Evening star., 1937-04-07

R. j. P. JONES won his first
start of the season in the
first race of the day at
- Bowie yesterday when his
Miss Oak came in to win over seven
other 2-year-olds. Doc jack Jones
OF Eaccoon Ford, Va (near Culpeper
is one of the most successful trainers
of race horses and steeplechasers IN
the country He was graduated IN
medicine at the University OF Virginia
some years ago, went to Niagara Falls
and hung up his shingle, and was do
ing we'll But, as he says, L had been
riding and jumping horses all my lie,
and heard the Virginia horses calling
tome way up North" Back he came,
for he Just couldn't keep away from
horses. The late Billy" Garth was
his father-in-law, and every one knows
what a good horseman he was.
On February l, Jack Jones brought
his string from Charlottesville to the
Comdr. J. K. L. Ross place at Laurel,
Md, at one time the most noted train
ing farm in America, the Ross place
was sold about six years ago and now
Is owned by RAJ" Parr of Baltimore.
Jack Jones is training Mr.. PARIS string
along with those of other owners in
cluding Mrs. Louise Viau Of New York,
Mrs. Van Cleef of Buffalo, N. Y, and
Charlottesville; Mrs Ellsworth Angus
tus of Cleveland, w. H. Lipscomb Of
Washington and Leesburg and P. H.
Faulconer of Charlottesville.
The set-up at the old Ross place for
training horses couldn't be better. A
ouarter-mile indoor track, glassed in,
surrounds dozen of box stalls, all we'll
kept and neat as pin. Around this
track the horses are galloped and
worked during the Winter, on bad days,
and there is beautiful outdoor mile
track for good days. DR.. Jones stables
have been pleasure for all hOrse-lov-
ing people to see this Spring and many
visitors from Baltimore and Washing
ton are on hand in the early mornings
to see the horses go. Some others of
the Jones training will start at Bowie
this week, then Havre de Grace,
Pimlico and on to New York.
THE Middleburg Hunt race meeting
will hold its firsts day of racing
Saturday, and the second next We'd
nesday. The course and stables are
ready at Glenwood for the many good
horses that will be here to run in the
six races each meeting
There are over 130 entries for the
Saturday meeting. The feature race
will be the Middleburg Cup, a timber
race over tagged course of 4 miles,
for 4-year-olds and upward. The
entries in this race include: Wei
bourne Jake, owned by Paul Mellon,
winner of the Deep Run Cup Steeple-
chase last Saturday, ridden by Jack
Skinner; Career, by Henry Frost;
Gigolo, by Bill Street, and Fugitive by
Mike" Kerr.
Middleburg will be overf1oWing with
visitors this week end and until after
Wednesday, Among the entertain
ments will be a large luncheon by
MIR. and Mrs. Charles c. V. Cushman
at their place, Windsor; a luncheon
for officials and judges of the races by
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel c. Sands at
Benton, and luncheon by Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Iselin. Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Skinner are giving a tea and cocktail
party after the races and Mrs. Ray
mond Belmont and Miss Winnifred
Maddox are having an afternoon party.
The Riding and Hunt Club hunter
trials, to take place at Bradley Farms,
Md, on Saturday, have long list of
the best hunters around Washington
entered. Among those who will ride
are Mr.. and Mrs. George Greenhalgh
Of Berryville, Va; Mrs. Robert Gug-
genheim, Mrs. Ernest Smith, Mrs.
Roland Riddick, Mrs. L. T. Hundt, Mr..
and Mrs. William c. Hanson, Mrs.
N. L. Mcdowell, Miss Robin Riddick,
Miss Margaret Hill, Miss Elaine Nc
Dowell, Gen. Kroner, Col. A. NJ
Miller, Col. P. J. johnson, Claude
Owen, John Paulding Brown, Rase and
Gibson Semmes, Mike" McConihe,
DR.. Joseph Horgan, H. H. Semmes,
Fenton Fadeley, Comdr William
Justice Lee and Marshall Exnicios.