Evening star., 1960-11-11

place sealed with q gold.em-
boSsed print Of 0 horse and
rider reminded guests that
the now world-renowned In
ternational Race would be
witnessed at the Laurel track
today. And in addition to the
bottles of champagne, Scotch
and bourbon on every table,
there were wonderful favors
-dripless silver wine pourers
and bottles of creme de
menthe for the men, and
compacts and matching lip
sticks for the women.
Soon after 9 the dinner was
served, beginning with crab
Louis and Madrilene soup
and continuing with filet
mignon with sauce pearnaise.
Glimpsed at ringside tables
were British Ambassador and
Lady Caccia with the Percy
Brundages and John Irwins:
and the Earl and Countess Of
Cromer with Peruvian Am
bassador and Mrs. Bercke-
MEYER, the Morehead Patter.
son and Jerauld Wrights.
Actress Joan Fontaine sat
at Gwen and Morris Cafritz'
table along with the Danish
Ambassador and Countess
Knuth- -Winterfeldt.
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS,
JR., Mrs. Edsel Ford, the
Adam Gimbels and the
Winston Guests of New York
were at the Arthur Gardners'
table. The Nicholas du points
and the Belgian Ambassador
and Nine. Scheyven were at
the Joss Bodleys' and Percy
Frazers' table; and French
Ambassador and Nine. AL
phand, Lord Hood and AS
sistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. Gerard Smith were
seated with Ella Burling.
Mrs. Robert Guggenheim
was entertaining a group
that included the Finnish
Ambassador and Nine. Sep
pala and the Eric Johnstons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Mid
dleton Hill had as their
guests Spanish Ambassador
to Guatemala and Mrs. SAM
Bril-, who used to be a popu-
lar young couple at the En-
bassy here; the Walter Gu
belmanns and the Stanley
Hopes Of New York and the
Bill Fosters.
Mrs. Joseph B. Ryan came
from out of town to be the
guest of the Thomas Cla-
gets. The Portuguese
Ambassador, Elizabeth Ar
den and the Arthur Sum-
merf1elds sat with the Chief
Of Protocol and Mrs. Wiley
Buchanan.
Mrs. Gertrude Astor ana
the William Moores of New
York (of the Moore-McCor-
mack Lines. also here for
the chic doubleheader-the
ball last night and the race
today-were guests of the
Britton Brownies.
And the Robert Clarksons
OF New York showed up at
Atomic Energy Commissioner
and Mrs. John McCone's
table, along with Chilean
Ambassador and Mrs. Muller.
There was dancing to the
two orchestras during din
ner, but the meal was no
sooner over than Doug Fair
banks announced that bid
ding would follow on the 10
de luxe prizes.
THEN BEGAN A CLAM
OROUS DISPLAY of the
prizes designed to make the
customers crave ans reach
for their checkbooks. The
prizes. or reasonable facsimi-
les. were brought out by
beauteouS Arden models.
The first one in an emerald
green suit carried a model
OF a jet plane - indicating
two round-trip tickets to Rio
and was followed by rack
holding five pieces of luggage.
-. The next. in pink wool,
carried a model of the car
that was a prize, and the
third wore a luscious plum
colored velvet hostess gown
followed by a silver tea serv-
ice and tray carried by Susie
Gardeners butler Hale. The
prize included only the silver
service, not the butler.
The sailboat, contributed
by the Coffee Institute of
Brazil, was brought right in
on the ballroom floor on a
dolly with a doll, a model in
sailing costume, sitting in the
bow. The color television. set
was also brought in on a
dolly. And so it went.
The boat was won py
Mrs. George Garrett, the tea
service by Mrs. Allan Shell
don Of Detroit, the black