Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-02
VIEW THE JUMPERS|FRANKL|N GOT NEWS
Large Numbers at the Horse Senator Smith Sure He Knew
Show This Afternoon Titanic's Peril Day of Crash
SPECTATORS ENTHUSIASTIC HAS NAME OF INFORMANT,
Exhibition Greatest
Kind Of Any City Missing Operator.
TRIAL CLASS MORNING NO ONE TO BE MADE GOAT
Biggest In
in Yesterdays Events, Investigating of
ThreeF Wireless Messages
Large Numbers at the Horse
Show This Afternoon.
SPECTATORS ENTHUSIASTIC
Pronounce Exhibition Greatest of Its
Kind of Any City.
TRIAL CLASS THIS MORNING
Edward B. Mclean the Biggest Win
ner in Yesterdays Events, TAX
ing Three Firsts.

An open-to-all jumping class. which
promised to be one of the most spectac-
ular events of the four-day meet. opened
the second day of the National Capital
horse show. at the exhibition grounds.
18th and c streets northwest, at >
o'clock this afternoon.
Society again was out in large num-
bers, indications pointing to the heaviest
single days attendance of the show.
Preliminary to the commencement of
the program. a trial class was held at
IL o'clock this morning for the fifty
horses entered in the open-to-all event
AS result OF this weeding-out process,
a number Of the entries did not compete
in this event. ybqt some Eof the best
thoroughbreds e. pfhe sgronads. including
matching their Nm s9nds thes contest is
assured of beinssflese- ,,.ssr..
Winners In friaA CLASS.
The horses which won sasSS trial class
for the open-to-all event included kes-
wick, owned by Julian Morris of Nokes-
vile, Va; Ret. Capt. NJ. w. Rowel;
Mariposa Capt NJ. w. Rowell; Gun
Metal, Y. Sknker: Irish Nora, Richard
Wallach; The Pink I'm, Lieut.. Francis
Ruggles: Rock Abbey. w. R. Abel;
Pagan King, Brandywine stables; Glib
ralta. Lieut.. D. J. Richart: Yellowstone
Regent, Maj. H. T. Allen; Taconite,
Julian Morris: Dan, E. St j. Greble,
jr.; Experiment. Capt. J. r. Lind
sey: katydid. Miss Buchanan, David
Grey. Julian Morris; Monacy. Mrs
Greble. jr.; Algoma, w. r. Abell; Lady
I.oudoun Brandywine stables: Duhallow,
Julian Morris; Prince Henry, T. ST. j.
Greble. jr.; Joker. Miss Katharine
Whiting.
Of the various entrants whose horses
passed the elimination contest of the
morning. and are competing in the OPEN
ing event this afternoon, Julian Morris
owns the greatest number Mr.. Morris
entries are David Grey, Taconite, Kes-
wick and Duhallow, the former three be-
ing international winners.
E. ST. J: Greble. jr, has three entries
in Dan, Prince Henry and St. Angelo.
Capt. NJ. W. Rowell has two entries in
Rex and Mariposa.
Gibralta, the property of Lieut.. D. j.
Richart, which won second in the class
for local hunters yesterday, Is entered.
This horse in yesterdays contest jumped
81 feet and 8 inches, which is said to
be a record
1t was expected that the open-to-all
class would occupy fully an hour of this
afternoons program. The judges of the
hunter events are James w. Graves of
Richmond, Antello Devereaux of Phila-
delphia and G. p. Eustis Of Washington.
Many of yesterdays winners will be
seen in the various events arranged for
today. There will he classes for stations,
novice pairs, roadsters, saddle horses,
harness horses, pairs in harness, thor
oughbred hacks, model chargers. polo
ponies, hunters and others. The best tall
ent on the grounds is entered in these
events.
Announcement was made today of an
I.1f% ,,a1 1ol.nr hf foh hoe h1nY 1Eo6
for Saturday mornings program. This
class will be for military teams, three
teams representing Forts Myer. Ethan
Allen. Ogelthorpe, respectively, being en-
tered The event will be called at 11:3O
Greatest of It's Kind.
That Washington has the greatest open
air horse show of any city in the country
was the general verdict of Washing
tonians and visitors from a number OF
eastern and southern cities, as well as
horse owners and exhibitors, who wit
messed the opening of the second annual
SHOW yesterday.
Nothing lacked to make the first day
complete success The events con-
tinued until nearly 4 O'Clock and the
spectators. enthusiastic over the compe-
titions. remained to see the last rib
bons tied
The landscape gardening at the
grounds. which has been worked out on
lavish scale by committee OF the
show, headed by Melvin G. Hazen, added
no little to the picturesqueness of the
scene. Trees. shrubs and flowers have
been employed TO beautify the grounds
and other improvements effected, making
the property of the show more attractive
than IL has ever been.
E. B. Mclean Takes Three Firsts.
II
show. +. T. Stotesbury Of Philadelphia,
Miss Loula Long Of Kansas City. Col
+. S. Foltz, Julian Morris of Keswick.
Va. and others. were winners OF blue
ribbons yesterday.
Mr.. Mclean was the biggest winner
capturing three firsts. Pride o. Prides
Snapshot and Indian Flower we're the
Mclean horses that captured first hon
ors in the runabout and park classes re-
Spect!veiy.
E. T. Stotesbury's Ruby and Norcats
won first in the class for pairs of road
sters. while Miss Longs CONSERVATION
was awarded the blue ribbon in the clas.
for novice horses. In the class fol
lightweight polo ponies first honors wen
to Kaiser. owned by J. w. Converse. Col
Foltz' Roy was the victor in the clas.
for military chargers. ~
One Of the best classes Of the after
noon was for local hunters. Elf King
owned Dy VIII am r. Hitt, cleared tht
sets Of bars without a scratch, winning
first in that event. Miss Fl. d. After
bury's Patricia won the class for noyicl
saddle horses. The winners follow:
Winners Of Prizes.
Class 1. thoroughbred stallions-Princ,
Of Melbourne won first prize. cup. ownet
by II. T. Oxnard: Metaphor. b. g. Iieut
r. G. Alexander), second prize, ribbon
Glass 3s. military class chargers-Roy
br. &. Gieut- F. s. Foltz). won first prize
cup: billiard, b. &. Hieut. j. w. Downer)
second prize. SD: Dan Cole. br &. Capt
Frank Mccoy. third prize. SO.
Class =. novice harness horses l5:
hands and under-Daffydill. ch m (Aldi
stud and stock farm. first prize 500
Actor. b. &. on. G. Byers), second prize
$50; Pink Lady, b. m. q. w. Cravene)
third prize. $40: kalorama, b. 5. (Fair
mont farms). four prize. A special cul
was presented to the winner by Col r
NJ Thompson.
Class 2S. novice horses-Patricia. ch. m
(Miss II. ID. Atterbury). first prize. $50
Silver Pattie, ch. &. Oh. W. Herring 4
Som. second prize. $50; Mount Pleasant
ch. &. (E. w. Payne), third prize $40
Beaucaire. br. 9. E. b. Ackernary]
fourth prize.
Class -. horses 1872 hands and under
Patricia. CHI. m. Miss II. II. Atterbury
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