Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-28
MANY At HORSE SHOW
An Audience of Six Thousand
at Warrenton.
SENSATIONAL RIDING
THREE SPLENDID sTEEPLECHAsE
HoRSEMEN.
Mr.. Hooe's Horse Turns Somersault
Without Injury-Ladies' Races
Features Of Day.

Features Of Day.
| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
WARRENTON, Va. August q. 1908.
Six thousand people filled the horse show
| grounds to overlooking today.
There had been no rain since yesterday
| and every conveyance was enveloped in q
| cloud of dust, of the sort that comes only
! from the red clay Of Virginia. But neither
| the dust nor the cloudy sultriness Of the
! morning checked the crowd.
Grand Stands Filled EARLY.
The grand stands began to fill shortly b.
| fore II o'clock. the hour set for the first
| spectacular class of the day, the single
harness class.
This was followed by the gentlemana
park hack class. and a few minutes before
| IL, when the full crowd had assembled, the
| special class for thoroughbred hunters was
called.
The competition in this class was for a
mans handsome saddle. presented by Mr..
George Harris Gate of Harris & Nixon
| OF Washington. This class brought out five
entries and magnificent riding. Mr.. Dion
| by DR.. James Kerr.
ASSASAS "0A0 appAauOSU.
Other riders in this class who won ap-
| plause were Messrs. Lee Evans, Fred. Nc
Elhone. both Of Washington, and Charles
Hurkamp of Fredericksburg, Fleet Gallo
| way Of Warrenton and A. c. Craven OF
Greenwood, Va.
The next class. the free-for-all fox hunt
ers and Jumpers. had seventeen entries
| and lively contest. marked by brilliant
riding. followed.
Bachelor. the wonderful hunter Of Mr.. R.
hunter Duiany, ridden by Mr.. Leath. cap
| tured the blue ribbon.
This horse Is well known all over Vir-
GINA, and is considered by many to be- In
many respects. the best heavyweight hun
ter ever shown In the state. Hawatha,
owned and ridden by Jack Henderson of
orange. Va, was close second to Bach
elor IN this class.
Fine Work Of Mrs. Shaw.
Mrs. Mamie Langhorne Shaw. on her
hunter. Queen Bee. appeared In this class,
and won the usual rounds of applause by
her magnificent riding.
Mr.. Fred McElhone of Washington did
some very fine riding on Boxer, owned by
Miss r. A. Dulany, while the riding of
MesSrs. Craven, Galloway and Hall was of
| the highest order.
After the races the matched pairs of driv-
ing horses, 15h hands and under were
called. DR.. Owsley's Brownette and Cath
crime captured the award handily; Fessler
ana Florodora, H. w. Herring, second and
vivid and Magic. w. H. Assheton, third.
In the sfng1e-harness class, 15h hands and
over. Maxwell Wyeth's Lord Algy took the
blue ribbon; DR.. Owsley's Pasha. second,
and A. w. Herndons Deck. third.
Ladies' Interesting Contest.
A thrill Of increased interest passed over
the crowd when the ladies' park hack
class was called. In addition to the ma
tive chivalry of the yirginian, which is al
ways present where woman is concerned,
the marvellous riding of the women who
appear annually in the Warrenton show
serves to arouse the enthusiasm of the
spectators whenever they enter the gate
There were only three entries in this
class-F. D. Gaskins' Rosette, ridden by
Mrs. Frank Barker: J. w. Carters Robin
Adair. ridden by Mrs. Blair Johnson. and
]. w. Carter's Lord Chesterfield. ridden by
Miss Flynn
An extremely graceful sight was pre-
sented by Rosette when under the skiilfuI
management of Mrs Barker, he executed
neat figure eight in front of the Judges
stand.
Robin Adair. who has the record of bav-
Ing won twenty-five ribbons In the twenty
| five classes he has been shown in this
summer, was too much for the others and
carried Off the blue ribbon. with Lord Ches-
terrified second and Rosette third
Two Four-in-Hand Entries.
There were three entries for the four-in-
hand class. but the withdrawal of Mr..
Maxwell Wyeth's entry left the fight be-
tween the teams of DIR. Owsley and Mr..
Passano. Two men well known in Wash
ington drove the rival four-in-hands.
Mr.. John Daingerfeld Hooe Of warran-
ton. handling the reins for Mr.. Passano. and
Mr.. Roger Wetmore. son of Senator Wet
more, of Rhode Island, driving for DR..
Owsleg.
The four-fn-hands were very evenly
matched and Mr.; Hooe and Mr.. Wetmore
drove in excellent form. putting the Judges
In a tight place. The award finally went
| to Mr.. Passano and Mr.. Hooe was greeted
by storm of applause as he drove around
the ring with the coveted blue ribbon. Mr..
Wetmore's driving was also loudly
cheered
Sensation of the Day.
Following the four-in-hands came the
sensation of the day, the class for hunt
teams.
The teams consisted of three hunters rid
den by three members of the hunt club they
represented. Today there were three en-
tries for this event. all three being from
| the Warrenton Hunt Club.
Mr.. U. d. Benner's entries were ridden
by himself. Mr.. Edmunds and Mr.. Somers,
| Mr.. Passano's entries were ridden by John
ID. H0oe. MrS. T. A. b. Portman and Mr..
P0rtman. Mr.. Wallach's entries were rid
den by Dion Kerr. Percy and Lee Evans.
When the teams came into the ring rid
ing three abreast. the pink coats and high
hats of the riders and the handsome ap-
pearance OF the horses most Of which were
thorOughbreds, they were greeted with
cheers and hand-clapping.
Tho Benner team was the fayOrite with
the ringside prophets and when. they start
ed OF it was thought they would win the
blue ribbon.
Benner led of and made a clean perform
apce. Edmunds. who followed. was not
SO lucky. nor was Somers, whose mount did
not perform well.
The Passano team came nextT F. A. b.
Postman leading. took his mount over the
jumps in good style.
Thrilling Experience.
Judge Hooe. who followed Postman, took
the first three jumps in good form. but his
horse on the last jump turned a complete
somersault and threw Mr.. Hooe heavily to
the ground
Over and over rolled horse and rider, and
the lookerson feared they would see Mr..
Hooe crushed
Mr.. Hooe showed remarkable GOODNESS,
and rolled just out of reach Of his fallen
mount. Though shaken up, neither rider
nor horse was hurt.