Evening star., 1915-07-29
BLUE RIBBONS ARE WON
BY WASHINGTON HORSES
Entries of Lem King, Melvin c.
Hazen and Mrs. w. P. Meredith
Take Honors at Manassas.
Miss Swart of Leesburg Thrown in
Jump and Jockey Is Also
Hurt-The Awards.

'NIt'Idi Correspondence OF lEe star.
MANASSAS, Va, July 29-Ideal tenn
perature and clear skies ushered in the
opening events of the Manassas horse
show yesterday Prince William coun-
ty exhibits figured largely in the
awards. Washington blue ribbon win
ners were Lem Kings entry in the
class for general utility colts, Melvin
Z. Hazen's pair of harness horses and
Mrs. William Payne Merediths Merry
Widow, entered in the Prince Villa m
harness class. Blazer, owned by Jam es
v. Yates of Washington, was awarded
the white ribbon in the class for
saddle horses that have not won a
blue ribbon prior to 1915. The entries
of Churchman and Davis of Charles
ton, w. Va, carried off six firsts, two
seconds and two thirds. Mrs. Allen
Potts entries also found repeated
favor with the judges.
Mrs y. T. De Pauw's Robin Hood
won the Waverley cup offered by the
directors to the best Prince William
hunter, in memory of the late Col. n.
T. De Pauw. for some years president
of the Prince William Horse Show
Company.
Two accidents marred the day. Miss
Swart Of Leesburg went down with
was uninjured, though her mount was
taken limping from the ring.
JACK Anderson, negro jockey from
Manassas, was seriously hurt in the
Steeplechase when he lost his stirrup
and plunged to the ground
The elite Of the countryside last
night attended the annual germa n
which was given in Corners Opera
House.
The horse show awards follow:
List of the Awards.
Class 1-Thoroughbreds. three -year-oIls and
over-First. Geraldine, H. W. Herring Son.
Nokesvile, Va.
Class 2-Tho-oughbreds, one. two and three
years old First. Seabreeze. johnson Russell.
Mddieburg. Va: second. Muzanti, Richard Ut
terback. Manassas. Va; third. Aesop, Leonard
Utterback. Manassas Va.
Class s-Hunter-bred cots-Firs.. exhibit Of
Hooker Deputy, Nokesville, Va; second, bay
colt. Bernard smith. jr.. Haymarket. Va.
Class Hunter bred colts-First. Seabreeze.
Johnson Russell; second Vinson g., Miss N. f.
Beiches, haymarket. Va; third. exhibit Of A.
c Crouch. Catharpin, Va
Girl, T.. l.. Redmond. Mddleburg, Va. second,
decoration. Miss Lucy C. Buckner. Gainesville,
Class 7-Heavy draft mares-First, Bounce, 81
L. Latham. Haymarket, Va; second Minnie, II.
Class s-Heavy draft colts-First, Bob. Mrs.
Sadie Ward Manassas Va; second and third,
exhibit Of H Latham co,,.r,, and second
exhibits of II. l.. Latham.
Class 1o-special for brood mares suitable to
produce hunters-Ffrst. Nellie Brown. c. F.
Whitmer, Manassas; second, Estella H., John
p. Kerln Nokesville. Va; third. Bunch. Hooker
S,sI,s Dep",y; y, fourth Dina P, B, c0Fn"e'l Ma
Glass l1-General utility colts-Ffrst Topsy.
P. B. CornweI; second, Grace. Mahlon Se'se,
Smith. IT,; fourth. Prince, p d. LIpscomb.
Class I2-General utility colts-First. Country
Gil. f. l.. Redmond second Acme. Mrs. Allen
Potts; third. Robin Hood, Mrs. James Birkett,
Manassas, Va.
Class 13-General utility colts-First exhibit
of Lem King. Washington. D. c.. second, Grace.
Mahlon Seese; third, Lady Brownwood: G. F.
Glass H-Heavy harness stallions-Ffrst,
Brownwood Prince William Hackney Horse
Company. Manassas. Va.
Glass 15-Heayy harness bred colts-First, Rob
the requirements Of the National Remount As
sociation-First. Flash, NJ. NJ Washington.
Nokesville Va. second, Rather J. N. Reid.
Nokesville. Va; third. Tipperary. Artemus
Glass ls-Prince William harness horses
First Merry Widow. Mrs. William Payne Mere
dith of Manassas and Washington D. c.. sec
third Trilhy. James r. ,DorrelI. Manassas. Va :
fourth, Henry Roberts, f. K. Conner, Manassas
Va.
Glass 19-Horses in harness-First. the Earl
ond, Sultan Bee, Miss c. Frances Swart. Lees
burg Va third, Hidawatha, H. H Reese.
Front Royal. Va: fourth, Henry Roberts. E. X.
Conner Manassas. Va.
sceptre Churchman & Davis: second the
Earl, Churchman & Davis; third, Starlight