Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-16
Thoroughbreds Win Applause
at Benning Show. :.
%NITIAL" FINISHES FIRST
Old Dominion Equines Capture All
Ribbons in One Glass.
GIVE DOUBLE PERFORMANCE
Animals Used for Both Riding and
Driving Appear Before Judges.
Entries for Saturday.

The hunters continue to earn a large
share of the applause at the horse show
at Benning. The sight of a Thoroughbred
taking the jumps makes the crowd sit
up and take notice. and a good clean
Jump always is rewarded by a cheer.
Fourteen horses. all thoroughbreds. en-
tered class 23 today. Some were sea-
soned hunters and others were green AT
the game. |. Hamm. White Ghost. Irish
Maid and Bonnibel. all well known by
previous performances. were among tie
entries.
The horses showed class and performed
creditably, although each OF the four
jumps was not taken perfectly by all or
them. The only animal TO fail at any
jump was Furor. who took three SHES at
No. = and then went back TO the stables.
When they all lined up in the ring.
saddles off, the judges decided the win
wing trio i'm the following order:
Initial. first: George +. Cain. second: l.
Hamm. third. All were out-ot-town
equines.
Outsiders also won the class in which
nine horses were entered on the program
TO be shown before gigs ana dog carts.
Ring King and a chestnut belding OF
CARRIER & CARRIER and Lively. bay
gelding six years old. took away the rib
bons. All were from Virginia. Washing
tonians entering horses in this class We're
A. c. Moses Frank Altemus and q. Il.
EIollin2swor;h.
Both for Riding and Driving.
Glass - was interesting to persons own
ing only one horse and using il for both
riding and driving, as seven horses were
shown first before light wagons. and
aeterward under saddles The double per-
Torrance consumed fully hall an hour.
and the judges had to talk II over long
time before they could arrive at de-
cision. Magnet of w. r. Hale & Sons OF
Nokesville. Va. took first prize; Robin
Adair the blue ribboner of Tuesday. had
to be content with second prize, and Mrs.
Allen Potts Moonstone. driven and rid
den by the owner. took third place.
Two local horses. Monte Cristo. OF Jos.
l. Saks and Trump. of &. c Moses, were
passed over.
The big local event was class 81. Tor
runabou: horses, in which fourteen en-
tered. but only nine showed. Several
horses were tied for first and second places.
which necessitated many trials around me
ring. The first prize. a silver cup, pre-
scented by r. McRcynclds. went TO Spori.
owned by VIII II. Way. and driven by Y
T. Marshall; second prize went TO y; ..
Stdbler'S Roam Prince, ana u. *. nor
lingsworth's Ceph took third.
Other entries were made by K. O. Smith.
George Gocdacre. Lee Hechinser, U. T..
Brothers. jr.. w. 4. Jones. Frank r. Ate
mus. l.. r. Breuninger. Harry q. SNYDER
Joseph /. Weller and Miss MathildA
Townsend.
Strangers Again Wins.
IL Judge Taft could have seen the
heavyweight qualified hunters he would
probably have Ionged to own Red Fox
who looks strong enough and big enough
to carry three presidential candidates at
a dead run for any distance Red Fox Is
owned by ]. 4. {. Palmer Of Washing
ton, but. like most local horses fell under
the evil spell of this days events and lost
out TO Strangers.
Mrs. Allen Potts took another blue with
a great big hay horse named Willow
King Westminster farms took the other
two ribbons with Jack Frost and Taco
mite.
Made Pretty Showing.
Single harness horses suitable for ladies
made a pretty showing. The horse count
ed 20 per cent and appointments 20 per
cent.
Sport owned by Will II. Way, took an
other ribbon. yellow one. while Ring
King and "A nameless horse from Virginia
Washington was showed under in the
saddle horse show. Magnet, Moonstone
and Noble Xerxes. all from Virginia,
took the ribbonN r. ]. MacBuckley,
Gen. George II. lHarries and Thomas
Keane were Washington owners entering
in this class
Entries for Tomorrow.
The entries for tomorrow follow:
First race. two-year-clds; selling; FIVE
furlongs-H -: My Agnes. a.:
Flat Creek. iUi: %Great Jubilee. lo2: Ha-
nonia. 100
Second race selling: six furlongs-Right
and True. ll2: 'Baby Willie, loi; Forest
Hawk 1d2: sSunfire. 100: 'Minot. 1oi; Bob
Callahan jr. 1oa: Chancellor. ln; Sal
tram 1d2: stony Lass. 81; sTrey OF
Spades 100: Incognito. l'l5
Third race. steeplechase for hunters;
about two miles-Bertha Barker, LBS:
South West. 15a; Warrenton. 1o9; War
rior, 15S.
Fourth race: all ages; seven furlongs-
Campaigner. rs; Panique. 100: Minot.
los: Evelyn S.. l0o; Gowango. 1O1: Alauda.
lG,;. Countermand 1US; Al II. Woods, 1u3: