Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-02
Horse-LooHng Only Part
Of Old Dominion Tour
BY ANNE CHRISTMAS
Star Staff Writer

An eye Tor a Zine horse and
a taste for delicious food were
the only requirements for
the Virginia Thoroughbred
Associations tour of hunt
country farms which will
send yearlings to the Sara
toga horse auctions in August.
Two hundred followers Of
the sport Of kings went the
entire route last week end,
beginning at Whitney Stones
Morven Stud in CharlotteS-
vile on Saturday and wind
ing up many miles, meals and
libationS later at Miss Flea
nora P. Sears Burrland Farm
near Middleburg on Sunday.
The real attractions, of
course, were the 70 royalty
bred thoroughbredS who will
trek to New York's famous
spa to be snapped in ex-
change for hundreds of
thousands Of dollars. But
horSe-looking additionally is
only a part Of the Virginia
tour, which in its five-year
history has become synony-
nous with gourmet-type
meals and free-flowing drinks
designed to make the most
sensational colt look even
more like a classic potential.
Showing Off
The members of the Old
Dominion organization who
sponsor the tour annually
design it to show off not
only their horses, but also
their exquiSitely manicured
farms, historic homes and
antique furniture.
The Saturday morning stop
at Morven Stud was of par
ticular interest to those who
enjoy ante-bellum Virginia
history. The Stone estate is
famous for it's picturesque
setting, still with slave quar-
tiers intact.
Also there to delight the
eye were yearlings from Nor
ven Stud, Egern Farm and
Mr.. and Mrs. c. McGhee
Bakers The Barracks. After
a picnic lunch of fried
chicken on the spacious
lawns, the tour proceeded to
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Clay Camps
Glenmore Farm at Shadwell.
Further fortified at the
Camps, the tour regrouped
and proceeded to Warrenton,
where Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
EDWARDS entertained at COCK
tails and supper.
Official horSe-looking be-
gan again at II am. Sunday
at Melville Church lis
North Cliff Farm, about Is
miles from Warrenton, where
young horses owned by
Judge" Church, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwards and DR.. Frank
O'Keefe's Pine Brook Farm
were on view.
Last Stop
After luncheon at North
Cliff, the tour pulled itself
together and scurried off to
Burrland Farm, the last stop,
to see the horses owned by
Mrs. George P Greenhalgh,
Kentmere Farm, James L.
Wiley and Samuel H. Rogers.
The Sunday afternoon visit
usually is a high spot of
yearling tours, and this year
was no exception. Many
trainers who couldn't desert
their valuable equine charges
at race tracks on Saturday
were able to make the trip
Sunday, and thus the Burr
land scene had a bumper
crop of onlookers.
Among them was Harold
Young, trainer of Sherlock,
the Belmont Stakes winner
who came out of the North
Cliff consignment in 1859.
Also on hand were Preston
Burch, the veteran trainer
of Brookmeade Farm; Mr..
and Mrs. Parke c. Brinkley,
Mrs. George Proskauer of
Akron, Ohio, who is selling
two colts by Crafty Admiral
at Saratoga; Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Polk, racing Bluffs
who recently purchased a
farm near Warrenton; DR..
and Mrs. David Forrest and
DR.. and Mrs. c. r. Boyd, all
from Richmond; Norman
Haymaker and Jack Bender,
Kay Jensen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Fields, Mrs. James P.
Mills, Howell E. Jackson and
Harold H. Ferguson, mana
ger of Alfred Gwynne Van
derbilt's Sycamore Farm in
Maryland.