Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-14
GLORY ROAD WINS
GLENW0OD DUEL
$500 See Little Cottage I'd
Beaten Out in Stretch for
SteepleChase Title.
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, Jr.,
Stan Correspondent of The Star.

q stretch duel family reminiscent of
the famous Brokers Tip-Head Play
duel between two jockeys, Mrs George
L. Ohrstrom's Glory Road won the
second running of the Glenwood Ma
tional Steeplechase here yesterday aft
ernoon before a crowd of 4,500 spec
tators. In second place was Mrs.
James c. Clark,S Little Cottage I'd.
which ran gallant race and was
driven out to the last inch by Jockey
J. Duffey but was unable to over
come the battling finish put up by
Freddie Thorndyke on the good bay
horse that only year ago was
member of Mrs. John Hay Whitney's
horse show string.
1t was Glory Roads first victory
since he has been converted into a
steeplechaser, and while he was an
outsider in the betting the win was
popular one, for the fencer accustomed
to the relatively easy ways of the
show stable proved he could take it
better than half dozen other out
standing horses that have been trained
to run and jump since first they came
of age
After the race Duffey lodged claim
of foul against Thorndyke, but it was
bluntly disallowed, as the hard rid
ing that went on in the stretch was
strictly a give-and-take affair, with
Duffey, perhaps, handing out more
than he took
Two Horses Lose Riders.
The great IF" that is a major word
in all accounts of horse races figured
here too. for Mrs. Dodge Sloane's
National Anthem, which had set the
Clark's Sunny Thoughts. winner of the
Glenwood in 1886, both lost their
riders in the final turn of the course.
Before he met with disaster. Sunny
Thoughts had already made one bad
mistake and almost unseated Freddie
Dollhouse, the leading professional
jockey in this country today, but Ma
tional Anthem was going on at re-
lentleSs pace, despite deadly impost
of 167 pounds, until he came cropper
at one of the big Liverpool fences
on the Grand National type course.
BY that time Sunny Thoughts Sec
ond mistake had tossed Dollhouse on
his ear, and Glory Road was in a
contending position ready to step into
the opening offered by National An
thems mishap. Little Cottage I'd, off
badly but rated cozily back of the
pace up to the final turn, then came
forward to challenge Glody Road but
nothing could shake the bays courage
and he held on to the end.
While it was a great days racing
ell the way around, the favorites did
not register in either of the two top
events on the card Mrs. Frank M.
Gould's Ostend, held at two to five in
the betting, was no better than third
In the r. Penn Smith Challenge
Trophy, test of 81 miles over timber,
soundly beaten by Capt. Ewart John
sons Seafarin' Dan, which was given
an extremely careful and intelligent
ride by Evans Pancoast. Second was
Blockade, owned by Mrs. E. Read
Beard, and handled by Frank Colwill.
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All of the three leaders in this
affair were bothered by horse named
Tom Adams. which lost his rider early
In the game, but the nuisance value
was about equally distributed and
Ostend, winner of many good timber
races this year, really had no excuses
Feature races are made by hand,
but good ones come when honest
horses tie up together, and one of
these was the Dresden brush event
of miles over the small brush course
Duncan Reads Dundrillin was held
the even money choice and ran like
it until Head Hunter, from the stables
OF Mrs. David Buckley, stepped into
contention and wore down the class
horse of the lot, galloping home by
three-quarters Of q length to paw g.
to-1 and better.
While there were four falls during
the afternoon, no one considered that
extraordinary, in view of the fact
the going was extremely heavy and
treacherous in spots. None of the
tumbled riders was injured
Summaries.
The summaries:
h,rrdrTsst race, the oakham, "a miles over
nurdies-First. Homesteader Montpelier
staples J. McGovern; second. SINGING
Mater. Mrs. Jane Fowler Bassetr. Randy
Puny; third, Itsamaid. James C. Clark. Mr..
y. :. Harrison. Time-2:50.3.>
Second race. the Sauhgton Lodge. 1s4
miles over hurdles-First. Tool Box Rich
ara Mellon, Mr.. j. S. Harrison second,
kingsem. Montpelier Stables. g. Smoot:
thlrd; Little Hurd. Sandy Woods Stable,
Mr., Dion Kerr. jr. Time-3:35.
Third race. the Dresden. . miles over
the regulation brush course First Head
Hunter. Mrs; David Buckley. G. Walker:
second. Dundrillin. Duncan Read J. Nc
Govern; third; Corky. j. G. Leiper. jr. N.
Fourth race, the R.. Penn Smith Chal-
lsnse Trophy-First, Seafarin Dan. Capt.
Ewart johnson. Mr.. Evans Pancoast: sec
ond, Blockade, Mrs. E. Read Beard. Mr..
Frank Colwil: third Ostend. Mrs. Frank
M Gould. Mr.. J. t. Skinner. Times 80 |.
Fifth race. the Glenwood National Stee-
pechase. 3 miles over a Grand National