Evening star., 1942-04-26
Maryland Cup Victor,
Gives Winton Slam
OF Big 'Chases
Rustic Romance Second
And Coo Noir Third
In Close Struggle
BY LARRY LAWRENCE,

GLYNDON. Md. April 25.-Win-
ton Stuart Janney, jr.s, S-year-old
gelding. ridden by his owner, made
steeplechase history today by win
ming the Maryland Hunt Cup after
victories in the Grand National, one
of the important croSs-country
events, and My Lady's Manor. an
other stellar event. Twelve thou
sand spectators on the hillside above
the celebrated Worthington Valley
course on the estate of J. w. Y.
Martin saw the son of Belli CasuS-
Rosequartz, ridden to an inspired
finish on a lightning-fast course,
win the classic In the near-record
time of minutes 444s seconds. but
split second over the record set
by Blockade in 1888.
Closely pressing the leader was
the Rokehy Stables Rustic Ro-
nance, ridden by John Bosley. Sd,
which by tremendous effort STAYED
of the challenge of Cog Noir, owned
by Arthur r. Meigs and ridden by
r. P Hamilton.
Big Charley Down and Up.
Blockade, Hold Forth and Rustic
Romance rushed to the first jump
with the evident intention of max
ing the pace and at the first jump
Big Charley hit and hit hard, but
his owner rider, Gerald B. Webb, jr.,
taking a leaf from his Western ex-
perience, whirled into the saddle
and made fruitless attempt TO
catch the leaders,
They all hit a good lick down
through the first three jumps with
the magnificent Blockade, given
superb ride by j. F. Colwill, making
the pace. At the sixth fence 1t was
Blockade, standing back and jump
ing big with Cog Noir hanging on:
Rustic Romance and Hold Forth
close to the pace. 1t was at the
eighth jump that Blockade, son of
Man o. War and three times win-
ner Of the Maryland Hunt Cup,
which seemed to have the race well
in hand, was put out of the running
because his rider, Fred Colwill.
Blockade's rider in all his previous
victories, made the mistake Of tax
ing the inside panel on the first
round instead of the outside. When
his rider discovered the fault.
Blockade hopelessly was out Of it.
Although he went back and took
the fence the leaders were setting
so singing a pace that II was i'm
possible for Blockade to overtake
them and he dropped out after the
fifteenth jump.
At the tenth barrier 1t was Cliff
tons Nancy, owned and ridden by
Mr.. Thomas NJ. Ramseur, jr., in
the lead, Mrs. Frank NJ Gould's
Hold Forth with Pvt, Sidney Waters
of the United States Army UP, and
winton well UP and holding close
to the pace. At the twelfth jump
John Z. Hughes Field Glass, ridden
by Marshall Hughes, came q CROP
per and was out with broken col
lar bone.
winton Begins to Show Class.
Winton was beginning to show
his class and evidently was full Of
run as he went into the lead at the
sixteenth jump with a half length
margin on Rustic Romance and with
Hold Forth three lengths behind.
From this point on Winton, taking
the jumps In his tireless, space-eat-
ing stride, held the lead.
1t was now a five-1orse race, with
Winton, Rustic Romance, Coo Noir,
Hold Forth and Houseman battling
it out. At the 18th jump Hold
Forth went down, pulling Houseman
with him. At the crucial goth it
was Winton, Rustic Romance and
Cog Noir which were moving with
machinelike accuracy over the oak
en- fences and on to decision which
lay among themselves. 1t was in
the stretch after the 22d jump that
the race finally was won, with jan
ney doing a beautiful bit of hand
riding to bring his bay gelding in
two lengths ahead of the tiring
Rustic Romance. Bosley, on Rustic
Romance, had plenty of trouble IN
turning back Coo Noir, a black
gelding by Coz Gaulois, which was
making a brilliant attempt to over
take the leaders, but he lacked the
foot to overcome the advantage that
Rustic Romance had acquired under
the skillful riding OF Bosley.
The winning of the cup was a
tremendous achievement for jan
ney. He had taken the horse, which
ne owned, trained 1t and ridden II
TO victory in three of the stiffest
timber races that the broad empire
of the United States could furnish
and took all of them in his stride,
which every admirer of the thor
0iIOhhred annraciafoc