The Washington herald., 1911-05-08
JUMPERS ATTRACT
MOST ATTENTION
Fine Lot of Local Hunters
Shown to Advantage.
By l.. ID. SALE.


The first class to attract the atten-
ton Of the thousands Of spectators yes
terday, after the noon recess. was Glass
g. for hunters and jumpers. The Blen.
helm Farms gr. 8. Algoma looked best tc
the judges and got first prize. r. H
weatherbee's b. 6. Keswick captured sec.
ond prize. and the Bell Air Farms gf.
g. King Edward carried or third prize.
Lieut. z. F. Grahams ch. m. Justice was
fourth.
Glass "a was for local hunters, owned
in the District for thirty days prior to
date of entry, and it was a corking good
lot that answered to the bugle call. Vel
lowstone Regent, Maj. H. T. Allen owner,
romped of with the blue in gallant man.
ner. W. F. Hits Elf King was second.
Col. G. NJ. Dunn's Luzon was awarded
third prize. and Lieut. Edna Chaffee s
Poppy fourth.
Class H. for pairs of horses, stations.
mares. or geldings over 15.2. was the
cream of the country, and II was a proud
moment for E. B. Mclean when the blue
was pinned on The Guardsman and his
mate, Pride Of Prides, c. w. Watson
splendid pair. Diana Vernon and Rob
Roy, was second; r. p. McGrann's
Camorra and Modero. was third. and A.
Bundth's Royal and Regent was fourth.
Glass 10. for lightweight chargers. was
not near SO impressive. John Harper
was thought to be the best of the lot by
the judges, and Lieut.. Gordon Johnston
was happy; Lieut.. Adna r. Chaffee's Dan
Cole was second; Gen. w. H. Carriers
Phoenix Park was third, and Kim. owned
by Lieut.. S. c. O'Neill. was fourth.
Glass 9. which followed. was for heav,
horses, harness horses. stallion, mare, or
gelding, not exceeding 15.2. Lady Dill
ham. owned by the Avondale Farm and
driven by Jack Donnelly, was easily first
on account of action, conformation, and
manner. c. w. Watson's Ringing Bells
was second his b. m, Grangelt. third, and
III. L. Pierce's Gay Phoenix fourth.
Glass 20 was for harness tandems. c.
w. Watson scored first with Kitty Gray
and Norena, and then came second again
Z. b. McLean's The Gaurdsman and
Pride of Prides. Third prize went to
Fl. L. Pierce's Royal Flash and Loyal
Victoria. Miss Brighton and mate. Lee
Hechingers pair. were fourth.
Glass "A was a post entry. z. B. Nc
Leans Indian Flower got first prize and
Julius Morris Confidante took second
honors.
Class IS was for pairs of horses. mares
or geldings. not exceeding 15.2. lady
drivers. &C. W. Watson's Kitty Gray and
Norena outclassed the others. Z. B. Nc
Leans Snapshot and Rifle were next in
importance and Adolph Busch's Princess
Alike and Kotio ranked third Lee Hech-
niger was fourth with Miss Brighton.
Glass 81, for hunt teams, to be ridden
by colors by three members of any hunt
club excited intense interest. The Kes-
wick Hunt Club was represented by
Julian Morris on David Gray, Arthur
White on Keswick. and E. A. Russell
on Piedmont. The Fort Myer Club was
represented by Lieut.. Graham on JUS
tin, Lieut.. Johnston on Whitemarsh, and
Capt. Henry on Yellowstone Regent
Mrs. Potts on Willow King, Joe Ladd
on Pretty Maid, NJ. c. Hazen on Vir-
ginia Girl, stood for the Castle Hill
CVa.) Hunt Club. In the end. the Kes-
wick Hunt Club carried of first honors,
Castle Hill Hunt Club was awarded sec
ond honors. and Fort Myer Hunt Club
ranked third.
The order of awards did not please
Mrs. Potts
The post championship hunter class fol-
lowed, the prize being sl00 The contest
ants were Aconite and Willow King. and
the first named captured the prize.
Avondale Farm, in Glass 46. for heavy
harness horses, took the 800 prize with
that most excellent b. g. Nala. E. B.
McLean's Pride of Prides was second.
An added class for jumps of five feet
for a silver cup resulted in Keswick being
awarded the prize. Lieut.. Graham's
Quandary was second, and Blenheim
FARMS Aristocrat was third.