Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-19
HAzEN LARGE winner
At MANASSAS SHOW
District Surveyors Horses
Captured Number of
Events in Virginia.

With string of ribbons. including two
flrsts, two seconds and two thirds. to his
credit Melvin c. Hazen. District surveyor,
today returned to Washington from the
Manassas. Va, horse show, where the
success of his entries made him one Of
the biggest winners at the show.
Several other washingtonians. among
them John 0. Gheen. B. F. McCauley, F..
s. K. Smith and Maj. Henry r. Allen OF
the general staff of the United States
Army. We're ribbon winners. The most
successful exhibitor was James X. Mad
dux of Warrenton. Va
Although unfavorable weather prevent
ed the show from being a success finan-
clally, the rings were we'll commended.
and, from spectators standpoint. It was
one OF the best of the seventeen animal
exhibitions held under the auspices OF the
association Mr. Hazen. who il serving
MS first term as president OF the show
declared that the performances Yesterday
VI the Jumpers and hunters, which took
place IN q veritable sea of mud were the
best he has seen anywhere under s,ch
conditions.
Lord Claiming Wins.
Mr. Hazen was winner in the standard
bred stallion and charger classes. Lord
Channing capturing the blue in the for
mer and Richmond first honors in the lat
ter. Lord Charming and mate won Sec
orfd in the class for double teams, while
Richmond and Lord Charming were
awarded the red in the class for sport
ing tandems. The third prizes were in
the roadster and county saddle events.
nord Charming winning the former and
In addition Mr.. Hazen's Bear of the
Mountain ran fourth in the gentleman
riders race.
John of Gheen's Boscobel captured first
honors in the class for roadsters, while
BoscObel and mate We're given second
place in the park tandem event
Lord Calvert. owned by B. F.. McCauley.
was among the winners in the harness
classes. while F. s. X. Smiths The
Badger came second in the president
cup class for jumpers and third in the
class for three-year-old jumpers. This
horse. formerly owned by Melvin c..
Hazen and named Prince William, was
purchased, by Mr.. Smith at the close of
the recent National Capital horse show.
Ills performances at Manassas were of a
high order
The horses of r. J. Sellmann were
among the local winners. Maj Aliens
Yellowstone Regent, winner at the Ma
tional Capital horse show, also captured a
. Run Off in Downpour.
Yesterdays events We're run off in a
steady downpour of rain. One of the
hardest showers of the day occurred i'm
mediately after lunch. while the ladies'
driving class was on. The rain came down
in such torrents that it was almost i'm
possible to see the drivers, but this did
not cause any of them to leave the ring
until after the ribbons had been tied.
Miss McCauley of Washington, daughter
Of B. F. McCauley, won fourth prize in
this class.
The jumping events provided numerous
thrills for the spectators On account of
the mud the horses frequently slipped
at the take-offs. Several of the riders
were forced to cling to the animals necks
as the bars were being cleared, but no
bad spills resulted.
considering the condition Of the ring,
1t was the most wonderful jumping ever
witnessed said Mr.. Hazen today
Mr.. Hazen. who rode Maj. Aliens yell
loWstone Regent YESTERDAY, declared the
performance of that horse to have been
great.
Many Washingtonians witnessed the two
days events of the show. Mrs. John o.
Gheen chaperoned an automobile party
from Washington. George c. Humphrey
was host to three automobile loads of Dis
trict building officials. special horse
show train carried numerous other Wash
ington horse lovers to the show both
Wednesday and Thursday