Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-27
Army Officer Captures Silver
Trophy in Horsemanship
Trial at Benning.
CROSSES FINISH LINE
NEARLY PERFECT SCORE
ree-Day Spring Meeting of Wash
ington Riding and Hunt Club
Has Auspicious Closing.

| Advocates of better horses for the
| United States Army are today con
graduating the officers of the Wash
! ington Riding and Hunt Club on the
| successful conduct OF their three-day
| spring meeting, which came to an end
at Benning yesterday, and particularly
on the outcome of the service test,
| which was the feature of the closing
days program.
The test. in which all the competitors
were army officers, riding army horses,
| was a difficult one and well calculated
to try out both horses and riders.
Lieut.. E. st. John Greble, U. 8. A..
won the test. and with it the beautiful
silver trophy presented by the Wash
ington branch of the National Re-
mount Association. He crossed the
finish line first with a score of 2sS-
only one less than perfect.
He was hard pressed BY Cant. War
rem Dean, who scored 29S, and Col.
| Henry I. Allen, who scored 296
Lieut.. Greble rode Prince Henry a
beautiful brown gelding. while Capt.
Dean rode Cosmocrat, and Col Allen
rode Yellowstone Regent. Col Allen
| won the race a year ago.
i course Tor Test.
| The course for the test was over a
total OF seventeen miles. twelve miles
or which were over roads, three miles
across country and two miles over a.
Isteepiechase course. The horses had
to carry a minimum of $50 pounds,
and there were time limits for each
course. There were some difficult OBJ
stacles to be overcome. but Capt
FRANK Mccoy. riding Dan Cole. was
the only rides to have any accidents,
and he was not injured Chesapeake,
with Lieut.. Henry L. Watson up, was
the other starter.
The Judges at the finish for the test
were Lieut. Gen. s. b. NJ. Young o. s.
A.. retired; Assistant Secretary Of War
Breckenridge and Perry Belmont The
first course judges were Col. f. st.
John Greble. Col. NJ. S. Gage and Lieut.
Col. F. +. Folk, at course 2: Cant.
Granville Fortescue, J. Low Hartman.
Representative Lathrop Brown and S
y. knutt, at course 3. and Col. Biddle
Col. Downey, DR.. Carey Grayson Cen
w. w. Wotherspoon, Gen. Buchanan.
iL1eut. BOWner and Peter La Bouisse
/ Hawaiian's Riding Feature.
The riding of Lieut. Lyman. a
Hawaiian. was another particular fea-
ture of the day. He rode the victor in
: the second. sixth and seventh races.
Mr.. Tommy" Wright continued his
excellent riding by bringing in two win
ners. His riding of Willing in the
Shoreham Hotel cup was warmly APP
plauded; Handrunning. ridden by Lieut.
Rockwell led most of the way but did
!; not place at. the finish. There were
seven races in addition to the service
! exciting.
8 The crowd which witnessed the races
was several times as large as those
Z which saw the first and second days
t racing. Attracted by the beautiful
%esthe nn ana by sd hs service psnas
! to the clubhouse and grandstand and
: took a keen interest in the different
races. Miss Eleanor Wilson. daughter
| of the President, was with Miss Hagner
and DR.. Grayson.
I The summaries:
Summaries of Races.
!, The service test: about Il miles-Lieut F. ST.
John Greble's Prince Henry. $50 Lieut.. Greble)
: first; Capt. Warren Deans Cosmoc-at $50 Capt
Dean. second; Col. Henry r. Aliens Yellow
stone Regent, $50 tCol Allen, third. Elapsed
time hour and 10 minutes.
First race: three-year-olds and upward; six
furlongs-J. f. Davis Limitation. 10 ,R. Gil
berD. to 10. won; Robert Wallach's SLibber-
G m bTop as1on to os and aoesr second
and TO l. third. Time, 1.1Ia5. Raymond also
ran
Second race: the Middeburs and Washington
subscription eonsola ton; mie-J l.. phillips
Sorry Lass. $50 tLieut. LYMAN to ,. won: L.
to and even. second: j. B. Thomas Addie B..
$50 lMr. Hall. to and to 5. third. Time.
1885,. Burrland. Speed Bala and Rhiwlas also
ran.
Mount Washington Steeplechase.
Third race: the Mount Washington steepe-
chase, for hunters: about 21a miles-Hohn Ever
hardts Lady Melba. los lMr. EverhardD, 10 to
l and to I. won; Spading L. jenkins Essex,
l51 Nieut. Whiting,, to and even. second;
Charles X. Harrisons Mo. 157 CMr. Harrison,. =
to and even. third. Time. 5.2Sao. Two Saints
also ran.
Fourth race, the Arlington: four year-olds and
upward; about two miles the nat-Jesse VIII
2, won; q. B. Fenwick's Cloud, 1853 (Mr Fen
wick to and even. second; Evans fuckers
ame I Hannah and to and
Norbitt also ran.
The Shoreham Cup.
Fifth race, the shoreham Hotel cup; hacks and
hunters: one and a half miles on the fat
Clement n Williams Willing. 1871 Nir. Wright).
t. and Ghe t. $50 1 Mts %:m 10 10 ans
| to l. second: Lieut.. George 5. Patton's Gilbert,
1s7 d1eut; Patten,. to I and even; third.
and Zellwood also
sixth race, pony race; half MILE. L. Phil
wson; r. G. Paxton's kiber. 100 Gfieut Graham.
3 to 1. second: Lieut. Bradfords Cashla. 160
1se the Federal hana:. p's steepe
Lieut.. 9. k: Hoekwell's Kinneion leo G,ieat
Rockwell's o. X. 165 UAeut. Rockwelp, to l
! and 4 to s. second Lieut.. Karl Bradford's Zags
Time. 5ss Rapid Flight, San Angelo 'H and
: Wooltex also ran.
WILL BE GUEST OF HONOR