Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-27

I ribbon beneath and ordinary sailor hat,
| she looked like healthy country glri
| in comparison with the more smarily
attlred and experienced horsewoinen
against whom she competed
The latter had not picked her for a
winner, and there was q tinge OF dis
dain In the remark OF one OF them who
said when she first appeared, my but
II / had all OF her money Ia have somI
horses worth while
Ii Is true that her horses OF which as
has been said, she has 80 at the Rookie
Teller country place, had not been pur-
chased with view TO exhibition pur
poses. The thought OF exhibiting had
not occurred TO the girl herself until,
at Newport and Bar HarbOr this stun
Iner, through her friends among tbs
Stillmans and the Hayemeyers and the
Scribners. she became Interested In the
horse show.
When the whm seized her there was
no time for preparation. With intrepid
confidence she selected six OF her best.
beloved pets and entered them.
Tendresse. the little chestnut mare
which she bought In Marion. o., within
the past year, was the only one Of the
lot 20 win an award, but as she carried
or three prizes her owner felt abund
antly satisfied.
+ A serious minded. undemonstratlvc
girl. when the judges fastened the first
decoration on her dress Miss Rookie
teller gave no sign Of the exutation
which she felt, except for the CLEAN or
triumph that suddenly lighted up her
dark brown eyes.
But when she passed through the gate
she could no longer contain her JOY.
With gay little flourish OF her riding
whip she sang out bllthely TO group
OF her friends standing Just within the
paddock ooh, We wont We wont"
The two girls TO whom she partlcu.
larly addressed the remark were her
Chaperon. Mrs Worth, ard tn pretty
young woman who is her constant COM
panOn wherever she goes, and Lewis
Juan the horsetrainer who Is the SUI
perntendent OF her fathers stables.
And Juan was as happy as the girl
over the outcome. He il is more than
Rockefeller the horsewoman thilt slis
is.
Miss Ethers a good whip" he gays
with manifest pride In bis voice,
1t particularly pleases him, too, that
she knows how TO take defeat as well
as victory. When, at the close of one
days events, there were no ribbons at
all for her horses. she smilingy called
across her mount to the woman who
won; "Congra tulations!"
Stands IL like man." was Juan's
sa tisfed comment
Lewis Juan came into her fathers
employ more than 20 years ago, before
Miss Ethel was born, in fact,
When she was tiny slip of girl, Of
rot more than Tour or five summers,
he lifted her up in his arms and set
her on horseback for her first ride.
''she Just took It naturally then" he
says. "She always knew how TO hands
o horse by instinct. Never once from
babyhood up through girlhood has she
had an accident.
"The horses always loved her. too
From the time that she todded out OF
the nursery to the stables with her doh
IN her arms she has always brought
them sugar. She never comes to the
stables now without It. | can always
tell the moment that she enters. Every
horse in the place sets up long. soft
whinny OF delighted greeting.
'"Then she passes In and out among
the stalls distributing her sweets.
gently rubbing the damp noses stretch
ed out for a caress, patting the sleek
coats Of her pets and talking to them
In endearing tones"
Miss Rockefeller closely superintends
the care OF her horses to see that they
lack not the slightest personal atten.
ton,
During the week OF the fair, accom-
panied by Mrs. Worth, she arrived as
early as 10 o'clock every morning 10 in
quire how they had spent the night.
And she never failed to remain on the
grounds all day.
Her horses are her supreme delight.
They are more to her than all the balls
or beaux or pretty clothes that 90 to
make up the charm OF the average
young girls existence.-New York
W0rld.