Issue 18-44 | OCtObeR 29 - nOvembeR 4, 2009 
A Virginia Tradition Since 1927
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The views are spectacular! 270 degrees of rolling fi elds and Blue Ridge Mts.This beautiful
property currently has a guest cottage, with septic in place for an additional 5 bdrm house.
to mark the completion of restora- in 1900, 64 years after James Madison’s
Conveniently located in the heart of Somerset 20min. from C-ville,& 10 min. from both
tions and honor our fourth President death. DuPont’s wife and children, Wil-
Orange and Gordonsville, frontage on Blue Run, 43+ rolling, mostly open acres of crop &
and father of the Constitution. liam duPont, Jr. and Marion, moved to
pasture land, partially fenced,& there is a well done pole barn that could easily be fi nished
the estate in 1901, and Marion lived off for horses, equipment storage etc. MLS#459218, $825,000
DuPont Family History
there until her death in 1983.
JANE PORTER FOGLEMAN CLAIBORNE FOGLEMAN
The duPont family’s prominence in
America began with the immigration Steeplechase History
434-981-1274 434-996-0387
jane@foglemangroup.com claiborne@foglemangroup.com
of Pierre S. duPont de Nemours, a Have you ever wondered how racing
French nobleman, to eventually settle horses across a field became known as
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in the Brandywine Valley near Wilm- “steeplechase?” The name dates back
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ington, Del. in the year 1800. The to 18
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century Ireland, where the
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family business started out as a suc- noble tradition of steeplechase racing
cessful gunpowder mill, and through began. The first known steeplechase
the late-20
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century the duPonts had race was between two gentlemen in
risen to prominence across many in- County Cork who raced their horses
dustries, including chemicals, phar- from St. John’s Church at Buttevant
maceuticals, energy, finance, politics, to St. Mary’s Church in Doneraile.
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various philanthropic endeavors, Using the distant steeple of St. Mary’s
and the automotive industry. To this as a landmark to guide their course,
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day, the DuPont Company is the sec- Cornelius O’Callaghan and Edmund
ond largest chemical company in the Blake raced the 4½ miles to Doneraile,
world, having spawned several ubiqui- jumping hedges and streams of the
tous products such as nylon, Teflon, Irish countryside along the way. His-
neoprene, and Freon. tory does not tell who won the race
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William du Pont (1855-1928), great- that day, but the steeple of St. Mary’s
grandson of Pierre, purchased the became the namesake for the endur-
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Montpelier Estate in Orange County ing legacy of steeplechase racing. 
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