Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
Crag Captures
Chronicle Cup
AT hidd|eburg
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS
Special Correspondent Of The star

Special Correspondent Of The star
MIDDLEBURG, Va. Nov. q
An honest old horse named
Crag put q new curlique In the
winners circle for the Smith
wick family Of Hyde, Nd. when
he won the Chronicle Cup Of
3ls miles over timber at the
Virginia fall race meeting here
today.
Winning races Is common
place this season for Crag, for
Mike Smithwick the leading
steeplechase trainer, his broth
er Paddy. the leading rider over
jumps and their mother, Mrs.
A. j. Smithwick. who is Crag's
owner.
The twist was that Crag is
q brush horse and today he
met the 1857 champion Of the
timber toppers. out-jumped and
out-ran them over the green
and golden acres Of Glenwood
race course.
Challenged at Third Turn
As pacesetter from the start,
Crag was not challenged until
the final turn of the course
when Mr.. Henry Obre's Coup
de vite hooked UP in a brief
duel which ended when the
challenger took a rail out Of
the last fence and dropped
back.
Coup de Vite picked UP some
credits in the United Hunts
charts for finishing second and
is now officially timber cham
pion for the year with Is points.
Alfred Smiths Grand Chal fin
ished third and with Is points
for the season is the reserve
champion.
The first three to finish in
the timber race were Maryland
owned and Maryland trained.
Four other horses started but
none made much Of the race.
Lose Nose Decision
A few minutes after they
tasted the sweets of victory, the
Smithwick brothers swallowed
"a bitter pill when their entry
was nosed out in the Daniel
C. Sands Cup. The long strid-
ing, rough jumping horse
named Caste put on another
front running show until the
turn for home when Mrs.
Cordelia Mays Billing Bear
collared him two jumps from
the wire. 1t was the second time
in the day Paddy Smithwick
lost a nose decision. for Mrs.
Ogden Phipps' Out of Reach
also faded under him at the
finish line in a hurdle race
won by Mrs. Arthur Whites
Blen More.
Trainer Arthur White Of
Middleburg had the only double
of the card. also capturing the
days opener with the Brook
meade Stables French Fleet.
Opened under lowering skies,
this years fall meeting ended
in a blaze Of autumn sunshine.
The races went off on time,
nobody fell off, the handicap
ping produced one smashing
finish after another and the
whole show was ended early
enough for spectators to rush
home before the race meeting
ball. Proceeds of the meeting
and the ball go to nearby
hospitals.
Summaries:
The Blue Ridge. about ia miles
ever BY F saSs Fleet Synsd
Va. P ridden By D. belsaney. 'iH Home.
work. Mrs. W. Coke Wright, Phila-
3, Gabrielle; Mrs. George I; ohr-
s T,Tu o Ths Plains. Va" D. Marzani.
The Piedmont Handicap. about .
Mrs fS Arthur tsG n writes Middisbars M Sa
4 Hatcher; O. Out OF REACH Mrs.
plssn p .SsES Urine T. H1S.!s
The Chronicle Cup. about sh miles
s snsT TIMBER Hyd. S Mas A. MI + smith m
o6r e. MonEtoSR, Mo. K. Field. ).
Grand chai, Alfred II. Smith, Upper
Marlboro. Nd J. Aiteheson, ir. Time.
Daniel C. Sands Cup. about ga
niles over BRUSH J. Billing Bear
HYDE Md,. 4 r smithSieE' ;. Pine
Shot, c. Mahlon Kline. Philadelphia.
R. Gilpin. Time. 4:21.
Bull Run. about one mile on the
turf: l., Dark Horizon. c, Mahlon
Evian, Mrs. Vernon O. cardy. Mont
real Canada, NJ. Hoey. 3, Breeze
wood r. K Mellon, LiRoniere. Pa,
W. Mason. Time. 1894.
Upset Scored