Evening star., 1940-03-10
Woman Rider Kicked
In Face by Horse in
Last-Jump Fall
Mrs. Frank J. McShery
Is Victim; Smith, While
Ahead, Hos Leg Broken
BY ROBERT HENRY.


Ahead, Hos Leg Broken
BY ROBERT HENRY.
A thrilling race over about 8
miles" Of rugged hunting country
for the Redland Bowl yesterday pro-
Nded . disastrous finale for the
Redland Hunt point-to-point meet
program that had been only mildly
entertaining to = chilled crowd of
1000 gathered at James B. Welshs
farm near Norbeck, Md.
Winner Of the race was Gerry
Webb Of Middleburg, Va, astride
hb hrst-time starter, Longitude,
After Webb's, fellow townsman,
Crompton Smith, had paved the way
Tor his friends victory by taking
. nasty fall less than . mile from
homo while 40 lengths in front. A
few moments later Mrs. Frank j.
Mcsherry. riding Regiment and
closest to Webb over the last jump,
took . mean spill In full view of
tho spectators and, like Smith, end
ed up considerably battered.
Smith, . veteran point" rider
with an excellent record and winner
Of the feature three years ago. suf-
fered . broken leg. Mrs. McSherry
received severe lacerations Of the
face.
Both were treated later at Emer-
gency Hospital.
Randall Entry Scores.
Before this gruelling event, which
attracted IA starters, there had
been little to warm up the wind
swept fans. Louis Randalls entry
Of Monty and Sonny won the
Terpenning Cup pair race for the
second time in three years and Play
Pal, a Tom Mott entry which was
the leading figure of the famous
Play Pal-James A ringer case in
Maryland two years ago, cantered
OF with the heavyweight race, which
was somewhat marred by the late
scratch of Webb's favored Easy
Mark. The gap hunters affair
turned out to be as funny as ad-
vertised and was won by little Dave
Martin on his small gray pony, Nan.
The fireworks began, however, at
the start Of the Redland Bowl at
traction. Five riders, led by Smith,
set out in reverse Of the usually ac-
cepted order of going, while six
went the opposite direction. The
other three took third route, and
except for brief moments all were
out of sight for IS minutes.
Suddenly Webb loomed over the
horizon riding hard on his smooth
going but tired mount, hunted this
winter with the Middleburg hounds.
Mrs. McSherry was trailing by
short distance. At the same time
Marion Curran on Worthful and G.
Boyd Keys on Can Mass zoomed
over the hill nearest the spectators
running In the opposite direction of
the other two, but toward the same
finish line.
Webb Narrowly Misses Fall.
Webb, who said before the race
that his mount had ample foot. tore
1T the last fence. chicken coop, hit,
almost fell, but continued on, beat
ing Curran and Keys to the finish
with several seconds to spare. The
battle for place and show ended in
q close finish, with Curran getting
the nod over Keys.
Mrs. McSherry, in the meantime,
was driving her mount hard, but in
stead Of sailing over the last obstacle
the horse struck and went down,
throwing his rider heavily and then
kicking her in the face while strug-
Cling to arise.
Shortly after, several of the start
ers came struggling in from various
points, completely whipped by the
exhausting effort. Smith, however,
returned via auto and explained that
his mount, Mowgli, had swerved to
avoid hitting another horse jumping
a fence in the opposite direction.
This caused Mowgli to hit a tree,
tearing Smith from the saddle.
Brumana and Dorette, which
placed in the Terpenning Cup pair
race id a drive. are former winners
Of the Redland Bowl. Judy john
son, trainer of both horses, rode
Brumana while Tom Mott, jr., had
the mount on Dorette.
Play Pal Wins Easily.
]: Miss johnson came back to ride
Play Pal to an easy triumph in the
heavyweight race, in whihc the for
iner classy sprinter had to carry 80
pounds Of dead weight in order to
come up to the 200-pound impost.
Play Pal won like real good one.
Summaries:
Terpennins Cup pair race-Won by
Monty, ridden BY Louis Randall. and Sonny,
:tdden By Martha L. Randall; second.
qets ridden By y Tom 1ady ko 1 tbIs md
Gap hunters-Won BY Nan, ridden BY
wh shss Tony s0G 2ddsa cep bg BY Sns: Ssms:
Heavyveisht event-won BY Play Pal.
{tdden .,l. ny Miss Nj johnson; j.. second. Leap
RedlAnd Boxl--.Won BY. Longitude, rid
den BY Gerry Webb; second Worthful. rid
den BY Marion curran: third. Can Mass,
ridden by c. Boyd Keys.
" Swimmers Beaten