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By CLIVE CARNIE
Democrat SUff Writer
When Jimmy Robinson crossed the finish line first on Wee Pet in Saturday’s Old Dominion Hunt ownerrider timber race he thought he had won.
But there was still another lap to complete in the 3‘/(-mile race.
Close behind Mr. Robinson, and also believing the race was over, Paul B. Cramer Jr. on Coo kin ’N Lookin pulled up and went around the next fence before he realized the race was not yet finished.
Unaware that he had been disqualified for missing a fence, Mr. Cramer got back into the race and headed the field for the final lap.
“The horse that’s in second place right now is in first place,” announcer Will O’Keefe told the Ben Venue crowd of approximately 3,800 as the leaders neared the finish line for the real end of the race.
The second horse to cross the finish line was Supersonic, ridden by the joint master of the home hunt David Semmes. It was a popular win for the partisan crowd.
“It’s been a long drought,” Mr. Semmes, a 57-year-old lawyer in Washington, D. C., said after the race — his first wan in a few years. “I thought it would never happen. I don’t think I could beat Cookin ’N Lookin. Never.”
Some 15 lengths behind the wanner Warrenton attorney Allen Olson was second on Hilliard’s Deal followed a distance back by Kenn George on Lady’s Favorite.
After the race a disappointed Mr. Robinson tried to explain his mistake.
“Cramer came at me at the end of the third lap and I thought that must be it,” he said. “I’m mad at myself. I took a wonderful win out of him (Wee Pet). I deserve a good kick. ”
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