Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12
The Dock ID Scores
As Freak Mishap
Spills Favorite
Blackjack Is Knocked
Out Of MiddIebure
Race by Runaway

Race by Runaway
BY ROBERT HENRY, Y
Star Stan CORRESPONDENT.
M1DDLEBURG, Va, Nov. Ii
One Of the more unusual ways for q
horse to lose a race was demon
strated here today when a riderless
entry crashed into the heavily
favored Blackjack so hard that he
knocked him head over heels to
enable r. E. Riegers The Dock, I'd,
to score a surprise victory in the
$1,000 Glenwood National Steeple-
chase. Smile brush feature of a six
race card staged by the Middleburg
Hunt Race Association.
Held on Daniel c. Sands beautiful
Glenwood Park course, the races at
tracted about 5000 enthusiastic fans
who had visions of getting even with
the rowing bookmakers after the
even-money choice. Escape, I'd, had
fallen in the r. Penn Smith, jr.,
Challenge Plate, which was won by
]. w. Y. Martins Comonhome.
Murdoch Twice Thrown.
Strangely enough, another Martin
horse played the leading part in the
main event, for it was the Balti-~
morean's Inshore, one-time winner
of the Maryland Hunt Cup, which
caused the favorite's downfall.
Blackjack, winner of the Glenwood
last fall, was setting the pace under
Louis Murdock's double wraps pass
ing the grandstand the second time
when Inshore. which had fallen at
the third fence and continued on
minus his rider, suddenly veered
into the Louis Stoddard, jr., entry.
Blackjack struck the fence,
bounced of and went down as the
Held swept by. leaving Murdoch
with an injured shoulder that pre-
vented him from riding in the last
race. Blackjack was not hurt. It
was the second straight fall for Muir
dock, as Mrs. Turner Wiltshire,s
Kingsland had tumbled with him in
the previous race.
After the mishap The Dock, rid
den by Paul Byrne, and L. w. Robin
sons Our Manager, with Sidney
Banks in the saddle, staged a two
horse duel for the remaining ~
miles as the only other entry. R. v.
N. Gambrill's Telemark, with Raw
Wolfe up, dropped steadily behind.
The Dock forged into length lead.
which he increased to four at the
finish after Our Manager almost fell
over the last jump. Our Manager
also finished second in this race last
year.
Looked Easy for Blackjack.
The time, 6:34, was nearly IA
seconds of Blackcock's record made
last year, which lends credence to
the thought that had he not suffered
Ill luck he would have won with
ease. However, the three horses that
managed to finish had lust .escaped
Blackcock's fate when 1nshore
dashed in on them at a sharp angle
after running around the eighth
fence.
The Smith Challenge Plate, about
3l2 miles over timber, also produced
a surprise winner when Comonhome
peat three others by IS lengths in
the comparatively slow time of 80
The race attracted special interest
through the presence of two regular
hunting horses. Cornwall and Kings
land. The first, ridden by his owner,
D. H. Sangter of New York, had fin
lshed second to today's favorite, Es-
cape, I'd, in the Long Island Hunt
Cup a few weeks ago, and Kings
land. owned by Mrs. Turner Wilt
shire OF this town and ridden by
Murdock, has hunted with the Mid
dleburg hounds for several years
and gained notice last spring by
winning the heavyweight event at
the Middleburg point-to- point meet.
For a turn of the field it seemed
That each had fair chance to upset
the dope, particularly Cornwall,
which went into a five-length lead
AFTER Escape fell on the last turn of
the difficult course. However, Kings
land also came a cropper and Com
onhome, an early trailer, suddenly
came to life to pass Cornwall easily
a mile from home. From then on
ne increased his lead with every
stride to win cantering. Murdoch
remounted Kingsland and finished
the course for third place.
Jockey Magee Repeats.
Jockey Magee. who won the first
and last race on last years card,
repeated this year when he rode
Richard K. Melons 5-to-1 choice.
different, I'd, to win the opener, and
Mrs. Grace Eustis' even-money ia
vor1te, Stampede, to triumph in the
last. Magee almost made it a triple
when he rode Melons Bulveta into
second place behind the Rokebv
Stables Sea Ted in the second race
Magee won this race last year aboard
r. L. Riegel's Himmel, with Sea Ted
second. The latter was favorite
today.
T1oga, owned by r. v. N. Gambrill
and ridden by Trainer Ray Wolfe
improved his third-place finish of
last year to win the Dresden, third
race on the program. The favorite,
Tarbrush, owned by c. Mahlon
Kline, whose Rock Lion won last
year. ran out with Johnny Harrison,
leaving the race to Tioga and Cox
swain, another Rokeby horse. After
q bitter stretch duel that threatened
to end In deadheat, Tioga won by
q nose.
!oh. ridden BY J. Magee; second. East
Liberty. owned BY Rokeby Stable. ridden
e .. walker; third. Houseman, owned By
Brooks: Also ran-Jay Bee Jay and Nv.
seia. Time. 2:46 A1 az
The sauehton Lodge uN miles on nat,
.eWon by Sea Ted. owned By Rokeby