Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
BY DOLORES PHILLIPS

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MIDDLEBURG. Va. - For
sythia, jonquils and the Mid
dleburg races are as depend
able at the Glenwood track
during April as the April
weather is Indispensable.
Now that most of the point
to-points are over, and even
before. the big cup races
started creeping up from the
deeper South. beginning with
the Carolina Cup on March
30, and followed by The Deep
Run Cup at Richmond yes
terday.
Middleburg is next on the
circuit with two Saturdays,
April Is and 20, and the Mary
land Hunt Cup will be run on
the 9th. ending the circuit
with the Virginia Gold Cup on
May 4. These hunt meetings,
as they are chummily called,
are run under the rules of the
Na tional Steeplechase and
Hunt Association. For the I'M
initiated. horses running under
these rules do not usually race
in point-to-points. except In
an open race. unless said
point-to-point is also run I'M
der NSHA rules.
Under NSHA Rules
Maryland's My Ladies' Man.
or at Monkton on Saturday.
and Maryland's Grand Ma
tional at Butler on the goth
are two point-to-points run
under NSHA rules. Hopefully,
this procedure tries to separate
the men from the boys In the
horse stables. Once q horse
cleans up at q local point-to-
point. 1t usually goes on to big
time cup racing.
Unfortunately, this circuit
h often used as o stepping
stone by trainers with future
timber aspirations, discourage
ing . lot Of amateur riders
who would like to compete
among themselves.
Middleburg starts on it,
nrst day Of racing next Sat-
urday with almost every box
spoken. or written, for. Sub
scribers from Washington,
most Of whom viii get to the
country in time for the 1890
lunch at the Community Gen.
ter. include the Ormes Will
sons. Col. and Mrs. Robert
Guggenheim. Senator and
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward A. Bacon,
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Akers, Mr..
and Mrs. r. w. Trapnell III.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Townsend
and the Donald Macleays.
The E. H. Cushings Of
Washington and Middleburg
will be in their usual box. The
CushingS' very modern Mid
dleburg home will be on the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Garden
Tour this year.
Should Be . FavOrite
Mrs. George Greenhalgh,
Jr.'s Dancing Beacon has been
cleaning UP the cups so far
this year. winning the Sands
hill Cup and the Caroline Cup.
If Billy" sends him up for
the Middleburg Cup from
Richmond. he should be a ia
vorite. George Ohrstrom, IRIS
Fast is another likely entry,
having won at Piedmont and
almost winning at Orange
County, after making up miles
after cutting a flag.
Last Saturdays Orange
County Hunt Cup was won by
a strictly amateur owner-rider.
Jack Devereux. joint master Of
the Howard County Hunt in
Maryland, vanned over. spent
the night at the Teddy Stet-
tinius'. walked the course early
in the morning and won going
away. Three pieces Of silver
went with the race: The big
bowl that Jack has to win
three times before keeping per-
mainly, a smaller replica
which he can keep and use for
oatmeal for any one Of his
seven children. and a cup for
being an owner-rider.
Wife Barbara looked over
whelmed as she left the pad
dock. A good many other
Devereaux came out to watch
Jack ride. including his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Devereux Of Chevy Chase and
his brother Kemp with a
younger. enthusiastic Mary
land group.
Ramblings
Others seen treking down
to the paddock and back up
Horace Moffett's windy hill to
watch the races - Jerome
Zerbe. loose from New York;
Liz Lunn trying to figure out
a name for her Hyperion colt
(by Hyperion out of Deodora
by Inferno. II anybody wants a
try; Pat Tener trying to out
race her horse, Champagne, as
he came in first in the heavy
race; Mimi Mills with some of
her verve worn thin after cut
ting a flag in the ladies' race:
Cy Manierre. who must feel
lilo a han ~ ~ Nka. L. 1Y,