Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-07
Stellar Field Named
For Potomac Hunt
Meet Tomorrow
Six Events Scheduled
For Testing Course
At Bradley Hills
By ROBERT HENRY.

According to the entries already
received there's going to be plenty
of keen competition in the annual
renewal of the Potomac Hunt
Hunter Trials that will be held on
Mrs. Paul Brewers farm in Brad
lev Hills, Md, tomorrow.
Practically every horse and rider
combination that hunted this past
winter has been entered for one
or more of the six events. The
featured Riding and Hunt Club
Plate has attracted 25 versatile per-
formers, and with post entries eX-
pected to swell the total there should
be more starters than ever before.
Tough Course.
The event, which is restricted to
members of the Potomac Hunt, and
horses which have been hunted at
least six times during the regular
season, will be held over ~ mile
course with 10 stiff obstacles calcu-
lated to test the mettle of both.
While Poisson and young Margaret
Sanderson have a large following to
repeat their victories OF the last
two years, and thus retire the
trophy. they will have to be in best
form to live up to advance hope.
For instance. there's Mercer Fade
ley's Headrock, the big mare which
ended the winning streak OF Mrs.
Alvin Untermyer's Cinelli i'll the
Jumper championship at Warrenton
last fall, and which just last Sun
day won the handy jumpers class at
the Chevy Chase show. But Head
rock is more than show performer.
shes carried Mercer, who is but ID
years old, in many of the recent
hunts and always has proved a safe,
dependable mount. And these
trials are for hunters that hunt
not those that only show.
Two other combinations entered
that have proved themselves in varl-
Gus sorts of equine competition are
1t. Comdr. Justice Lees Bolter and
Capt. John Meade's DansouX. The
first started in three point to-point
races last year and finished second
twice and third in the other. In the
Chevy Chase show he won the
knock down and-out class with a
perfect performance, and even beat
such a Jumper as Rocksie, not to
mention the ultimate jumper cham
pion, RingmaSter. DansouX had a
busy winter. He was hunted, went
we'll in all of the Fort Myer shows
and took a crack at point-to- point
racing. In the Dunboyne Challenge
Cup he was leading the field with
less than a quarter Of mile to go
when 180-odd pounds, most Of which
was Capt. Meade. began to tell and
he gave way to the lightweightS.
Poisson's Conquerer Entered.
Others trying for this test include
Mrs. Lock Shoemaker Locket and
Mrs. Earnest Smiths Seagram. the
winning combination in the Poto-
mac point-to-point pair race; Mar
garet Hills QUESTIONABLE, winner Of
the Junior Plate last year, and
Robin Riddick's Cheyanna. which
conquered Poisson and a number of
others in the Dunboyne.
Besides the Riding and Hunt Club
Plate. Poisson, Cheyanna, Headrock
and QUESTIONABLE have been entered
for the Junior Plate. Modern Mel
ody and Gay Melody which will be
ridden by Elaine Mcdowell. are two
other hunters which figure to go
we'll in this event.
Jane KRONER has entered jim
which, reserve hunter champion at
Fort Myer this winter. in the Chevy
Chase Plate. Hal Clagett's Black
Knight, which won the restricted
jumpers class at the Chevy Chase
show; Nancy Hannas Gone Away
and Harry Semmes' Charm. two
noted point-to-point winners, also
are in this number.
The trials will start at 80 I'm.
and will be judged by Maj. Gen
John K. Herr, chief of cavalry; Har-
vey Ladane, master of the Hartford
Hunt, and A. c. Randolph, master
of the Piedmont Hunt.