The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-19
EXPLANATION o.
DICK D0NNELlY.
Tell WHY Heatl,erbloom Made
Sucl1 a Poor Showing
Tuesday.
SLIPPERY UNDER TANBARk
Expects to Break the Worlds
Record Tomorrow Night.
Last Nights Results.

3fF Especial TO The Tlmes-Dspatch.)
NORFOLK, VA, October 1s-Thene
was al, attendance or 1000 persons at tho
Horse Show Tonight, and the scene YVES
brilliant Tho boxes were filled with
beautiful women, who were handsomely
: dressed. There were more uniformity
and precision in events and the manage
ircnt Of the arena was better than 1T
vas last night. There were no great
events, but the interest was maintained
in NIL of them.
Richard Donnclly, rider Of high jump
ing horses, who, with Rifle, broke the
Virginia record for high jumps at the
Horse Show last night, after u narrow
escape from death by his horse tumbling,
over the high bars and falling full upon
him, objects to criticisms that he used
brutality in making tho Jump.
Not Brutal, Says Donnelly.
brutality is the Inst thing in the
world could DO accused OF" he suid
this morning. II am reckless and tako
risks but am not brutal, and did not
use brutality to my horses last night.
j whipped them, yes always do IT..
Tho horse has to be whipped to urge him
to the supreme test, which he goes
through in high jump"
AS Donnelly spoke, he rubbed his right
last night. Stopping to comment upon
: the injury. he said 1t was slight. and
that he would continue to rldo through
tho show, and intended breaking the
world $ record Friday night.
,Tho trouble with the horses last
night" he said, was due to poor lights.
ignorant negro attendants, and. princi-
pally, the condition Of the arena.
Slippery Under Tanbark:
"Underncath tho heavy tanbark Of the
arena is. n smooth, hard soil, as slippery
as asphalt. The horses, In braclng them
selves for the jump, would break through
the tnnbark and lose their footing on
that hard slippery surface underneath
Heatherbloom, the heavy horse. could
not begin to get a solid footing for the
jump. That was the cause OF the many
failures before made tho leap with Rife.
Rifle Is a lighter horse, and did not break
through the tanbnrk so easily In bracing
for The jump. l still believe Heather
bloom the better Jumper of the two. and
/ am going to break tho worlds record
with him Friday night. Manager Smith
has promised to have the ground near the
jump broken up to insure the horses
against slipping and am not counting
on such trouble as we had last night
The Summary.
more and d MY Maryland, {: ". Wat;
SON second D ,s,pSS "snpsor -
Boy ana ..Beldean,,' G. " watson.
Pones Under saddle-First, Little
s"Dick.," Richard 1Vrenn; third, '.Laddie."
Miss katherine Ham; fourth Delight"
David zDunlon.
F. Carlisle; second. New Market, : G. Nv.
Watson; third. See Mo Go, David, Dun
lop; fourth, Underwater ~. #. Carlisle.
Ladies SADDLE HSrse-E'ttrst, ], Robin s,t,
King of Hearts, Mrs. Allen Potts: third,
fourth. Vindicator" Miss Mary Lindsay
ss:i class Four-ln-Ha nds-F4rsst.
Brake Prince George. jolly Boy, Derby
and Superior, David Dunlop; Fleet Gallo
So: Second Ti, Coach, Lord White. Lady white,
Baron and Ginger, Charles Fownes, whip;
Henry, j. a. Prltchett: whip. ~
reas gaged IN tan
Nancy Leo and Mate. avid Dunlop: sec
sond, Brilliant. Freight, Mrs. Allen Potts;
third. The Favorlte and Mate, Mrs. Blair
lop and Norris.
Hunting Glass (pairs ridden over rcgu-
lation jumps abreast-First Pair entered
G sn S and May eil e West efeoae
Farm; third. Buck and Oneries, West
chester Farm fourth. Nancy Lee and
c9TRhdeneab; nay'd " uniep ovor
fet high)-First. Onerios, Westchester
Farm; second. Brandon. Julian Morris;
ssoond sapol1e T s@Ilb Kenney; fourth
Handicap Jnmps.;nc;F "a ,Nlmrod. e. W.
Farm third, Confidence Dan" Dunlop;