Evening star., 1942-09-08
Sport Marvel Jumps
To New Area Mark
Al Warrenton
Breaks Tie With Coteer,
Grochino; Cornish Hills
Earns Two TrieoIor
BY LARRY LAWRENCE,
Star Staff CORRESPONDENT.

SIaF StaIf correspondent.
! WARRENTON, Va, Sept. g.
Tommy Cook, ace rider, rocketed
U. S. Randle's Sport Marvel over
a 7-foot. u Inch barrier for a
new Virginia, Maryland and Dis
trict of Columbia high jump record
in a drizzling rain before a crowd
of $500 drenched horse fans, at
the Warrenton Horse show here yes
terday.
1t was grand effort by the
stalwart son of Aga Khan-La
Lingerie. He sailed over the bar in
splendid form in spite of the heavy
going and was not required to try
for greater height as Margaret s..
Cotter's Rocksie, American Open
jumping champion, with his de-
termined owner up, could do no
better than feet, 7 inches to take
second place.
This places Sport Marvel ahead by
one half inch of his former co-rec-
ord holders, David Martins Cateer
and Mickey Magill's Grachlno.
Ferry Landing Scores.
The Virginia 3-year-old cham
pionship, second only in Importance
to the conformation title among Old
Dominion hunter classics, but the
high spot of this shows hunter COM
petition was won by Capital area
youngster, 1t. and Mrs, j. c. Her.
bert Bryant's Marbert Farms entry
Ferry Landing. The highly IA
vored son of Hi-Jack-Suellen, with
splendid record of top perform
ances for the past season, merited
the award over one of the finest
classes of brilliant hunter pros
poets seen in the down country in
a generation. The 161 chestnut
gelding was ridden to his blues by
Johnny Keeler.
The Meadow Lane Farm of Warm
Springs, Va, produced the reserve
champ in Wishitookit
Double for Cornish Hills.
Cornish Hills, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Haggin Perry's sensational hunter
with Mr.. Perry doing the plotting
had field day winning nine blue
ribbons, placing second twice and
third once and won both the con-
formation and working hunter tri-
colors. The 8-year- son of John
P. Grier-Marvella I'd garnered 341a
points for the conformation hunter
championship, with the Waverly
Farms imported Demas in the re-
serve with 1412 points.
Cornish Hills opooeSaJ , +o{o1 ~
II points to take the working hunter
championship. with U. S. Randle's
able chestnut gelding, Gee Ray Bee,
taking reserve.
Marbert Farms great youngster
Ferry Landing, also distinguished
himself by winning an outstanding
victory over splendid field of
novice and green hunters to take
the green 2 hunter championship
with total OF 81 points.
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Gree
halgh's grand jumping Big Boy
outpointed all contenders in the
jumper division to take the Jumper
crown with 151z points over Capt.
William B. Rand, jr.'s, United States
Government mount, Black Beauty,
with 8 points.
Open to all jumpers-Won by Mr.. and
Mrs; Geo. P. Greenhalshs Big Boy; second
MaTInert M;IinnI Farm Farms Hayserack; third, Capt
Marbert FARMS Red Water. te D'a1''' '0uf'n'
", Green hunters. s. years old and under
second Rock Spring Farm Twinkle: third
], North Fletchers Count Andrew; fourth
pes ouaed nTsed Ffrms hnntersWd1 kshs Land
sa assz,R IT, PsTIss cefassh Hlls 1hlHd Mi' NJ y:
oath an & V Henbe aTeeahishs r
Driving class-Won By Brandy Rock
Farms Nellie; second, Miss Nancy Haas
= dreenhalshs Lawyers sh0 wife; Ms sntfs foarth,
Risan M9dis McsinRsys kinney. dpP Apple q Rlarney
Nj; and Mrs. W Hassin Perry's Cor Cornish 81
a' d h4a sss0nS & Mrs. ksnd.s de- ke oraSn Rss
noasis ssssn s. sgatsr ~ Ne NJ
r'5y I.aans Asdpsv h5a ioua Mssaaa nsE
Land Farms Wishitookit
W WORKING hunter-Won by Mr., and Mrs,
Donald Hostetter's Mahme; third third. sHnT Risan
MMcKipney,s McE an Halethorpe; fourth: Mr.. and
M ssa psTnys Rozs w0Sa Sd Mrs
MIS-. MIS- ": Hasgin Perry's Cornish Hills;
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Haas Ever 30; nM9n second, MGs Robert X bsaney g
Winm1l!rs Rosette; third, Mrs. Albert P.
Winmills Coronetta ~
,u Champion a 3-year.old Of virsinia--won
Meadow Lane Farms Wishitookit. '''' w.
Hunters under saddle--Won by Mr.. and
Mrs W; Hasgin Perrys Cornish Hills; sec
third. Waverly Farms Demas; fourth, Mrs.
Z. Douglas Primes .Pappy.
Hassin Perrys Cornish 81 Mi Hls: ans second ald
Charles G. Harrison, ir,'s Alas; third Nancy
n Ma Haas 3 Eyer So; fourth, Mr. and Mrs.
" Hsssin Psfry,s Cornish MI Inns; sno second @rs
Froop naFms fourh Psmas third Hsnks s. Ran
Horyood; nth, Mr.. and Mrs. dreenhalsh S
oaSefs NY seeesd ny Msf NJ ssd A1sd
t6ISd Mfs Gssrss Msrssr.E coes Gfesnhsh Big
kinney,s Apple Of Blarney; second, Mr.
third. Nancy Haas M. FrecEfes:S ffkslS fourth, Mth
Mrs. Walter Jones Sweeper. ''''
Ranse InHttstisn norb high b.
master; fourth, Clarence crisers' Mosby
and Mrs: Greenhalgh's Big Boy: third
Mr.. and Mrs. Greenhalghs Gibbico; fourth
Mr: and Mrs. Greenhalehs Billy Do.
Hunt teams-Won by entry OF Blue
Ridge Hunt; second entry OF Mr.. and
Mrs w. Haggin Perry.
Jumper championship-Won BE-. Mr.
and Mrs. Greenhalgh's Big Boy: reserve
Capt. William Brands Black Beauty
Working hunter championship--Won by
Mr.. and Mrs. w. HaRgin Perry's Cornish
Hills; reserve, U. g. Randle's Gee Ray Bee
Green hunter championship-Won b,
Capt. and Mrs. Herbert Bryant's Ferry
Landing; reserve Mrs. Douglas Primes
Pappy.
Conformation hunter championship
Won by Mr.. and Mrs. w. Hasgin Perry.
Cornish Hills: reserve, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin