The Washington herald., 1911-05-08
tom., blue ribbon winner in several

Service Mount Best.
President Taft was most interested In
the free-for-all jumping class. an added
event. Horses from Fort Myer. ridden
| by young army officers. competed. and
the President was agog with excitement.
Mrs. Allan Potts. riding Willow King,
famous throughout Virginia. entered first.
and made q good showing. But the
prize, a silver cup presented by the Re-
tail Merchants Association. was awarded
Justine. ridden by Lieut.. e. r. Graham.
| Pretty and clean jumps and perfect be-
havtor won him applause. and he will be
| sent to London as a further honor. David
| Grey big gelding, failed miserably.
Generally David Grey takes the hurdles
without whimper. Aristocrat and
| Keswtck did well.
Class Is, Judging championship hunt
ers. was an excellent event, and 1t Is
doubtful II q finer collection Of jumpers
has ever been shown in or around WASH
ington before E. H. Weatherbees Ia
conite ran away with first prize, 800.
with the hurdles raised to four feet six
inches. Mrs. Potts, on Willow King.
earned second place with ease. and was
much applauded by the society section OF
| the grand stand. Melvin Hazen on Vir-
ginia Girl, put up good showing. but
scraped several of the hurdles, and knock
one over. He was outclassed in this
event.
Glass 46, judging championship heavy
harness horses, was a spectacular and
exciting event The Judges were hard
put to pick a winner. Finally, Nala, a
big bay stallion. owned by the Avondale
Farms, was given the blue championship
ribbon and prize of 500, with E. B. Nc
Leans Pride Of Prides a close second.
In; fact, this horse was received in every
event Of his class as a winner.
| The tandem event was the prettiest Of
the entire afternoon. Among the entries
were some Of the best blooded animals
in the vicinity of Washington. The ap-
pointments were perfect in detail and the
conformation Of the winners could not
have been better.
Captures Blue Ribbon.
| Senator c. W. Watson's beautiful pair
| of chestnut mares. Kitty Gray and Nor
! ena, ran away with the blue ribbon, and
a prize Of 500. surprising the adherents
| of the Mclean stables. which had sent
forth Pride of Prides and The Guards
man. which were awarded second place.
Many persons were dissatisfied with the
decision OF the judges in this event.
Around and around the ring the tandems
went and when the word was given to
| lineup for the awards, five qualified.
| Lee Hechinger's Grand Slam and Mate
We're sent to the gate, eliminating their
chances. Royal Flash and Loyal Vic
| toria received the yellow ribbon for their
owner, H. l.. Pierce. Miss Brighton and
| mate, owned by Lee Hechinger, got the
| white ribbon.
Perhaps the most interest among lovers
| of hunters centered in the hunt teams,
which were ridden In colors by three
! members OF any organized hunt club.
| The famous Keswick Club. which swept
the rings at London and elsewhere, scored
great victory in this event David
| Gray, Keswick, and Piedmont each maxi
| ing perfect hurdles, were the prize win
ners, being awarded a handsome cup and
| slOo. Castle Hill Hunt, of which Mrs.
| Allan Potts is the master, took second
place in hot competition. Mrs. Potts
rode Willow King, with Pretty Maid and
Virginia Girl mounted by members of the
club. Fort Myer Hunt. Maj. Henry T.
Allen, first whip. was awarded third.
Mclean Pair Second.
In the class for pairs of light harness
horses, driven by ladies, Mrs. c. w. Wat
son, one of the best known whips in the
South, drove Kitty Grey and Norena to
| first place. E. B. McLean's Snapshot and
Rifle got second, with Adolphus Busch's
Princess Alike and Kotic, third. Miss
Ellen Rasmussen drove for the Mclean
stables and was received enthusiastically.
Miss Rasmussen drives as well as she
rides, which is perfect.
The most interesting event Of the morn
ing was that for lightweight hunters, in
which there were twenty-nine entries.
Algoma, a bay gelding, owned by the
Blenheim Farm, carried of the blue rib
bon. Prince, fine gelding, owned by
w. s. Bowen, of this city. threw his
rider over his head at the in-and-out hur
die. No injury was done.
Miss Martha Hazard, on Sherry. had
difficulty with this jump also. Sherry
took the first, but refused the second, and
position, unable to get out or go back.
The fence had to be lowered for the
blushing equestrienne, who did not go
into the ring during the rest Of the day.
| Roustabout, which later in the day clear
ed the bar at feet inches, behaved
badly and could not be persuaded to jump
even four feet hurdles.
Mrs. Mclean scored a victory with In
dian Flower. ridden by Miss Rasmussen
Indian Flower was vigorously applauded
when the blue was pinned on her bride.
Meets High Standard.
S. W. Taylor, of New York, managing
director of the show here, and who will
attend the Olympia in London next month
as JuuSe, GU last night lHdl
Washington horse show had measured up
to the standard set by the Madison
Square Garden shows in point of entries
An annual international horse show
seems to be assured for the National
Capital P. v. De Graw, Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General, stated yester-
day that this proposition would be con-
sidered at the earliest possible moment
by the committee in charge. He said
yesterday that the preliminary work
incident to the accomplishment Of the
purpose has been realized by the
achievement Of the National Capital
Horse Show during this meet.
Invitations will be sent to lovers of
the horse throughout the country to
join in making Washington the inter-
national show ground Of America, by
the management of the National Capt.
tai Horse Show, of which William P.
Emo is prominent representative.
Among those who have proffered their
services in the important movement are
such noted horsemen as Henry T. Allen,
Edward B. Mclean, j. William Henry.
S. w. Taylor, Charles Mulliken, Larz An
derson, Joseph w. Bailey, Edison Bradley.
James A. Buchanan, N. T. De Pauw, P.
v. De Graw, J. NJ. Dickinson, Henry Fair
fax. William HIT George Howard. Hugh
S.-Legare, Joseph Letter, Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, Arthur Moses. George Won L.
Meyer, r. NJ. Thompson, c. w. Watson,
George p Wetmore, George w. Wick
ersham, Beekman Winthrop, Leonard
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