Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-22
Betting Mark Set at Charles Town. Snqnq Step Wins Feature
W0rrenton Hunt Is Successful
In Blending Three Horse Sets

planned after ne nnlShed dead
last. "And here were all these
other people out Of sight and
banging on home"
Gets Fat Mans Plate.
Dennis took home a piece Of
silver plate to console him. It
Is the prize awarded the first
rider to finish weighing over 1876
pounds, but he insisted it is not
much consolation Ito a guy who
has starved himself to death and
lost eight pounds in hopes Of
winning the big trophy. Heck, I
won the fat mans plate last
year."
All but one team in the pair
race must also have felt they
had been lost in the bull rushes,
for Miss Cora Cavanagh of Long
Island and Francis Greene Of
Warrenton managed to complete
the designated course a full six
minutes faster than their near
est competitors. Since this is
the equivalent of a 30-yard beat
ing in a 100-yard dash the ALSO
rams found it hard to laugh of.
The hunter trials are both a
spectacle and a test of versa
tility. Following the lead Of
Mrs. John P. Maloney on the
1852 champion. Substitution, the
white-stock brigade had a turn
at slow gallops, checks and full
hunting pace. They were led
over stone walls, chicken coops.
stake and rider fences. When
the judges shook down the
scores they called out five horses
for the final tests.
They were Murphy, ridden by
Mrs. George P. Greenhalgh, jr..
Of the Blue Ridge Hunt, VINO won
the State honors in 1851; Mont,
ridden by Grover Vandevender
of the Pennington Hunt; Frank
Thomas, owned and ridden by
Mrs. Dulany Randolph of the
Piedmont FoXhounds: One More
Pennaats and Alice Rock, owned
and ridden by Mimi Mills, the
16-Year1Old Foxcroft schoolgirl
who earlier this week won the
champ onship Middleburg Bowl.
Judges Take Saddle.
Two Of the five judges, Hugh
Wiley of Towson, Md, a former
member of the United States
Olympic squad, and Mrs. j. j.
Mcdonald, NTH of the Meadow
brook Hunt. stood by dressed in
riding clothes.
Each rider was called up and
asked to dismount while the two
judges took turns in the saddle.
They rode the f1nalists over
fences and took them for a hack
before coming back to compare
their opinions with the other
three judges who were looking
on. 1t was a long and tense trial,
with the interest obviously mar
rowing down to One More Pen.
nant and Mont in the final mo.
ments.
When Mrs. Perry was again in
the saddle she was called up to
the top Of the line, with Mont in
reserve championship.
Hunts competing included the
Warren Hunt, Rappahannock
Hunt, Blue Ridge Hunt, Casa
nova Hunt, Pennington Hunt.
Keswick Hunt. Piedmont Fox.
hounds, Loudoun Hunt, Deep
Run Hunt. Hazlemere Hounds,
Mlddleburg Hunt, Orange County
Hunt and Old Dominion Hunt.
The summaries:
Point-to-point. Individual race. First.
Doctor Ober. owned and ridden by Mrs.
Leon p Greenaway, RappahannocE
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Pan rae. First. Team Of af4i Miss Cor.
TTsyanash and Francis. Greene, time:
Lees and Andrew Bartenstein. time:
S2:Q7. Also ran. Mr.. and Mrs. w. L.
ET1SSchester. jr.; Mrs; J. p. Cutting. and
Poehlmann and L. w. VavTht.
~, virginia Championship Hunter Trials.
champion. One More Pennant. owned
and ridden nv Mrs HaOuin paprv
Aeswick Hunt; Reserve Champion Mont,
,Wned by Miss Gloria Galban and ridden
y Grover Vandevender, Farminston