iteur Riders Given Break

iteur Riders Given Break

Rappahannock Hunt Meet (Sunday’s Evening Star carried ie following story by Associated *ess concerning the forth-eommg ppahannock Hunt Point-to-Point ices.) Virginia’s racing season for tried id tested hunting horses will open it Leeway Farm near here March 14 ith a six-race card sponsored by the ppahannock Hunt. In line' with 'owing interest in foxhunting and ie ameteur races among its devo!». the race committee has added congests. k} Of special interest is the event for |200-pounders who go well enough I in the hunting field but are apt to r fracture the regular jockey scales and f a 2-mile gallop over fences, limited to junior riders under 18 year*. The youngsters and the heftier are not only rated among the keenest followers of bounds, they also tend to lop the class as simon-pure amateurs, who can make weight for x races at the regular stepleusually get a chance to do it fter that, the word “ameteur” may m become a euphemism in connecwith their status, tppahannock Hunt boasts a counwhere the natural fences are so “when a man turns his head, he’s ibly looking for a gate to jump," the words of the late Harry rcester Smith, who had hunted all x the United States, England, Ireid, Wales and France. Its point-tomt races are run between flags, as linguished from the so-called oldpoint-to-point, where riders allowed to choose their own line. • irgely restricted to bona fide' iters and hunting sportsmen, the d this year includes: banner’s Race—Family member or hand. Draft horses. One-half le. Battle Run—Closed race. 175 minimum weight. About three iles ovr fences. ^ ount Salem—Ladies race. Catch lights. About 2% miles over fences: oum Marshall—Open race. 175 Is tdinimum. Three miles over :es. n Vemje—Minimum weight 200 unds. About three miles over :es. unior race—Riders under 18. itch weights. 2 miles over fences found Race—Any hound owned Rappahannock County. Drag irse. — Post time for the first race 1 p.m. retary of the meeting is Mrs. hn DeBergh of Washington, Va.