Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
WINNERS Of HON0RS
Ribbons Awarded at Hall of
Washington Riding Club.
TRIBUTES TO KING HORSE
Ladies in Clever Exhibition Receive
Plaudits of Society Folk.
TROOPERS SHOW THEIR SKILL
Display Of Jumping a Feature of
the Program-Membersin
Mounted Cotillon.
TRIBUTES TO KING HORSE
TROOPERS SHOW THEIR SKILL

| society pau homage u Mig I1ci SC Il
! the Riding Club of Washington last
| night. The clubs second exhibition in its
new riding hall. at 22d and P streets
| northwest, was the occasion. Incidentally
| the large throng which crowded every
| available foot of space In the hall and
| the galleries witnessed some very clever
riding and driving on the part of the
members of the club.
| In the audience were many of the lead
ers of the social, official and diplomatic
circles. No one took off his or her coat,
so chilly was the atmosphere, and the
crowd of fashionably gowned women, clad
in evening gowns and still wearing fur
coats, presented a strange appearance.
Drills by Troopers.
The military was much in evidence and
several drills were given by troopers
from Fort Myer, Va. \ saber contest
by mounted men was particularly stirring
The riding of Miss Harriet Wadsworth
.and Miss Jeanette Allen and the driving
of Miss Alice Shepard were among the
clevereSt exhibitions of hOrSemanShip
given. DIR. Breckenridge Bayne's Jubilee
won the blue ribbon in the jumping class,
in which there were twenty entries
The first event on the program was a
mounted cOIlllOH by members OI the
Riding Club The intricate figures were
cleverly executed and the picture made
by the Interviewing ha:,se"0men ami
horsemen was vigorously applauded by
the audience.
Those who had part in the cotillon were
Mrs. w. Sinclair Bowen, Mrs. Churchill
Candee Mrs. F. Ashton de Peyster, Miss
Meta Evans, Miss A. b. Shepard Mrs j.
j. White, Miss Jeanette Allen, Miss Mar
garet Brooke, Miss Helen Buchanan. Miss
linda
Sykes, Miss H. Wadsworth, Capt. III. NJ
Cootes. j. H. de Sfbour. A. D. Addison
F. L. Huidekoper. George x. McLanahan,
Charles Richardson, r. P. Whitley
George Oakley Totten, Robert Hume, n.
Burkard, commander.
manded by Capt. Lindsay, and Troop c
OF the same regiment, commanded by
Capt. W. G. Dean, trotted into the tam
bark ring and went through remarkable
ing of the cavalry mounts as we'll as the
riding of the troopers.
One of the most interesting events of
the evening was the class for ladies' tan
dem riding. The young women who par
ticipated handled their mounts we'll. Miss
Jeannette Allen took first place, with
Miss Margaretta Brooks a good second
and Miss Helen Buchanan third.
Winners of Ribbons.
The class for saddle horses brought out
ten entries. Picket, owned by the Rid
ing Club of Washington, was awarded
first place, and Dimed, owned by William
ond. and Champs Elysees. William Lit
tauers entry. was third. Miss Wads-
worth rode Roseben in this class. Rose
ben is the race horse who in the past
has won a large number of victories.
Driving spirited span of black
horses between barrels set scarcely
farther apart than is the distance be-
tween the hubs of the wheels of the
was the stunt" in the ladies' obstacle
driving class. Miss Alice Shepard made
wonderfully good record. upsetting
but a single barrel in the score Of
handling the reins like a master. Miss
Helen Buchanan took second in this
event, and Mrs. w. Sinclair Bowen third
Jumpers a Feature.
The largest class and in many ways the
most interesting of the exhibition was
that for the gentlemen's jumpers. A
number of hunters known in local hunt
ing circles were entered. Jubilee, with
his owner. DR.. j. Breckenridge Bayne, up.
made clean performance over brush
and bars. Second place was fought out
by Lord Craven. owned by Clarence
Moore, and Buster Brown, owned by
Lieut.. r. F. Tate. Both gave clever per-
formances, but the victory and the place
went to Lord Craven in the jump-off.
The ladies' jumping class, the last
event on the program, was not run off
until midnight. Nevertheless. a large
number of the audience waited to see the
ladies of the club put their mounts over
the jumps. Regent, with Miss Jeanette
Allen up took the blue ribbon; Ordessu,
owned by F. l.. Huidekoper and ridden
by Miss WadSworth, took the red, and
Dan. owned and ridden by Miss Mildred
Greble, took the yellow.