The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-18


breeding represented America in the
International Show in London last
June.
Even the gayeties of society can
not tempt some young matrons away
from their favorite pastime of riding,
driving and training horses. Mrs.
William A. McGibbon never let's So
cial engagements interfere with this,
ner chosen occupation. When pre-
pairing for a show she rides at least
four horses every day, training each
for the part it will take. AS Miss C.
Adelaide Doremus she won fame in
the saddle before she married a man
as fond of horses as she and added to
her possessions a string of fine
horses.
Another young matron with a sta
Die OF fine horses which she trains
herself is Mrs. w. Stanton Elliott,
who has been a good horsewoman
ever since she was five years old.
Some of the notable horses which
Mrs. Elliott has handled and cap.
tured hundreds Of trophies with are
Flashlight, Daphne, Jasmine and
Judge Cantrell.
AS Miss Molly Maxwell, Mrs. Jos.
eph Edward Davis first won renown
among lovers Of horsefesh for her
daring cross-country riding and high
jumping. She has handled and
shown great many horses, but her
most recent claimants for blue rib.
bons and other prizes have been Min.
erva, Adonis, Jacobite, Dauntless and
Irish Maid.
Another young girl who can man.
age stable and string of horses al.
most as well as an expert in the bust
ness is Miss Mabel B. Hooley, a social
favorite in Plainfield, N. j., and cele.
brated for her remarkable high Jump.
ing and daring 'cross-country riding.
Miss Hooley handles the ribbons
equally we'll. 1t is said at horse
shows that she handles a large ma.
jority of blue ones. Her pet horses
are The Car. Little Corporal, Crush
or. Dorothea, Free Quaker, Quaker
Maid, Delight and Mansfield.
Among true feminine sportswomen
who know all about handling, buy.
ing and selling a horse is counted
Mrs. E. c. kirkland, one of the most
constant exhibitors at the Madison
Square Garden shows. Colleen, a
favorite prize winner of hers, won
honors at the International Show in
London. Mrs. Kirkland keeps a par.
ticularly large string of riding ,.orses,
of which JUNE McCree, Sweetheart
and Baby are especial pets.
All in and around New York dwell
numbers of the most daring riders
and best judges of horses to be found
anywhere-all of them women. None
can excel the record made by Mrs.
Adolf Ladenburg for high jumping
and blood curdling feats at cross
country riding. She can pick horse
as we'll as most women can pick a
hat
Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, jr., has
won pretty much the same record,
and her stables on Long Island show
many favorite that will answer to
her touch and training better than to
that of any servant on her estates.
Other notable riders and drivers
who buy and handle their own horses
are Miss Ethel Moore, Miss Giulia
Morosini, Miss Harriet P. Coleman,
Mrs. Paul Taylor Brown, Mrs. VIII.
lam Orr Barclay, Mrs. Gordon
Hughes and Miss Tillie M. Whiting.
All over the country are dotted
riding and driving clubs, most of
which number women members and
all of which encourage women to
share the privileges of the clubs and
show their horses to the best advan.
tage.
Statistics show that women are to
be found occupying successfully even
the positions of veterinary surgeons,
blacksmiths, cab drivers, grooms and
stablers.-New York Tribune.