Evening star., 1940-03-17
Chatante|| Is Strong
Second, !, Ridden by
Mrs. Sinclair
Mrs. WinmiII, Performing
Side-SuddIe, Shores
Pair Event Honors
BY ROBERT HENRY,
Star Stan Correspondent.

WA01tEN AON, va, MATCH TO-
Despite a fall at the halfway mark,
Fibber MCGEE, stout-hearted hunter
bred, owned, trained and cleverly
ridden by 17-year-old Clarke T.
Buddy Baldwin, jr., closed q huge
gap in the final mile to pound home
first in the individual race which
featured the Warrenton Hunt point
to-point meet near here today. In
second place and driving hard two
lengths back came Chatantell with
his owner, Mrs. J. w. Sinclair of
Washington, up, half length ahead
Of Memo, owned and ridden by Capt.
Richard J. Kirkpatrick. Mrs. Sim
clair Is a sister of Mrs. Frank J. Nc
Sherry, who was injured in = spill
ut Midland last week.
Fibber MCGEE completed the stiff
smile, 18-jump course, made heavy
by recent rains, in 18:45. Out of Is
starters only 10 finished. Easy Mark,
winner last year, owned and ridden
by Gerald B. Webb, jr., of Middle
burg, trailed far back.
Protagonist, member of the VIC
torious pair last year, and ridden by
Natalie Hazard, and Rosette, with
his owner, Mrs. Robert c. Winmill,
riding side-saddle, won the pair
event with a performance that was
two minutes faster than the second
couple, Northwest, ridden by Mrs.
Sinclair, and Pixie, with Mrs. E.
Gardner Prime up. Third place in
this Smile test went to Leap Year,
owned by Thomas T. Mott and rid
den by Judy johnson. both of WASH
ington, and Loops, ridden by Lucie
Duer. Three other couples COM
peted. Aggregate winning time of
the victors was 43:55.
Fibber Falls, but Is Remounted.
A crowd of $500 watched as the
big field for the individual race
started. The Greek, veteran hunter,
ridden by Mildred Gaines, took the
lead and led Easy Mark to the first
token station at Glenburnie House.
Fibber MCGEE and Baldwin, q
Styvesant School student competing
In his first individual race, took
back and waited. Other riders, in
Guiding Tom Mott, jr., astride his
fathers Brumana, were strung out
as the field sought short cuts.
Heading for the second token
at st. Leonard's Gate, Miss Gaines
still enjoyed slight lead over
Webb. who rode Longitude to VIC
tory In the Redland Bowl race last
week near Norbeck, Md. Some
where near this station Fibber Nc
Gee slipped and fell in q muddy
spot, but was remounted quickly.
Easy Mark just missed falling soon
after when he became entangled in
wire. but remained upright with q
powerful effort that pulled down
two bars of a fence.
Turning for home on the Win
mill estate, the early pacemakers
began to tire, and Memo and Chat
anteu swept into a long lead. The
ultimate winner, still fresh, skirt
ed a hill in the last half mile.
which the two leaders elected to
climb, and picked up valuable
ground. Coming to the last fence
1t was a three-horse race, but Fib-
Der turned on the steam to win
going away.
Four Fall, but Garry on.
Brumana, Ability, Flight Brigade
and Faint Glow fell and straggled
In considerably later.
The pair event, entries for which
were started at two-minute inter-
vals, was judged on aggregate time.
Had 1t been race from the barrier,
Protagonist and Rosette would have
won by a country mile, so definite
was their margin Of victory.
Mrs. Winmill's mount, q son of
her Man O. War stallion, War
Whoop, made the best individual
time-21:55. The winning horses
finished fairly fresh, while others
showed a lack Of needed training.
Some barely managed to complete
the distance, 50 jaded were they
from the tt j.. ing test against time.
Summaries:
1ndivual event Is miles)-Won
by Fibber MCGEE, ridden by Clarke
+. Baldwin, jr.; second, Chatan-
tell, ridden by Mrs. j. w. Sin
clair; third, Memo, ridden by Capt.
r. j. Kirkpatrick. Also ran-Little
Easy Mark, Snow River, Rackarock,
Brumana, Ability and Faint Glow.
Time-18:45%.
Pair event &c miles)-Won by Ro-
sette, ridden by Mrs. Robert c.
Winmill, and Protagonist, ridden
by Natalie Hazard; second, North
west, ridden by Mrs. J. w. Sin
clair. and Pixie, ridden by Mrs.
e. Gardner Prime; third, Loops, rid
den by Lucie Duer, and Leap Year,
ridden by Judy johnson. Also ran
Irish Buckle and Play Pal, Lees
burg and Dorette, Ramona and
Never Worry. Time-43:55 (aggre-
gate).