Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-25

Horse reigned supreme at American
League Park this afternoon, when the
Washington horse show opened before q
brilliant audience. which included Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft, members of the
cabinet, the diplomatic corps and scores
of persons prominent in the social life OF
the capital. The entries We're of a high
class, coming from Maryland and Vir-
ginia. Philadelphia and New York.
Late in the afternoon Miss Jeanette
Allen, while riding her mount past the
grandstand inr.she hunter class, had q
bad fall when the horse slipped and she
was thrown over its head. In rising to
its feet the horse narrowly missed step
ping on Miss Allen. She was uninjurod
and again mounted the jumper and con-
tinued riding. She was awarded second
prize
With a drill by Troop A. 18th Cavalry,
from Fort Myer, Va, commanded By
Capt. j. r. Lindsey, showing horseman-
ship equal to that of the roughriders OF
the west, with the exhibition of T. L
Stotesbury's champion roadsters, Lugano
and Como, which lead the world i'm their
class, with an attempt by Miss Katherine
Cherbonnier. one of the most skillful and
daring horsewomen in the country, to
break the worlds record for the high
jump on Roustabout. champion high
jumper of the south. the program fur
nished plenty of thrills.
The first class to be shown when the
show opened at 12:35 o'clock was that for
police mounts. and ''Washington's finest
made very good impression on the
he of he
District have taken great interest in this
event. for which handsome silver cup
has been presented by T. &. Noyes, and
the seven entries were of high class.
Hunters Make Pretty Show.
The local hunters were given the ring
soon after the start of the show. The
ten entries were The Guard. Capt. G..
Fortescue: Pyro. j. r. Sellman; Free
State and The Doctor. William Blatcher;
Sanford J. c. Evans: Joaquin, Col.
c. Hazen; Sherry, Miss NJ. Hazard:
Ducie, Thomas Bones. and Yellow Stone.
Miss J. Allen. Under clever handling
the local hunters made an excellent
showing and received plenty of applause
from the stands, where the friends Of the
owners were clustered.
In addition to stimulating an interest
in the breeding of fine horses the Wash
ington show this fall will aid popular
local charity. the public playground.
One-half of the proceeds from the show
are to go to the Washington Playground
Association.
The second event of the day, that for
runa bout horses, brought out horses own
ed by Miss Amy E. Dupont. Lee Heck
niger. j. B. Andrews, W. 7. Brown and
J. z. Sansbury. Miss Dupont has
brought several famous horses to show
here.
Ono of ,be rooS, interesting events WAS
the sporting tandem, in which nine en-
tries We're made. Lightweight hunters.
pair of hunters. ladies' harness. double
harness and the free-for- all handicap, in
which there were thirty-fiVe entries, com
pleted the program for today.
The show opened most auspiciously.
The crowd began TO arrive at the show
ground as early as II O'Clock and from
that time until far into the afternoon
there was a continuous stream OF spec
tators entering the stands. President
Taft's box was decorated with an Ameri-
can flag.
ball diamond, was in the pink of condi-
ton. The red tanbark of the ring.
the green of the field and the white
jumps lent color to the picture, the GEN.
ter of which was some Of the best
horses in the east
The judges are Senator Joseph W.
Bailey. b. Frank CARRIER Harrisonburg.
Va; James w. Graves. Richmond, Va:
NAL hlcnafu sylvester, w. f1nkneN
Craig. Baltimore. Nd: L. ID. Passano.
Warrenton, Va: Gen. John 4. Johnston
and Capt. o. c. Barnhardt
Argentine Visitors Attend.
In the audience this afternoon were
many Of the officers and cadets from
the Argentine schoolship Presidents
which is now at the WASH
ington navy yard. They were the guests
of the horse show association. Second
]. Mendeville, Lieut. ]. Cas-
tellano, Engineer A. Passalacqua, F. A.
Lopez Prof. l.. Centenari and Prof. Fitz
Geralt' were among the officers from
the training ship.
Among those who attended the show
this afternoon were Postmaster Gen.
eral Frank Hitchcock, Eiscount ana
Viscountess de Sibour, Oden Horst
MANN Miss Eleanor Terry, Lieut.. Flip
DO Camperio Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Goelet
Gerry of New York, John B. Anderson.