Evening star., 1941-06-15
By r. b. LAWRENCE,
Special Correspondent of The Star.

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UPPERVILLF, Va, June IA
Alas, of the ChucksWood Farm
stables, owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles C. Harrison, jr., of Phila-
delphia and The Plains, Va, proved
to be anything but a Woe-is-me
horse and we'll merited her i'm
preSsive win of the much-desired
conformation hunter championship
of the Upperville Colt and Horse
Show which closed a tWo-day run
at Grafton Farm here today.
Under the spreading branches of
the aged oaks that stud the arena,
where the show has been held since
1853, some 1000 fans watched the
matchless performance of Alas. The
8-year-old bay daughter of Out-the-
Way Oh Dear swept through the
second day of the show taking the
ladies' hunter, thoroughbred hunter,
lightweight hunter, minor awards,
and a second in the championship
preliminary to amaSs a total of 20
points.
Starred in Devon Show.
Previous to today'S win Alas was
best known for her win of both the
ladies' hunter championship and the
1941 hunter championship tricolors
of the Devon Horse Show, the great
est in America. The champ was
piloted in today's events by William
Yull and Frances Harrison. Miss
Harrison is a sister of John S. Har-
rison, noted gentleman rider.
Making a valiant fight against
Alas were four great performers.
Mrs. M. E. Whitneys Spring Hope,
one of the best of the Llangolen
string, came through with II points
under the expert riding of a crack
horsewoman, Ellie Wood Keith, TO
take the reserve. Other contenders
who made the preliminary were
Deborah Rood, of Wilmington, Del,
whose Moving Picture was impress
sive in her win of the Corinthian
and the preliminary; Big Boy of the
Springsbury Farm stables and U.
S. Randle's Troop.
In respect to conformation, quail
ity and all the points that go to
make superior stock, the entries in
both the thoroughbred yearling fl
| lies and thoroughbred yearling colts
hardly could be surpassed. OF the
II superior fillies in the yearling
class a beautiful gray daughter of
Supremus-Bm and owned by
| Westmorland Davis, early won the
! approval OF the judges and took
the honor. Hood Winked, a Major
| ity Rule-Short Story bay flly
owned by North Hill Farm, received
| the second award, with a Milkman-
Hurry More entry of Miss Elizabeth
R. Turner and Mrs. w. P. Stewart
| placing third.
The thoroughbred yearling colts
were represented by "a of the finest
| blooded entries the land can fur
nish. E. L. Redmond of Middle
burg won a double victory when his
well-favored yearling son of Bad
Bill-Swift Wing was judged the
best, and his Bad Bill-Radio Star
chestnut colt won the red ribbon
Third was the entry of Rock Spring
Farm.
A class for which the fans annu-
ally watch at Upperville is the
thoroughbred 2-year-olds. The Hol.
liday Hill Farm of Mentor, O., hac
the winner. a 1862 hands chestnut
son of observation-disclosures Lassie
Second was Mrs. Carry Jacksons
best, Gallant Sir-Mis Coun
chestnut colt named Chancefield
Third ribbon went to James P. Nc
Cormick's Randles Time.
Troop Comes Through.
Troop, the Golden Broom March
ing On gelding that took the work.
ing hunter reserve in the Washing
ton Horse Show, delivered for his
new owner, U. S. Randle, by taking
! the middle and heavyweight hunter
class, piloted by Frost Anderson.
Under the able hand of his owner,
| Betty Couzens of Washington, Ru-
/ pulSion, handsome son of RepulSe-
Parthema, is working like his old
self, taking two thirds today as well
as making one of the winning hunt
team with U. S. Randle's Troop and