Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-07
Auction Sale on Last Day of
National Capital Show
Furnishes Surprises.
MANY IN ATTENDANCE
DESPITE THE WEATHER
Todays Event Of Local Interest
Contest for Thompson Cup-Han-
dicap Jumps Feature.

The last day OF the National Capital
morse show opened this morning instead
OF In the afternoon. as heretofore. for
the purpose Of holding an auction OF some
or the thoroughbreds which have com
peted in the events. and to Judge gig
horses. hunters and local saddle horses.
the latter three events having been post
poned from yesterday. because of dark
ness. until IL am. today.
Notwithstanding the overcast skies and
sprinkling OF rain. there was a good at
tendance In the morning hours. there
has been great interest in the auction
stimulated principally by curiosity. APP
parently. as the prices brought were re-
markedly small
The auction was adjourned for the
gig horse. hunter and saddler events.
Edward B. Mclean again taking the
blue ribbon in the first of these with
his unbeaten Pride o. Prides. the red
going to Sporting Extra, owned by
Emil Selig of New York; the yellow to
The General. owned by the Bushnell
stable OF Ohio. and the white to Ed
ward b. McLean's Guardsman.
The hunter event was for the cup pre-
sented by George p. Eustis. and was
won by Lieut.. f. st. j. Greble jr., OF
Fort Myer, with Prince Henry. a blue
ribbon going with 1t. Merry Widow
owned by Mitchell Harrison. was sec
ond: Happy Creek. owned by Mrs. AlleT
Potts. was third. and Miss Helen Blu
chanan. with Katydid. captured th'
fourth.
this show pursued her, and she got the
yellow narrowly.
Prince Henry took all the jumps per
fectly. as this horse SO often does. r
Golden Donaldson's horse, Silver King
knocked down the second jump twice, and
Miss Dasha Allen also had bad luck witt
Yellowstone Regent, an unusual occur
renee.
Event for Local Horses.
The event for local saddle horses wa:
for a cup presented by Mrs. Robert NJ
Thompson, and one Of Col. Thompson
horses. Gallant Lad, won it. another OF
his horses, the famous Metropolitan, be
ing second.
In this class, which was confined Il
residents Of the District of Columbia
and to horses owned thirty days prior Il
the date of the show. the coincidence OF
Col Thompson having the first two bes
horses was repeated in the ownership OF
the third and fourth horses, William p
Emo being the owner of both third ano
fourth. Diomed and Aurora. The other.
entered were Carmen. Mitchell Harrison
Duke of Norfolk, Miss Edith Howard
Kelly. DR.. {. T. Grayson: Betty Brown
A. c. Moses; Richmond. NJ. {. Hazen
and Orphan Girl. A. Collins.
FreQuenters Of horse shows were as
tonished at the low prices brought al
the auction. The novice harness horses
Barber and st. Claire, owned by Emil
Selig of New York. which won the blue
ribbon in their class day before yes
terday. were sold to a Mr.. Jacobs of
New York for the sum of 1915, al
though the auctioneer Albert de Cernea,
called attention to the fact that he had
sold one of them to Mr.. Selig in a
Madison Square auction recently for
$1,000.
Similarly. the runabout bay mare
Triumph's Token, owned by Mr.. Selig.
and bought by r. E. Sause of New
York, which won the reserve champion
ship at Madison Square Garden and
has been beaten at this show only by
Edward B. McLean's champion Snap
shot, brought only s475. Also. Triumph
Arion, which won first at the Ogdens-
burg show, and which got second to the
famous Nala at Syracuse. brought only
$3.50.