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By JUNE RUHSAM
RANDOLPH ROUSE, MFH of Fairfax Hunt, won the feature race Saturday at Old Dominion Hunt’s point-to-point, held for the first time at its beautiful new course on Ben Venue Farm in Rappahannock County. Winning the Old Dominion Hunt Cup put Rouse far enough in the lead for the ownerrider timber series to assure his capturing the Seven Corners trophy for the eighth time.
Rduse, a competent and coolheaded rider who trains his own horses, kept Cousin Wes forwardly placed throughout the hotly contested 3 1/4-mile race. William H. (Mike) duPont, on his last week’s winner, Hami, took the lead briefly, and Arch Kingsley, riding his Middleburg Bowl winner, Artist’s Haven, was on top from th$ 15th to the 17th fences. Cousin Wes moved to the lead approacl^ng the next and final fence, which he botched because a shadow bothered him, according to Rouse. It was the only bad fence of the round for the former hurdler who has now won twice and was second once in his first three trips over timber. “He’s easy to ride and has a lot of heart,” said Rouse.
An unusually large crowd of 5,000 cheered wildly as the four horses battled down the long stretch. Crossing the finish, Cousin Wes was two lengths to the good of Artist’s Haven, Hami was next by three, and David Semmes eased up a tiring August Acorn.
SITUATED on the Thomas Eastham’s historic Rappahannock County farm, where Mosby’s Raiders once hid in the woods edging the course. Ben Venue’s race course, is the first new one since Oatlands was inaugerated ten years ago. It was designed by William Brainard, who is resigning as Old Dominion Hunt’s MFH.
The maiden hurdle race, split in two divisions, initiated the course with two horses going down at the first fence at the top of a knoll. Bill Walsh, who has been second or third with his Task Order several times this spring, finally made it to the winner’s circle.
Task Order won handily by five lengths over race chairman D. L. “Zeke” Ferguson’s Tingaling Cool, ridden by Skip Brittle. Amissville farrier Jim .Magee was a close' third on his Dorroco Kid, followed by William N. Walsh’s Satiric, Jonathan Ruhsam up.
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