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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock Newt Staff Writer
"It's one of the heaviest tickets we’ve ever had,” said race committee chairman David Carter, anticipating a full day of racing at the Rappahannock Hunt Point-to-Point, scheduled for Saturday pear Sperryville. “It could be the largest field ever.”
Mr. Carter added that the course, located on Thornton Hill Farm on Rt. 522 about two miles east of Sperryville, “is in excellent shape.” He reported Tuesday evening that it’s possible to drive on the fields now, and that the ground shows few signs of the ample moisture which has soaked the area in the past several weeks.
The course is well drained, and Mr/Carter said that the wind and sunny weather predicted to extend through the weekend has contributed to the course being in top condition.
The Homer C. LeHew Turf Race has already drawn 40 entries, including 26 maidens and 14 winners. Mr. Cuter said he expects that the size of the field will require that it be run in three divisions, beginning at noon.
A total of 10 races are scheduled for the day, beginning with the hunter pair race, which kicks off the r day’s competition at 10:30 a.m. More r<t&ian 30 riders have already entered that event. The pair race is run far two awards: fast time and optimum time.
The winner of the fast time trophy will be the pair with the fastest time out and back over the threemile wooded course, which winds through the mountainous terrain, crossing the Thornton River twice.
The optimum time trophy will go to the pair with the time closest to the time posted by a member of the Rappahannock Hunt, who will ride the course at hunting gait prior to the race. That time is sealed, and the object for the pairs competing for optimum time is to be closest to that sealed time. “It’s a real mental race,” Mr. Carter explained.
The course is “gamey,” he said, “a well-known course.” It is a true fox-hunting race, with a stretch coming down off the mountain onto one of the timber jumps at a full gallop. “It should be a right thrilling race.”
The Mary D. Slaughter Memorial, a 2tfe-mile run over timber, has
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