The Washington times., 1903-07-31
Six Thousand Enthusiasts
Gather in the Quaint Old
Virginia Hamlet to Pay
Their Homage to Equine
King.
Mrs. CORTLAND H. Smiths
Clever Handling of Her
Husbands Good Hunters
the Feature of the Horse
Show.
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ORANGE, Va, July 31-The flower of
Virginia. her fairest and most grace
full daughters, habited or exquisitely
gowned, and her most chivalrous sons.
booted, spurred, and coatless. yester-
day assembled at Orange Courthouse,
that quaint, historic and ordinarily
sleepy old hamlet, with its one stray
CLING street. knee deep in a sea of pow
dered clay, fanked by a row of print
tive shops. and facing the winding rail
road tracks, 20 do honor to the equine
king, the occasion being the closing day
OF the sixth annual Orange Horse Show.
and by far the nest successful in the
history of the association.
The Southern. Railroad was taxed to
its utmost capacity to haul its seem
ingly ceaseless, endless mass of human
freight TO the -irgside. where but one
topic was discussed. The horse held the
center of the stage for once. and the
best types of hcrsefesh produced IN the
Old Dominion were there. and the Judges
were compelled to ponder long and
deeply in many instances before they
could make their final awards.
Clever Awards.
1t is no easy task to satisfactorily
Judge a horse. but when occupying the
center of a ring, the cynosure of 5000
pairs Of eyes. each and every possessor
of these orbs knowing a horse and all
his good and bad qualities as well as
the judges themselves, their lot was
not a happy one, yet their task was we'll
done and but few criticisms were heard.
The program was an attractive one.
and each event well filled. especially the
green hunter class, in which thirty five
OF the forty four timber oppers en-
tered made their appearance in the
ring.
The officers of the show are TO be con-
graduated upon the celebrity with which
the program was dispatched. There
were no tiresome waits. which usually
characterize such shows, and much of
the praise for the clever management
is due DR.. L. s. Ricketts,. the secre-
tary. who was indefatigable in his ef-
forts to run of the program without a
hitch.
Miss Daniels Tumble.
But one accident occurred to mar the
days sport. In the lady hunters class
Miss Daniel. of Culpeper. Va. received
q bad fall and was stunned for a while.
Miss Daniel was mounted on Bonnie.
a brown mare owned by her father. In
taking the second jump the horse struck
the bars with both front feet and turned
a complete somersault. Miss DanieF WIS
underneath. and II was feared was
crushed by the horse. When she was
seen lying on the track a cry Of horror
rose from the grandstand and a dozen
men rushed TO the PROSTATE rider Res
toratives were freely used and Miss
Daniel pIuckily insisted upon walking
from the field.
The horse was uninjured, and as he is
a particularly good jumper, the fall was
a general surprise.
At the Ringside.
At the ringside were many of the BEST
horsemen and horsewomen in Virginia.
as well as a large representation from
Maryland and the District OF Columbia.
The women yesterday played an impor-
tant part in the grandstand and in the
ring, and some of the riding was ex-
ceptionaIIy good, and the female riders
were enthusiastically cheered. Governor
Montague returned 10 Richmond last
night, but Senator Thomas 5. Martin
who is a horseman through and through.
remained over for the last day Of the
show. and again occupied a seat in the
box Of Col. George S. Shackelford, OF
Orange Mrs. Shackelford. her daugn-
tiers. Miss Shelton, OF Orange. and SOW
eraI friends were also seated in he
box.
In the morning the most attractive
classes were the park saddle and greer
hunters (three-year- classes. II
the first Of these the blue ribbon wal
carried of by Robin Adair, said 10 b'
one OF the best-schooled horses IN Vir.
ginia. and owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Blail
Johnson, OF WarrentOn. Lady Olga
owned by L. s. Ricketts,, who took tive
blue ribbons Wednesday. went OF IL
his work TO some extent, but got thirC
place over Lady LightfoOt.
In the green hunter class Footltght
ridden by his owner, Courtland H
Smith. carried on the honors, with Fire
light. owned by Mrs. Allen Potts and
ridden by her husband, a close second.
Mrs. Smith Rides Well.
The most spectacular feature Of tn,
day was the showing Of the hunt clul
teams by Courtland H. Smith. OF tn,
Cameron Run Hunt Club. In this even
Mr. Smith. w. Lowe, and Mrs. Smitl
each had two mounts. and the riding o
Mrs Smith aroused the greatest enthu
siasm. The men were attired in Tho
hunt club colors, with pink coats, Whit
trousers and pink silk hats Mrs Smiti
wore a black broadcloth habit and tai
silk hat. Her mounts were Chappy Lee
and Tip Top. MIR. Smith rode the gra.
mare Vesta and Up-tO-Date, while Mr.
Lowe was mounted on Yorick and The
noted hunter, Lucy Sutherland. This
colors worn by the riders and the splen-
did jumping made this class the mos
imposing OF the entire show.
In the green hunter class, for horses
that had never before won blue rib