semi-Finals.

Scoring handy triumphs. Sherwood
and New York Avenue l45-pOund bas-
ket ball teams advanced to the semi
final round of the Municipal Play
ground Department tournament yes
terday. Sherwood downed Garfield,
43 to 9, while New York Avenue de-
feated Georgetown, % to l6.
Summaries.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
HIMSELF
TO TRA|PSEI|N
Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson
Kept in Shape Through
Golf or Riding.
BY DILLON GRAHAM.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

A FIRM believer in sports. Rear
" Admiral Cary T. GraySon, new
~ head of the American Red
Cross. ordered outdoor ac-
tivities for three Presidents during
his years as White House physician.
For Theodore Roosevelt it was
horseback riding, for Woodrow Wilson
it was golf and for William Howard
Taft it was both the bride path
and the links.
Sports kept them in good physical
shape and gave them rest by taking
their minds of their tasks" he says.
I've always liked sports. ride
and hunt now"
With dark, merry eyes under furry
eyebrows, rugged. broad shoulders and
trim physique, Grayson hardly looks
his Sc years and still can take a
hunter over the jumps with finesSe.
Born IN Virginia, lie inherited a
love Of thoroughbred horses and now
has farm in the Piedmont country
where he breeds fine animals He
often runs down to his farm on week
ends to look over his Is mares and
several stations.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
POLO GAME A THRILLER
Barry, Post Lead as Reds Beat
Whites, TO, at Aiken.

AIKEN, S. c., March 16 R.-The
Red team defeated the White team
Z goals to in a thrilling polo match
here today.
Bill Barry and Billy Post led the
attack of the winners, each account
ing for goals Ivor Balding, for
mer English player, scored 4 goals
for the White team
Evening star., 1935-03-17
"Y" CLOSES WITH WIN
Plays Snappy Basket Ball to
Down Harrisburg, 1928.

HARRISBURG, Pa, March 10
Washington Y. M. c. A. closed its sea-
son by defeating the Harrisburg Pipe
Bending Co. by score of 1928.
The Washington team played by
far the best game of the season with
Capt. Rodes and Miller standing out.
Washington trailed at half time,
1l-16.
Summary:
"a nrAa
Evening star., 1935-03-17
Mrs. Boyd's Charioteer Wins
Feature Race of Sand Hills
Associations First Meeting

proper plowing, seeding and rolling,
it ought to be first rate. Like the
Camden Course, it is on fiat, sandy
soil and all the jumps can be seen
from every part of the course.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
STREET., HAZARD
WIN TEAM GA[[OP
Stiff Warrenton Contests
Close Hunt Season in
Old Dominion.
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS. Jr.,


w YARRENTON, Va, March
M 16.-Virginia's finest fox
Y v hunting horses and riders
took their final fling at
the cross-country chase
here this afternoon in two gruelling
point to-point races, sponsored by
the Warrenton Hunt Club.
Marking the seasons close in War
renton country. the acid tests OF
stamina and speed kept a sporty
crowd straining on tiptoe to watch
the outcome of bitterly fought
matches between 5O-odd entries.
The guile of shrewd instructor at
Stuyvesant School settled the issue IN
the opener, a six-mile trial for lndl-
vidual contestants, in which 81
horses went to the post, although 1t
did not bring victory to either the
teacher or his pupils.
Yesterday afternoon, when the
start and finish points OF the first
race had been announced at 3 pm,
Howard C. Fair, who teaches riding
polo and some class room subjects al
Stuyvesant, sailed forth with a cou-
pie of pupils to figure the shortest
way between the two given points.
Today, when the vast field broke
helter-skelter from the barrier. Fair
and his pupils cut off at an oblique
angle. Behind them galloped sew
eral riders from Pennsylvania, Mary
land and other sections of Virginia,
who, not knowing the country, ap-
parently decided to cast their lot with
his.