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there a prettier sight, or never were there twenty- four 

 better turned-out men, or, I believe, twenty-four better 

 hunters in a race. Mr. Jim Maddox, the starter, sent them 

 off on their journey in great style; but it was a short jour- 

 ney for some of them, for five went down at the first fence, 

 not one of whom was able to get up and go on again. An- 

 telo Devereux, on "Semper Fortis," and Brose Clark, on 

 "Warwick," were pretty badly hurt at this jump, while 

 their companions in misery were Mr. Ridgeway, on 

 "Dooley," Andy Porter, on "Orlando," and one of Fox- 

 hall Keene's entries. The heaviest casualties, fortunately, 

 were over; but it seemed that nearly every fence took its 

 toll, especially of those who were setting much of a pace, 

 for the fences were stiff and new, and four miles and a half, 

 carrying one hundred and seventy-five pounds, is no idle 

 dream to negotiate; but six horses finished without a fall. 

 Ralph B. Strassburger's " Wolferton II," one of the White 

 Marsh team, and wonderfully ridden by Willie Flem- 

 ing, finished first; but our Radnor team, composed of 

 George Brooke III, on Nelson Buckley's "Duster," Walter 

 Stokes, riding Miss Gertrude Heckscher's "Sam Ball," 

 and "Roddy" Wanamaker, on John Converse's "Win- 

 gate," was the only one to have all three finish, thereby 

 winning the ^5000 Foxhall Vase, and, I must confess, 

 much to the astonishment of every one from Radnor. 

 Their good judgment and horsemanship and quietness did 

 the trick. They did as they were told, and did it well, and 

 too much credit cannot be given them. 



The White Marsh team was quite the favorite and 

 looked a winner when "Wolferton" came in first, with 

 Clarence Kline on "Ruskin," a good third; but "Bint" 

 Toland came to grief on the top of the hill the last time 

 around and could not finish. The other teams, represent- 



