Evening star., 1941-05-04
Coincidence in Front,
Others Ruled Out
For Cutting Flag
Windsor Boy Is Placed
Second to Greer Horse
That Comes in Sixth
BY LARRY LAWRENCE.

WARRENTON, Va, May s.
Shades of Catherine the Great!
Would the empress of all the Rus
sias have stood for tired horse,
Goldun, galloping in sixth place, be-
ing awarded her cup, or would she
have done as the judges of the Goth
annual Virginia Gold Cup race did
here today-disqualify the five lead
ing horses for cutting flag on the
Broadview course and give the first
three places to the sixth, seventh
and eighth steeplechasers to finish
the classic?
After leading over a gruelling
<-mile test with II mean timber
jumps and winning by II lengths
over one of the best fields ever to
be entered in Gold Cup race, Mrs.
T. Beatty Browns gallant Comedi-
enne, winner of three straight vic
tories in the Virginia and Maryland
field this season, ridden by c. Castle
man, was disqualified along with Sir
Romeo owned by Mrs. A. S. Car
hart; John E. Hughes Field Glass,
Mrs. Frank M. Gould's Hold Forth
and Mrs Laurens Hamilton's Music
Mountain because o protest
lodged by one of the patrol judges
who stated that these superior tim
ber-toppers had all cut a flag be-
tween the fifteenth and sixteenth
Jumps.
Judges Rule Goldun Winner.
The judges therefore ruled that
C. M. Greer, jr.,'s Goldun, winner
of the Belmont at Middleburg two
weeks ago. and ridden by j. Boslev
I'd, which finished sixth, be awarded
the cup.
Second place went to Hazel L.
Welsh's Windsor Boy, ridden by
Sam Pfefferkorn. Raymond Guests
Tiger Lane with L. Gibson up was
declared third.
Fifteen thousand saw IA aristo-
Gratis of the timber racing world
get away we'll. Goldun, Sir Romeo
and Music Mountain at once went
to the front in that order. At the
third Jump Albert P. Hinchley's
grey gelding, Sky Knees. struck
hard and went down and out of the
contest.
Goldun still was in the lead when
the races disappeared in the hollow,
the only spot on the course which
could not be seen by the throng.
When they reappeared, Com
medienne was in front and setting
stinging pace with Sir Romeo close.
Commedienne Sets Hot Pace.
Fencing cleanly. but well off the
pace was Field Glass, with Hold
Forth, Goldun, Tiger Lane and
Music Mountain following in that
order AS they completed the first
round. Hold Forth closed the gap
and held on to Commedienne until
the horses again disappeared.
At the 18th jump, Thomas Letters
Lew Park, ridden by Sidney
Waters. jr., pulled out. AS the
field made its appearance the
second time, Commedienne, still
full of run, began to open up a
gap, with Sir Romeo trying hard
to challenge the leader. But the
12-year-old daughter of the Clown
Apple Bud drew ahead to finish
hrst by u lengths over Sir Romeo.
Eight lengths behind in third
place was Field Glass, well ahead
Of Hold Forth. Because of the con-
fusion at the end of the race, no
time was taken.
The first race on the program,
the Fauquier Plate. about 1is
miles over hurdles for 3-year-
olds and upwards, was taken by
Richard K. Melons Similar, ridden
by J.. Magee. who moved up from
third place in the last half mile
to win over F. Ambrose Clark'S
Tara's Harp. Nebuchadnezzar took
third. The time was minutes 1912
seconds.
Clark's La TOuche Scores.
The Virginia National, about 2l2
miles over the brush course, with
Its purse of $1,000, found five horses
answering the bugle call out of the
original entry of nine. Repeating
his last years win of this feature, |
Clark's La Touche, ridden by F. !
Bellhouse, negotiated the course in
. minutes 142s seconds. Only three
horses finished.
j. Fred Adams. jr.'s, chestnut |
eelding, Doctors Gift, met grief
st the first fence. Mrs. Frank M.
Gould's Black Sweep, winner of the
Gold Cup last year, refused and
threw his rider, j. Harrison, at the
end of the first round OF the course.
The nightcap, the Warrenton |
Hunt Cup, IL miles over hurdles
for 3-year-olds and upwards. drew !
five horses and all finished. Clark's |
Roger O'Cahan, ridden by j. Rich. |
won by a neck over the same owners |
Royal Archer The race was run in
3 minutes 1475 seconds.
Summary:
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Greer. IRIS Goldun. ridden by J. Bosley,
3D.: place, Mrs. A. s, Carhart's Sir Romeo
p Field D. dsss 1dden BY
vtrsinia Natiqnal-.won by Ambrose An b,,9se
place, Mrs. Jane Fowler Bassett's Crooked
Wood. ridden by Sidney Waters show.
Mrs. Laurens Hamilton's Longitude, ridden
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