Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-01
RIDING AND HUNT CLUB
A FINE PROGRAM OF EVENTS
GIVEN.
Smart Audience Applauds and Hon.
ors Were Well
Won.

Thrills came thick and fast last nigh,
at the clubhouse of the Washington Rid.
ing and Hunt Club when that club was
the host at one of it's midwinter enter.
tainments The boxes and galleries were
taxed to their full capacity and the tricks
and rough riding received the applause OF
those present
Troops a and b. 18th Cavalry, at For,
to the. other games and events by the
high-brcd steeds of Washington. The 18th
Cavalry Band furnished the music be-
tween the eight events.
White Silk the ''high school horse Of
Miss Agra Bennett caused a stir when
he lay down and tried to roll over Miss
Bennett was half under the horse when
the grooms ran to her assistance. Women
screamed and men looked on with appre-
hension. The rider was unhurt. When
White Sill. horse of dazzling white
color, rolled up from his position on the
ground and sat up on his launches, he
seemed to be looking for the plaudits OF
the audience. Then the anxious audience
burst into laughter, realizing then il was
only one OF the horses tricks.
The club today will hold it's Saturday
o'clock at the kennels in Daniels road
The course probably will be about twelve
or fourteen miles In extent.
In the potato race the honors went to
Miss Jeanette Allen, first; Miss Dasha
Allen, second. and Miss Agra Bennett,
third. Red Cloud. the property OF Col.
Robert NJ Thompson. carried off the
blue ribbon in the saddle class. Aurora,
the horse OF William =. Emo, won the
red, and Duke, property OF Miss Edythe
w. Howard, won the yellow.
The judges were Brooke Baker OF
Upperville, Va; Lieut.. Johnston, Capt
Wallack and Maj. Rhodes of Fort Myer
In the potato race Miss Lucy r. Siddons
had some trouble with her mount. which
threw her against the side of the hall
of the brush with the horse uniniured
Miss Helen Buchanan won thu stall
race on the famous Katydid, and Miss
Siddons won second honors. The drst
prize in the game of musical chain
was carried off by Mrs. W. Sinclair
Bowen, and Edwin Gray finished sec
ond In the jumps the blue ribbon Went
| Ia katydid the red to Regent, ridden by
Miss Dasha Allen, and the yellow to
Badger ridden by T. s. key-Sn.ith.
The attendance included: Col Rorert NJ
| Thompson, Mr. William Phelps Emo, DR.
| and Mrs. w. Sinclair Bowen, Mr.. anC
| Mrs. Oxnard. Miss Pinchon, Mr.. and Mrs
G. Peyton Russell. the Danish minister
|
! Brig Gen. James Buchanan. L. S. A.
| retired: Mrs. Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock, Mis-
| Ruth Hitchcock. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
| Moore. Mr.. and Mrs. Meserve. Miss Laur;
| Mohun. Mr.. and Mrs. j. William Henry
| Capt. and Mrs. Mark Brooks, Mrs. Georg
| Howard. Miss Margaret Perrin. Represent
alive and Mrs. A. Z. Pujo, Maj Rhoads
L. S. A.: Count D'Adhemar. Mr. ant
Mrs. Arthur Lee. Mrs. Wilder Miss In
gersoll, Miss Emo, Mrs. Merryman, Mis-
May Adams, Mr.. Malcolm Henry, Miss
Helen Buchanan. Miss Henriques. Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Mitchell. Niscount anC
Viscountess Henri de Sibour. Mr.. Rober
Fitch Shepard, Mr.. and Mrs. Richart
Whitley, Miss Alice Shepard, Miss Char
lotte Denison of Baltimore, Miss Julie
Jannin Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Johnson. DIR
and Mrs. William Sewers. Mrs. Henrietta
Sands Anderson. Col. and Mrs. st. Join
Greble Col. Allen, L. 5. A; the Misse.
Allen. DR.. and Mrs. Sheldon Evans. Mr.
j. Oakley Totten Mr.. and Mrs. Loui:
Bennett, Miss Agra Bennett Mrs. Meta
Evans Miss Evans, Miss Edythe Howard
Miss Lucy Siddons, Miss Corrine Hunter
MI John .. Evans. Mr.. and Mrs. Waite
Tuckerman and Mr.. j. Cotton Smith