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By JUNE RUHSAM
THE combination of excellent races, warm weather, soft footing, spectacular scenery and country hospitality made Rappahannock Hunt’s point-to-point Saturday, March 5, a hard act to follow. Adding to the excitement were the unexpected results of the feature races in which all of the favorites were defeated.
A record crowd of about 8,000 spread across the hillsides of MFH Jim Bill Fletcher’s Thornton Hill Farm near Sperryville, and watched the five protagonists for the 18th running of the Ben Venue owner-rider timber race get away to their uphill start of the two and a half grueling miles.
Randolph Rouse, lastyear’s winner of this race and seven-times winner of the yearly championship, riding Cousin Wes, traded the lead position several times with Roy “Tennessee” Graham on Boca Bird. A few lengths back Dr. Joe Rogers on Virginia Volunteer and William “Mike” duPont as
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