Evening star. [volume], October 15, 1931, Page C-13, Image 45

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DE PRIEST HOUNDS
n SWEEP DOG DERBY
Washington Man’s Hunters
Take First Three Prizes at
Leesburg Meet.
Special Dispatch to The Btar.
LEESBURG, Va., October 15.—Bass,
yellow sired by Hart, out of
Snow, belonging to T. C. De Priest of
Washington, D. C., won first in the
Derby Stake of the tenth annual fox
hound trials of the Virginia Pox Hunt
ers' Association in Leesburg this week.
Virginia, gray hound, sired by Marks,
out of Snow, also belonging to De Priest,
won second. Lindy, gray hound, sired
by Marks, out of Snow, also belonging
to De Priest, won third, and Shenan
doah. sired by Blur Jim. out of Sally,
belonging to Miss Saunders of Afton,
Va.. was fourth.
The puppies out yesterday morning
for the second cay of the trials raised
two foxes, but did not keep the scent
very long. There were 100 riders in
the field, including some of the best
known sportsman of the East.. More
than 300 persons witnessed the start,
among whom were some of the leading
fox hunters in Virginia and adjoining
Btates.
i Rotary Gives Luncheon.
Amccs 'he entertainments given was
a luncheon by the Rotary Club, which
entertained a number of guests at its
2!oth consecutive 100 per cent meet
ing. Among those present were W. L.
leitch. Scout executive of the North
ern Virginia area: C. T. Rice of Fair
fax. J. M. B. Lewis, president of the
Virginia Fox Hunters’ Association; C.
t. Dorsey of Glenarm, Md.: Jack Car
penter of Greenwood. Va.; Dr. Foy
*Vann of Norfolk, secretary of the asso
ciation: Dr. F. A. Sinclair of Newport
RJews. Va.; Jefferson C. Phillips. Hamp
ton. Va.; J. E. Keyser, Flinthill; R. V.
Ttfartlndale, Hampton, Va.; J. W. Wil
liams, Church Hill. Va., and local
kuests, including Judge J. R. H. Alex
ander. Howard E. Cole, E. V. White,
blames Dizerega, D. H. McDonald, R.
S’. Corbell and W. B. Keys of Phila
delphia.
The program consisted of music fur
bished by the Tweedy Bros, and Lee
fcoontz of Ohio. Talks were made by
t>r. H. C. Littlejohn, president of the
club; R. T. Corbell. J. M. B. Lewis of
Lynchburg, president of the association;
sludge J. R. H Alexander, H. E. Cole,
fcavid McDonald. Coleman C. Gore, E.
E. Garrett and Stillson Hall.
, Ail-Age Stake Feature.
The running of the All-age Stake,
feature of the trials, will begin tomor
row and will be concluded Saturday.
The cast will be from the David N.
Rust residence nqgr here. Dogs will be
judged on, first, best dog or bitch; sec
ond. hunting: third, trailing, and
gourth, endurance. >
One hundred dogs have already been
entered. Among these are hounds of A.
Smith Bowman of Fairfax. B. L. Bol
den, Washington; Clyde Bliss, Farm
ville; Goodlce Bros., J. M. B. Lewis oi
Lynchburg. W. C. Blackwell, M. W.
Carter. Misses Shearer and the adjoin
ing hunts.
The barbecue to be held tomorrow
efternoon on the estate of Coleman C. i
Gore. 10 miles fr. m here, will be one |
of the big events of the week. The
bench show to be held on the court
house green tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'clock is expected to attract a large
number of dog lovers. Judges of the
show are D. C. Sands. M. F. H. Middie
burg Hunt* and William du Pont, jr.,
M. F. H. Fox Catcher Hounds, Wil
mington. Del.
The hom-blowing contest last night
Was won by Georg; Everhart, member
of the Loudoun Hunt. The horn which
Everhart blew was formerly used in
Mosby’s command during the Civil
War. There were 15 contestants.
Visitors arriving today for the trials
Include Cyrus Gambrill, Frederick Md.;
S. P. Goodloe. Afton, Va.; Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas T. Mott, Washington, D.
C.; R. Lee Riggs, jr.. Locust Hill Farm:
Jack Todd. Staunton. Va.; Lewis Suth
erland, North Garden, Va., and Walter
Johnson, manager of the Washington
base ball club.
'PANTRY PARTY’ TO GET
FOOD FOR UNEMPLOYED
Cuests of Junior Section of Worn
, , en's City Club to Bring 50 Cents’
Worth of Groceries.
Inauguration of the "pantry party”
‘ldea, under which guests are required
to produce an admission fee of 50 cents,
jlpayable in groceries only, will be spon
isored tomorrow by the junior section
yof the Women's City Club. The sup
plies will go to the District Food Con
servation Committee for distribution
«mong the unemployed.
Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, food conserva
tion chairman, will speak at 5 p.m. on
the committee's work. Tea will be
served from 4 to 5 p.m. Mrs. Vir
ginia White Speel, Republican national
committeewoman, will be the guest of
honor and speaker at night. She will
discuss unemployment relief, beginning
at 9 pm. Other entertainment will
Include bridge and music. Refresh
ments will be served at night.
Assisting Mrs. George J. Adams,
junior section chairman, will be Mrs.
John D. Fitzgerald. Mrs. Gladys Ball
Fdiddlemiss. Miss Rose Votova and Miss
Edna E. Mitchell.
BICENTENNIAL TO START
WITH “NATIVES” ADDRESS
Society Will Hear Talk on Life of
Washington at Meeting
(♦ Tomorrow.
The Society of Natives will begin its
George Washington Bicentennial cele
brations at the regular meeting tomor
row night at the Washington Club,
Seventeenth and K streets, with the
first of a series of talks on the life of
Washington in connection with the
Potomac Valley and the adjacent towns,
by James F. Duhamel, historian of the
society and chairman of its bicenten
nial committee.
Special reference will be made to the
settlement of the lower Potomac coun
try, the condition of the colonies of
Virginia and Maryland at the arrival
of Col. John Washington in Westmore
land County in 1655, and the contrasts
between the two colonies, with the
rapid growth of settlements along the
Maryland side of the Potomac as com
pared, With settlements along the Vir
ginia shore.
HURT IN SHAFT FALL
..
Elumber Working at Model Shop
, Drops One Floor.
Walter Fletcher. 35, of Cherrydale,
hr as slightly injured today when he fell
down an elevator shaft in the Model
(Shop, 921 G street, dropping from the
first floor to the basement.
Fletcher, a plumber, was working
bear the shaft when he lost his balance
and tumbled Into the opening. A Fire
Department ambulance took him to
Emergency Hospital, where physicians
•aid he was suffering from bruises,
•hock and possible internal injuries.
Drunk, but Not Dying.
CHICAGO—“I’m dying!” exclaimed
George Kenner as he staggered into a
police station here.
Rut it was just an idea. A physician
who came on the run pronounced Ken
»er drunk.
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