Evening star., 1951-05-07
By Margaret S. Diokey

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Washington dry cleaners and
bootblacks today were busy cop
ing with the rich Virginia clay
generously spattered on the raj
ment of local horse fancierS who,
undaunted by the worst weather
conditions, took in the Gold Cup
races in Warrenton Saturday.
Hundreds from Washington
showed up at Broadview Farm,
the estate of Martin Vogel where
the races are run, and toiled
through ankle-deep mud in a
heavy rain to reach the hilltop
overlooking the course in time
for the first race. Later arrivals
missed the rain, but no one es-
capped the mud.
Most of the people from the
horse country wore kneeboots and
heavy raincoats, while Washing
tonians were easily spotted by
their rubberless feet and rolled
up trousers. Associate Justice and
Mrs. Tom Clark were among a
very few officials who braved the
elements. He and Mr.. William
Pawley, special assistant to Sec
retary of State Acheson with
whom the Clarks conferred on
picking the winners, both had
their trousers rolled up several
inches, and their shoes were caked
with mud. Mrs. Clark was more
suitably dressed in rubberS and a.
transparent raincoat which pro-
tected her blue and yellow checked
suit. Associate Justice and Mrs.
Robert H. Jackson were also on
hand-she with a white raincoat
and matching rainhat.
Local subscribers to the race
meet seen on the hillside included
Former Ambassador to Russia and
Mrs. Joseph C. Grew, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. Edwin H. Foley, jr., and
Judge and Mrs. J. Edgar Murdock.
Again, while the men in this
group seem impervious to the
weather in their dress, Mrs. Foley
wore high boots as did Mrs. Muir
dock who also added a safari hat
to her costume.
Luncheons before the race were
numerouS-Mr. and Mrs. Amory
Carhart, owners of Mr.. Mars who
won the Gold Cup race, hosted
one as did Mr.. Vogel, the j. L. B.
Bentleys and Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Arundel. With the Bentleys at
Kilkenny Farm in Orlean we're
the former head of the British
Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. w. D.
Morgan, who has just completed
a lecture tour here: British Gen.
and Mrs. Stephen Shoosmith, the
Harold Boeschsteins and Sinclair
Walbridges, of Toledo, Ohio.
The Arundels' beautiful Wild
Cat Mountain Farm-situated on
a mountain top 1,400 feet high
looking out over the Blue Ridge
Mountains - was the meeting
place for race officials and such
distinguished guests as Miss Turf
Lie. daughter of the Secretary
General of the United Nations,
and Mrs. Lie. Miss Lie, who had
just finished presiding as queen of
the Apple Blossom Festival in
Winchester, arrived a little late
for the luncheon looking fresh
and radiant. She wore tiny
white hat covered appropriately
with apple blossoms, her trim blue
flannel skirt was topped by blue
and white checked jacket. Before
heading for the races she donned
black fur-topped overshoes and
was lent a raincoat by the host.
Mr.. Arundel, chairman of the
race committee, was very down.
cast about the weather as he
doled out raingear to his luncheon
guests, particularly so since the
race this year was postponed al
most month in the hope of a
warm, sunny day. The field direc-
tor of the United Hunts, Mr.. Chris
Wood, jr., of Philadelphia, Pa,
and Mr.. Irl Dafln, owner of Irish
Monkey who placed in the first
race, were among the out-of-
town guests at the Arundels. Also
there were the Prev Savoys of
Washington, who were co-owners
of Wild Cat Mountain Farm
when the Arundels bought it 10
years ago.
The 45-year-old field stone
house is surrounded by beauti-
fully cropped lawn and thick box
wood bushes. It also has a ro-
mantle past. According to Mr.
Savoy. the house was built by one