Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-08
CLOSING EVENTS
DRAW BIG CROWD
Getaway Day Program at
Horse Show Has Many
Attractions.
POLICE OFFICERS TRY
FOR JOHNSTON PRIZE
Daring Feat of Riding by Miss Mil
bred Greble Is Feature of
Yesterday.

THIS is getaway day for the horse
show Despite its threatening weather.
one "f the largest crowds of the meet
hand when the first event was
called which was promptly at O'Clock.
Interest centered chiefly in the champion
shin classes. in which the principal win
rers at the show were scheduled to make
their final appearance.
NJ an early hour in the morning it was
decided to proceed with the contests
CARELESS of weather conditions. This
decision was made necessary because of
the fact that majority of the exhibitors
have made arrangements to ship their
horses from the grounds tonight.
Among today's novel events was the
class for police officers mounts the win
uer to receive cup and cash prize of
so presented by former District Com
missioner John \. Johnston
The championship classes were for sin
gle harness animals. saddlers. hunters
and harness pairs. \ high jump class
post entries. scheduled the closing
number. was expected to furnish the
most exciting sport of the show.
Features Enumerated.
an exhibition of skillful riding by Miss
Mildred Grehle, daughter of Col f. st
roadsters. when Harry r. Small was
thrown out of his runabout. and a class
for foxhounds which brought out two en-
tries of three horses and sixteen hounds
each. were the principal features of yes
te-Aay's program
Miss Grebe was unseated twice at the
second hurdle. but pluckily remounted
each time and finished the course Her
Il ~. hsas 70 hay~ g
,nction of being one of the best horse
women in the army.
Mr.. Smalls roadster, Rosa Hunter. was
thrown when his runabout tipped over.
She had to be held down until she could be
eNtricated from the harness. Neither
driver nor horse was hurt Mr.. Small
was given the yellow ribbon in this class.
The foxhound class. which carried with
il prizes of s21 and S123. went to the
Piedmont hounds. This the first
event of its kind ever staged at local
show and attracted much interest.
Source of Amusement.
Considerable amusement was occasioned
by the performances of several of the en-
tries in the sporting tandem class. George
O. Totten, ir had difficult time man
aging his lead horse. Seven Up. which
several times cut abruptly across the
course. blocking the taudems in the rear
David Gray one of the most consistent
jumpers on the grounds. didn't like the
lead position in the Homewood stable en-
try and with his mate was finally with
drawn before the ribbons were tied. The
audience enthusiastically appiauded the
decision of the judges giving the blue in
this event to Mrs. Allan Potts.
William NJ. Ritter's mare Marie Louise
easily captured first honors in the class
for model saddle horses. This animal, |
which has attracted much attention at
the show. was bred by Langhorne Tabb |
Anderson of Point au View. Maysville. |
Ky who is making his first visit to
local show. Mr.. Anderson formerly own
ed The Governor and The General, winch
are here with the Bushnell Farm string
and already have captured several rib
bons II became known yesterday that
Mr. Anderson had recently sold to Miss
I.oula Long of Kansas City PAIR OF
harness horses for $1,000. which proba-
bly, will be shown here next spring
Continue to Win.
The horses of Walter II. Hanley of
Providence. r. l.. kept up their winnings
Yesterday, capturing two blues. Miss
Ellen Rasmusscus handling of the Han
ley entries in tho saddle and the combi
nation classes was Il feature of the show.
Melvin G. Iiazcu showed n promising
green hunter in Prince William This
horse. CARRYING top weight. performed in
in impressive manner. winning third place
in the class for thrc"-ycar-olds.
Summaries.
Ct1Ss 81 horses suitable for hunfcrs-GleD-
dsltn=h u,l"n Riddle farm. first. $50; high
nd a lslti.