Evening star., 1938-04-29
BY NINA CARTER TABB.
TINE Maryland Hunt Steeple-
chase, the most important race

TIME Maryland Hunt Sleeple-
chase, the most important race
of its kind in America, will be
Il run in the Worthington VAL
ley Of Maryland, outside of Baltimore,
tomorrow at pm. Today there are
10 horses entered There are likely
to be some scratches at the last
minute.
Horses, owners and riders for to-
morrow are: l, Rockicy: owner. John
Strawbridge; rider, George Straw
bridge. 2, Blockade; owner, Mrs. E.
Read Beard; rider. Harry F.. Cald-
well. 3, Be Happy; owner. Mrs. Ben
H. Griswold, Sd; rider, Ben H. Girls
void, 3d. 4. Seafarin Dan; owner,
Ewart Johnston; rider, E. Pancoast.
S, Inshore: owner, j. w. Y. Martin;
rider, Charles R. White. 6, Ronille;
owner, j. w. Y. Martin. no rider yet
named. 7. Gil Bias; owner, Carlton
H. Palmer rider, Sidney Waters, jr.
s, Walter K; owner. Boyce Cuttings;
rider, Congreve Jackson, jr., 9. Ost-
end; owner, Mrs. Frank NJ Gould;
rider, John S. Harrison. 10, Pete
O'Donnell; owner, Miss Nancy Pat
terson; rider, Henry H. j. Thomas.
The old hillside will be crowded
early tomorrow afternoon with gayly
dressed people, sportsmen and lovers
of horse flesh from all over the United
States as we'll as many from abroad,
for the Maryland Hunt Cup is to
America what the Grand National is
to England Since the American
horse Battleship, son of Man O'War,
owned by Mrs. Randolph Scott, won
the Grand National last month, Amer
lean horses, especially winners of the
Maryland Hunt Cup, are becoming
more talked about and more famous.
Those who have once seen the Mary
land Steeplechase 60 again and again.
for Americas classic is well worth
seeing
Many parties will be given in Mary
land this week end. This afternoon
F. Warrenton Gillet are giving a
cocktail party at the Elkridge Kennels
from to $50 in honor of Miss Charlie
Townes, who is the step-daughter of
Mr. Charles Gillet Miss ToWnes a
popular debutante of Baltimore this
season, is niece of Miss Frances Pope
of Washington, D. c., and Memphis,
Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Lanahan
are giving luncheon at their home
in the Green Spring Valley. Md, be-
fore the race tomorrow. There will
be a large luncheon at the Elkridge
Kennels and numerous other lunch
cons, teas and cocktail parties before
and after the big race.
The colorful hunt ball in Baltimore
tomorrow night will be the winding
up of all hunting activities in Mary
land. Scarlet evening coats of the men
and the lovely gowns of the women
make this, the oldest annual hunt
ball, the most famous in hunting
circles of America.
THOSE who won't be able to get as
far as Maryland tomorrow should
not forget the Fairfax Hunt Horse
Show at Fairfax Court House this
afternoon and all day tomorrow and
the horse show ball tomorrow night
at the Golf and Country Club Many
dinner parties will be given and the
ball promises to be most gala affair.
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TOMORROW afternoon there will be
a polo game between Fort Myer
polo team and the " NJ l. polo team
at Fort Myer. Six cadets will arrive
from Lexington tonight and there will
be several parties given in their honor.
X X X
THE crowning of Queen Shenandoah
XV-Mrs. Adelaide Moffett Brooks
by Admiral Richard E. Byrd yester-
day afternoon was beautiful and
thrilling sight. The queen, most
attractive and gracioxs. charmed all
who saw her. This afternoon Queen
Shenandoah XIV will parade through
the streets of Winchester, seated high
upon her throne on a snow white
float, then review the most colorful
and well-arrarged pageant the town
has ever given. Winchester is turning