Evening star., 1952-04-20
Grown Royal Second
And Extra Point Third
In MiddIeburg Race
By Robert Phillips
Sneeial Corresnondent Of Iha {

MIDDLEBURG. Va, April l9.-
A 6-year-old bay gelding named
Proceed. bred and trained in Vir-
ginia and owned and ridden by
Virginians, won the seventh run
ming of the Mary Mellon Steeple-
chase. the $4,000 added stakes,
which was the feature of the
Middleburg Hunts annual spring
race program today.
Proceed won on a disqualified
ton, but he had crossed the wire
only a head behind Sidney Cul-
Ver's High Road, another Virginia
starter.
High Road was ruled out of the
money for interfering with two
horses in the stretch run.
Jockey E. Carter had lost a
stirrup iron as High Road made
the turn for home. and he slam
med one horse against the rail and
then sWerved out and bumped
Proceed. AS the race was rum
Proceed undoubtedly was the best
horse.
Crown Royal Second.
Crown Royal, owned by w. z.
Robinson, jr., of Pittsburgh. placed
second and Extra Point, owned by
Mrs. Stephen c. Clark of Middle
burg. finished third.
Proceed. son of Star Beacon
Great Hurry was low weight at
1877 pounds and a 6-1 long shot
in a field which brought together1
eight horses of stakes caliber max
ing their last start before the
opening of Belmont Park next
week. They came from Pennsyl-
Vania, Delaware and as far north |
as Long Island. AS they paraded
postward before a crowd of 5000,
most OF the fans who had been toI
the races in Warrenton last week
favored James McHugh's Jam
which had won a 2-mile brush
race by 20 lengths.
Jam made a strong move to go
on top at the second turn today
and there seemed to be little
chance that any one was going to
catch him until he came to grief
at the second fence from home
and dumped his rider onto the
turf. At that point, High Road
set out to overhaul Crown Royal
who had been tagging after Jam,
and Charles c. Cushman, jr., a
youngster from Upperville, let out
a notch on Proceed and began to
run to the leaders.
High Road Veers.
The Middleburg course, one of
the handsomest in the United
States, has an unusually sharp
stretch turn and as Cushman Car
ter on High Road and r. Harris
on Crown Royal came failing to-
ward the finish wire, High Road
was all over the place. No protest
was necessary after the race. since
the stewards called up the riders {
at once. In the end, Proceeds l
number went up and his joint
owners. Mrs. James P. Mccormick {
and ]. M. Mulford, received the
challenge cup from Paul Mellon. II
The winner was trained by S
James P. (Jamie) Mccormick.
While this was another day Of
close finishes, the National t
Steeplechase and Hunt Associa- {
tion handicappers were once again {
fooled by a single horse. Last
week it was Jam and today it was +
Rokeby Stables Gentle Star, a
non-winner in 1851, who made 1
show of the field in the William /
Skinner Memorial Brush Race.
Gentle Star broke on top and
cantered home to give Jockey I
Tommy Fields and Trainer Jack
Skinner their second win of the
afternoon. II
FIRST race-The Glenwood, about ~ /
niles ,gG 9Tfr uhWaIs hHrds nqse for mans sSn0
Of Gotham. Va, and ridden by T, Field: {
of Mddeburs 1"nsS snd G4 Tddea ar{ by aa
e West Chester; Pa ,P1n and ridden BY F
sst poube, daser Wednesday. vetoed, eed Thsf,
Ny Chris. Brimful, Potowomut Glossett. S
onsad Second racemThe 'S3i Gerald B. Webb ,r
Memorial. about IA miles, over hurdles:
owaed as bg SDThF6 HaoDy H s9o
of Philadelphia and ridden by E. Jack
son. 353Hyyania:. owned BY Mrs e|aaaa, i;
By 4. Foote: .3wAyonWood., owned byI
Charles Z Mathsr. Il and ridden By !.
1liai third n race@The william skinner Me: L
Ga about and 1nRsra mss passs soo Tor
Tpperyille: Va: and ridden BY T; FIELD; 2
NJ. FerraIl; s@sieep song owned By 1t
Rokeby stables and ridden by O. A. RT9wn I:2wb
assass as,n h.r3 $sos s....,.s
ioGg and upRafd @fd aded
PrSceed S owned sda6 BY M MGitSrd GsTds OF MID
cTo%n eieSs Royal '' owned BY w, z Robinson, t
&: Of Pittsburgh; and ridden by 3
sphen 5 Garf d R0n ESnss snd by MFi 4d
foEs High Road The cEsef ,sS EssCpdTijS RosS Hnn
but was disqualified.D II
Fifth race-The, Three, oaks. about l Z
mile for 3-year-olds and upward, purse
$3.50: 1-Tico Tico, owned by Arthur E. 7
Push, jr.. Of philadelphia and ridden by
F. McHugh of Wilmington. Del. and rid !.
den by E. Phelps: 3-Irish Monkey, owned q
BY Z. jackson. Also ran-El Arab. Mimic
Travancore, Arcturus. Eastmas ChantyIs
Man. Gun Maker. Hadapast. Cottage II
Plane, Jack Point. Palaja. Escort. Time (