The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-06
VIRGINIA HORSES
TAKE PRIZES AGAIN
Two Firsts, Two Seconds, Four Thirds and Three
Fourths Are Results Of Day s Events at
Washington Horse show-First Ac-
cidentS Occur
Special to The Times. !

Especial to The Times. Dspa tchI
" "Shington. y. e., May a.---Aftcr
having been adjudsed winner in the
preliminnries OF the Corinthian even,
for Qualified hunters, the most closely
contested event In the second days;
program of the National Capitol Horse
SHOW. Willow King. belonging 10 Mrs.
Allen Potts. OF Gordonsyille aud Rich
inond was prohibited from cornpet-
Ing In the l4nala. because he had been
ridden by hired cmployc.
IN the prcliminaries Willow King $
work was perfect, taking all the hur-
dies with the graatcst of case III CON
formi,y ana quality. which counted
% per cent. he also was excellent.
and the judges were OF tho opinion
| that he would easily capture the blue
| ribbon There was a tic for the other
| ribbons. and eight OF the best looking
| mounts were brought back in the ring
| TO compete in a linal. Willow King
| was ridden by Joe Ladd. Nrs Potts's
| ficst whip. Because J.add WAS a hired
| emplovn WILLOW King WIS ruled out.
! Mrs. Potts protested that Ladi was a
member o. the Castle Till Hunt Club.
| and therefore qualified 10 ride in "A
| Corinthian event. She said she had
allowed him To ride only after being
assured by one Of tho show officials
| that no objection would he made. be-
i
| ring officials acknowledged n Inisun :
Outstanding on their part, and yet re-
| fused to allow Mrs. Potts TO ride in
! the finals.
viii Enter FormBl Prutcst.
Mrs Potts Will to morrow enter a
formal protest with tho Judging com
| mittce. She Will have the support Of
n number Of prominent horscincn, who
| believe Willow King should have been
| allowed to compete
| With Willow King out of the run
ming. Kcswick belonging TO Z. IT..
Weatierbec. OF New York city, " on
David Gray also Owned by Mr.. Weath-
erbee. captured second and third
| places. respectively. Fourth place was
awarded Justine. owned rs Lieut.. L.
If. Graham.
The second day Of Wasting on 5
| first National Horse Show was even
| a greater success than tho day before.
SO successful has the exhibition been
pronounced that not only will II be-
! come an annual affair, but it bids fair
| to rank second only TO The Madison
Square Garden show in New York.
! The greatest Jumping. claps ever
shown herc. and perhaps in any ring
| In this country. was that In the han
dicap JUMP, There We're sixty-tive en-
| tries in this event, and man. of the
| performances were clean
First accident Occurs.
The first accident of the show oc-
CURED in this class. when Lieut., Adna
iR Chaffer, Fifteenth United States
cavalry. Was thrown and his Taco
badly cut, Lieut.. Chaffee. who is ono
of the best known horscmtn in the
army. was riding Poppy, n big chest
nut sel6inE. at The time. Poppy.
scared BY tho crowd lining the ring.
turned and holted TO the fence around
tho show ring.
lie cleared tue fence, nvc feet high
anil solid, and crashed blindlv into a
SECOND outer rail, about twelve feet
| away. also surrounding the ring. Lieu
tenant Chafec was thrown over Poppy's
head. and landed hcad;irst in the Gin
der track outside tho ring. Hts face
was streaming with blood when he was
picked up but aside from tile cuts he
suffered no other Injury.
| Lieutenant Gordon Johnston also of
| the Fifteenth Cavalry mounted Poppy
and took him over the jumps, making
! 4 fair performances.
Lieutenant Joilnstons turn at :, t,im-
bic came not long afterward. however.
He was riding Duke of Ashley. nne Of
] the thoroughbreds recently pure n a scd
by the government for the army, and
which will be sent abroad to compct e
! in the International Military Horse
show In London. The horse ran into
tho first jump and making a belatcd
| attempt TO jump. turned complete
somcreault. Lieutenant Johnston took
| c similar spill. and. catlilte, landed on
his feet. EIc reniounted and took the
! Duke over he other jumps.
| Tho event WAS won by Taconite.