Evening star., 1938-05-16
In the Hunt
Country
Rv NINA CARTER TABB.

THE gymkhana races which were
to have been held at the
Stuyvesant School horse show
L grounds on Saturday were
postponed on account OF rain until
today, Starting at noon. there Will
he crowded into the afternoon many
amusing and interesting events.
Mrs. William STREET., Mrs George
Sloane. Mrs. Harry Pool and Mrs
Fred Haserick spent Saturday ana
Yesterday working hard to make the
DELAYED show even better than 1t
would have been, so there are more
entries for the mule steeplechase and
mule fiat race. which are always
laughable sporting events. More cars
have been found for the old-car race.
in which no car under Is years OF
age can compete, and more babies
have been found for the baby show.
Besides horse show classes there will
be thrilling hunt for buried treasure,
booths for fortune telling, flowers.
fruit and vegetables. Prizes will be
awarded, including bicycle. bride.
pig, lamb, puppy and doll baby.
and luncheon will be served on the
grounds.
Local schools will give half holiday
so all the children can attend this
long looked forward to event. Town
children, country children and many
from neighboring counties will be
present, for it Is all toF benefit the
tuberculosis Association of Fauquier
County. Last year the ladies in
charge made more than $1.l0O, and
they are hoping to do even better to-
day.
HAVING no sporting event nearby to
- attend on Saturday, many persons
from the horse country motored to
Alexandria in the rain to take in the
tour of old houses. and found looking
over historic homes" a delightful
change from horses. Many Of US were
thrilled at almost rubbing elbows with
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and her
party of schoolgirls who went over
from Washington in two cars, arriving
in Alexandria about PAS pm. Mrs.
Roosevelt was met by a motor cycle
escort of Alexandria police at the
circle on the Memorial highway, and
was conducted to the places she wished
to see by Capt. John S. Arnold OF
Alexandria police force.
Capt. Arnold escorted Mrs. Roose-
welt and her party first to the home
OF DR.. and Mrs. Royd Sayer, GOT
v,I,i ~,
for the tour, but Mrs. Roosevelt was
to be presented with a gift and they
wanted a quiet homelike place to
make the presentation. So there in
the lovely old house, which had been
the boyhood home of Gen. Robert E.
Lee, was very pretty scene when Miss
Nancy Lee Teckett, president OF the
Ladies' Aid Society Of st. Paul's
Church gave Mrs. Roosevelt an etch-
ing of the White House portico and
Mrs. John Meredith Cook. president
of Christ Church Ladies Aid Society,
gave her an etching Of Christ Church.
The tour was conducted for the benefit
Of the two Alexandria churches. The
etchings were lovely and were done
by the artist, Hirst Milhollen, who now
IS living in Alexandria. He did them
for Mrs. Roosevelt and gave them to
the presidents of the church societies
to present to her in appreciation OF her
coming to Alexandria for the tour
and on such bad day.
Mr.. Milhollen, a well-known artist,
Is at Congressional Library as an au-
thority on old etchings and prints.
Mrs. Roosevelt seemed greatly de-
lighted with her gifts and was most
charming in her acceptance of them.
From the Sayer home the party went
to the old Duke street home built by
Benjamin Dulany in 1795, now owned
by Mr.. and Mrs John Joynt, then
on to Christ Church rectory, built by
Charles Lee, now the home Of the
Rev. and Mrs. Harry Lee Doll. They
then stopped at Christ Church before
going to Washington.
Leaving Capt. Arnold at the circle,
where he had met her party. Mrs.
Roosevelt graciously thanked him for
q lovely afternoon, in spite of the bad
weather.
Mrs. Roosevelt was enthusiastic over
the many things of interest she saw,
and particularly drew the girls at
tention to the old silver and wood
work in the houses. Others seen on
the tour were Mrs Thomas Carter.
Mrs. Robert Randolph. Mrs William
Beverley and Mrs. Fred Read of
Clarke County, who were met there
by Mrs E. E. Palmer of Richmond
Miss Sallie Marshall of Middleburg,
who Is attending st. Agnes School,
Alexandra, was a guide for one Of !
the houses and enjoyed seeing her
friends from home.