Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-12
THE HORSE SHOW

The Staunton Horse Show ended on
e Tuesday, having had most success
full meeting. The entries were M
merons and the attendance large, and
8 in every respect the show was all its
incorpOrators could have expected.
The principal exhibitors were Mr..
Courtaney II. Smith of Alexandria,
who principally exhibited hunters;
CARRIER & CARRIER of Harrisonburg,
/, who had high class driving horses;
Mrs. Allan Potts of Richmond, DR.. G.
T.. Firebaugh of Harrisonbnrg, the
Herring brothers of Rockingham, Mr.
G.. G. Scott of Richmond, A. b. Steele
of Atlanta, Ga, G. G. West of Balti
more, Julian Morris of Lynchbnrg,
McComb Il Sydnor, and many others.
Among our town and county exhibit
tors were Clemmer g. Taylor, Liggett
& Grubert, II. G. BraxtOn. 8. E. Ely
son. Michael & Van Lear, U. l.. Ham.
rick, j. V. Bell, Pelter & Bush, A. r.
Ct. Bass, e Alexander, J. A. Kennedy
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pretend to give any list of the exhibi
tors or of the prizes this week, nor to
be able to notice the exact number OF
entries from the town and county, but
We hope later to do so.
1t has been very gratifying to see so
many good horses from Stanton and
Augusta, but we have not been able to
compete with Rockingham and Harri-
sonburg in this respect. We have
| seldom seen finer horses than the
stables of CARRIER & CARRIER showed
here. Some of their horses were SUI
purb, and all were good. We sincerely
hope that the Horse Spirit" may be
infused by this show into our people |
aud that the grade of horses in Staun
ton and Augusta be improved.
The Herring's showed some very fine |
saddle horses, and DR.. Firebaugh |
brought here one of the very finest
harness horses it has been our good |
fortune to see. This horse, Eclipse,
won two blue ribbons, one when driven
by DR.. Firebaugh himself, and one
when driven by Mrs. Laura Taylor
Mccoy. Mr.. Harnsberger exhibited
a very fine saddle horse in "Maj. Dan
gerfeld.''
The hunters attracted much atten-
tion and were a decided feature, the
jumping being magnificent. Mrs.
Allen Potts. Miss Gertrude Shelton
and Mrs. Blair Johnson, were the
principal lady riders. Miss Shelton
being exceptionally noticeable for her
daring. No hurdle was too high or
for her to ride at, nor any
horse but that she managed him with
success. Mrs. Allen Potts was per- /
fectly at home in all she undertook. I
Her riding and driving were master l
full, and her skill, pOise and grace were S
very charming, winning plaudits all j
The time. Both Miss Shelton and Mrs. 4
Potts We're thrown by their horses f
falling at the hurdles, but neither sus- q
tanned any injury. Mr.. Stephenson of @
was also thrown and b
his horse fell on him, but he sustained
little or no injury. In the fall of Mrs.
Potts horse which was caused by the
loss of his foot hold just before reach.
ing the hurdle, it looked as if the horse
would break its neck, but fortunately
it turned over in such way as to pre-
vent this.
An unfortunate incident, and the G.
,nly one which in any way marred Il
,he pleasure of the occasion, was with a
Mr.. Clarence West, who took excep- tt
ion to some decision of the judges, tt
Ind this resulted in his splendid four a
inland being ordered off the track, a
hus losing him prize which he had L
EASILY won.
The weathe- was threatening, but y
lot enough rain fell to seriously injure t
he track, still it may have reduced the a
Those who have attended t.
horse shows elsewhere are loud in t.
heir encomiums of this one, and it is t.
that by next year one of the i
very finest horse shows of Virginia \
will be held here. 1t is posi- BILE that 81
IN the evenings of the two last days of &
he next show racing may be feature. n
There was large and enthusiastic
crowd both days, and many distin-
suished visitors from other sections
we're in attendance. 1t proved the v
eature of the year here and ended a
with a magnificent ball given at Co.
umbian Hall, in which more than 60 t,
couples participated, and was witness n
I'd by nearly two thousand spectators.