Evening star., 1942-03-22
Mowg|i Is First Home
In Fast Warrenton
Cautious Tom Is Second,
Two Lengths Back, in
Fine Field Of Six
BY LARRY LAWRENCE,
Star Staff Correspondent.

WARRENTON, Va, March al
For the second time in two weeks,
Mrs. Crompton Smiths great cross
country horse, Mowgli, ridden by
Crompton Smith, led notable field
to win the Warrenton Hunts Per-
petual Challenge Cup today before
a crowd of 500 that braved a
drizzling rain to watch one of the
most successful point-to-point ever
in the clubs history.
1t was a brilliant victory that
Mowgh scored in a stirring finish
in the good time of % minutes Il
second for the smile test.
Scarcely two lengths back of Mrs.
Smiths Dear Herod-Sea Bird geld
ing was Cautious Tom. owned and
ridden by Lillian Chambers of Ka-
touch, N. Y. Eight lengths back
was Copper Queen, owned and rid
den by Mrs Robert Chambers,
mother of the brilliant young rider
who placed second.
A half length back of Copper
Queen came Sun Alu, ridden by
Ruth OKeefe in her first cross
country race. She was the first
member of the Warrenton Hunt to
finish and was awarded the Per-
petual Challenge Cup, a memorial
to Mary Converse Cutting.
R. j. kirkpatrick. riding Memo,
won the heavyweight plate which
went to the rider weighing 1875
pounds or over to finish first.
Six of Eight Starters Finish.
Eight out Of an original field OF
IL faced the starter and six finished
the course, which required the pick
ing up Of two chips. kirkpatrick
took Memo TO the front and set
the pace to the BoWden house. Ia
miles from the start, where the first
chip was picked up, then on q.
miles more to the Carhart Stable,
where the second chip was taken.
Over this devious course. which
was in good condition despite the
rain, Mowgli was close up and Cop
per Queen, Cautious Tom and Sun
/ Alu nearby 1t was in the last half
mile that these three went TO the
/ front. with Mowgli in the lead and
moving with machine-like accuracy
/ over the tough obstacles of the stiff
! course.
Miss Chambers Cautious Tom is
a Virginia-bred horse by Tom Tiger
out of Precaution by The Manager.
/ In 1887, at the Uppervtlle colt and
horse show. Precaution and her foal,
Cautious Tom. placed first Since
that time, the brilliant gelding has
won four championships. Mrs.
Chambers Copper Queen is in her
! 18th season as hunter, having
started as a 3-year- -old Miss Cham
bers won the horsemanship class at
Madison Square Garden three years.
ago.
Winmill- Hughes Team Scores.
Mrs. Robert C. Winmill, one OF the
greatest horsewomen in Virginia, IN
her Keeline and Marshall Hughes,
riding DR.. Edmond Horgan's High
Pinnacle, won the pair race IN the
excellent time of % minutes 81
seconds over a field of five splendid
teams. Twelve seconds back OF the
leaders came Mrs. John Hinckley
Mrs. Carhart's Dilate. The third
pair to finish was Mrs. William Hull
| burt. riding Yonder Broom. and Mrs.
E. Gardner Prime on King Luke.
Fourth were Judy johnson, riding
Tom Motifs Port Law. and W. H.
Emery. plotting High Boots, owned
bv Mrs. Hendricks Eustace.
/ Mrs Winmill was forced to scratch
/ her famous croSs-country horse Ro-
sette and. determined to ride, took
| Keeline. one of her hunters that
never had been in point-to-polnt
! or any cross-countrv race before.
Keeline is a half-bred son Of Kick
apoo that came with shipment OF
/ horses bought by Winmill in 1884 IN
Wyoming. A year ago near Southern
Pines Keeline was so badly injured
in a van accident that rs stitches
we're taken in his head.