Evening star., 1936-11-11

n IDDLEBURG neighborhood Is
MI filled with visitors, here for
vV the two-day Fall race meet
4 4 ing which starts today. A
large crowd is expected today and
many of them will stay through Satur-
day, the second days racing. All hunt
meets have had large fields since Sat-
urday.
The feature race today will be the
third on the card, the R. Penn Smith,
tr, Challenge Plate, timber race,
sIs miles over tagged course. Post
time, 2:35. There are 10 entries, and
It Is sure to be a close and exciting
event with so many good horses run
ming. The entries include LaSsitude,
I'd, owned by Col. Wyndham Torr,
trained by Noel Laing and ridden by
Anderson Fowler; Career, owned by
Mrs. Simon T. Patterson and trained
by Henry Frost; Laguna Secca, owned
by Charles E. Perkins, Sr., and trained
and ridden by Henry Frost; We'll
bourne Jake, owned by Montpelier
Stables CMrs. Randolph Scott and
trained and ridden by j. T. Skinner;
Ostend, owned by Mrs. Frank Gould.
trained by William STREET. and ridden
by Randy Duffey; Escape, Sd, owned
by Richard K. Mellon and trained and
ridden by Jim Ryan; Defation, owned
by BENJAMIN L. Behr and trained by
G.. o. Miles; Nicias, owned by Mrs.
David D. Odell and trained by D. D.
Odel; Rod, owned by Old Mill Farm
and trained by D. D. Odel; Jericho,
owned by Old Mill Farm and trained
by D. D. Odel.
Besides this race there are others
that are we'll filed, two hurdle races,
two brush races and a fiat race.
Saturday promises to be an exciting
day also, when the feature race will
be the Glenwood National Steeple-
chase, run over the new Grand Ma
tional brush course, which has just
been completed. There are IL entries
for this race over the stiffest course in
this part of the country.
Orange County Hounds met at Mrs.
c. C. Rumseys gate on Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. There was large
field and many others who came to
follow the meet. They rode up the
driveway toward the Rumsey house,
turned left into a large sod field.
which they drew, a fox was started
almost Immediately and it was a Won
derful sight to see the big red fox,
hounds, horses and riders go flying
across those lovely grass fields, taking
stone fences, plank fences and post
and rail in their stride.
On to William Phillips place they
ran, making picture long to be re-
membered against the skyline of the
Hathaway Hill, the highest land in
that neighborhood. From there they
went across the Smyer land, then to
the Eddie Hatcher and Hattie Hatcher
farms, crossed the dirt road to the
cattle scales and ran around Rattle
snake Mountain to cross Raymond
Guests farm, then to Winston Guests.
Here they crossed the sand and clay
road in front of Paul Llewellyn's, ran
by that house, turned sharp to the
right and went to the Lake place, now
owned by j. S. Phipps.
Hounds lost here and as they had
been running we'll over an hour at
fast clip all the way and had run into
the Piedmont Hunt territory, Fletcher
Harper, M. F. H, called it day and
took hounds in. There were many
out who had just arrived in the coun-
try and they were thrilled at the Won
derful hunt. Seeming conditions |
were Of the best and going was good. |
Among those following were Mrs. |
Fletcher Harper, Mrs. John Butler,
Mrs. William Stevenson, Mrs Norman
de r. Whitehouse, Mrs. William Lang
ley, Mrs. John Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Atkinson, Mrs. George Gar
rett, who had motored out from
washington in time for the n at: Mr.
and Mrs Robert Young, Mr. and Mrs.
George Parkerson, who have just
moved into Mrs. johnson Redmond's
house for the season; Mrs. Winshrope,
Mrs. James McMann, Mrs. Amory
Perkins, Mrs. Elizabeth Skinker Ker-
nan, Mr. and Mrs. Delaney Nichols,
Freddy Prince, Horace Moffett, Ray
mond Guest, Winston Guest, Harvey
Shaffer. Andrew Butler, Charles Har-
rison, Ernest White, Fred Carter,
Hubert PhippS, Roger Lambdon, Slelt