Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-26
WARRENT0N HORSE SHOW
DRAWS BIG ATTENDANCE
Ideal Weather Marks Opening of
Seventeenth Annual Exhibit
Of Thoroughbreds.
Quickly Receivers and Continues to
Rfde-Niiss Flynn Has Narrow Es-
cape-Many Awards Made OH Open
Ing Day-SummarieS in Full
Especial to Tho Times-Dispatch.

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| Association. The grounds, located in
the southern suburbs of the town, pre-
sehtcd n gala appearance. the grand
stand bedeckcd with countless United
states haGs. Pistoria's band OF Wash
inEton untiring In their rendition OF
spirited music, tho boxes and seats on
the grandstand filled with beautifully
gowned women. while stretching out in
trent. the ring, carpeted with it's per-
feet green sod. free from dust and In
which tho magnificent hunters, harness
horses and ponies added more beauty
and interest in the twenty-five classes
shown to-day.
The morning hours were taken IN
with the heavy draft and breeding
| classes. and the good exhibits clearly
show that interest is undated in the
care and raising Of the best in horse
| flesh.
Attendance IL Large.
! The green hunter class for horses
that had never won first money prize
prior to 1915 brought out an unusually
well filled class OF thirty-one entries
Tho ee-for-all handicap for horses
that had never won n blue ribbon prior
to closing of this entry TO jump four
feet. blue ribbon winners four and one
half feet. and horses that have won a
, championship or competed in high
jumping contest TO jump 1--WE feet. per-
! Torrance only to count. shown in this
class were forty entries. and tho per-
Torrance was almost perfect In most
| instances. Following this class in rapid
succession came tho combination and
saddle classes. runabout horses, ponies
sporting tandem. jumping. ladies' har-
ness horses. hunter class. suitable for
! three -year-olds suitable to become
hunters. park tandems. and the closing
class of the first days exhibit being
the Corinthian. open to al! hunters.
| with the one requirement that they he
| ridden by those who are members OF
some recognized hunt club. conforma-
ton counting % per cent and per-
| Torrance over jumps counting rs per
| cent The first prize in this class was
| the c. w. Smith memorial plate "a
handsome sterling waitcr). tho second
| and third prizes being money purses
| and the fourth ribbon.
Smith Get. n Ind Fall.
In the hunting class for middle
! weight and heavy hunters. c. H. Smith
! on MacDonough got bad fall. but in
| a most spectacular manner rcmountcd
| while hts horse was PROSTATE on the
| fallen jump, the horse recovering from
! his pcrilous position without INJURY.
! Again in the cfor-all handicap. Ny.
| smith on wild 2rier. got much worse
tumble and fell under his mount. and
the horse in getting up kicked Smith
in the face, which mt first appeared to
be serious, but he quickly rallied and
! rode in the successive hunting classes.
class. had a narrow escape, her mount
| sliding in the last jump, throwing her
! off and against the wing OF the jump.
which fell on her. but she was able TO
continue and rode again in the same
class.
The afternoon attendance was big.
the grand stnnd being filled. not count
ing the thousands congregated at the
rinEside With favorable weather con-
dit!ons assured. the attendance on the
,t.lI i,, ha nj NJ hn
management. break all past records.
! The Judges are Lew WarinG, Plain
field. y. j.: Harry Spratley. Elheron.
Va; Foxhall Keene. New York; r. Penn
Smith. STAFFORD. Pa; George c. Garter,
| Leesburg, Va. George r. Hulme, New
York. and b. +. CARRIER HarrisonburS,
Va.
The Summaries.
The summaries are as follows
| Glass No. II horses in harness-First,
| Golden Sceptrc. Churchman and Davis;
second, Starlight. Churchman and Da-
Wis: third, Fire Alarm Mitchell Har-
| -ison.
1 Glass 81. green hunters-First. Full
Cry. Mrs. j. X. Maddux; second, Fad
oodle. Courtlandt II. Smith: third, Ny
Kitten, Captain w. w. Whitsidc.
Glass ls. ponies in harness-First,
/, Red Rambler. Mrs. D. c. Sands; second.
-. Dion Kerr; third, Jimmy Tr!s
ger. Churchman and Davis.
| Glass %, saddle horses-F!rst. Three
O'Clock, Arthur White; second, Ranger,
Miss Charlotte Nolan; third. Greenway
Boy, DR.. c. S. Carter.
Glass 81. middle and heavy weight
hunters-First. Alarm. f. B. Mclean;
second. Happy Creek. Mrs. Allen Potts;
third. Eye Opener. Frederick Hostel
ter.
Glass 35. free-f or-all handicap-First,
Full Cry, Mrs. ]. *. Maddux: second
Iron Master, Julian Keith: third. ]. G.
f., z. B. Mclean.
Glass denomination harness and
| saddle horses-First. Broken Rose,
Mrs. Allen Potts: second Golden Rod,
Churchman and Davis: third, Greylng,
a. Ludlow Clarke.
Glass %, runabouts-First. Starlight
Churchman and Davis: second. Golden
Sceptre. Churchman and Davis: third
Lady Chimes, Mrs. L. C. Lcith.
Glass 10 1-2. saddle ponies-First.
Little Maud. Miss Mildred Gaines: sec
Keith.
Glass 2s. sporting tandems-First,
Bracken Rose and Pretty Maid. Mrs.
Allen Potts; second, Merry Widow and
mate. Mitchell Harrison: third. Rich
mond and mate, Melvin C. HaZen.
Glass IS 1-2, jumping class-First,
Lady Elway, Frederick G. Hostctter;
second. My Kitten. Captain w. w.
Whteside: third. Rockingham, Mrs. John
S. Gaines.
Glass 81, ladies' harness horses
First. Golden Sceptre, Churchman and
Davis; second. Starlight, Churchman
and Davis; third. Henry Fairfax, Mount
Olive Farm.
Class %. three year -olds. suitable for
hunters-First, Sandhurst, James X.
Maddux; second, Colonel O'Banon. Ar
, thur White; third, Eleven p. NJ, Z. l..
! Redmon.
Glass 90, park tandems First,
Starlight and Golden Sceptre, Church.
man and Davis.
Glass 81. Corinthian class. open to all
hunters-First, Nancy Pansy, f. B..
; Mclean: second, Jud Toiliver Osborne
and Holloway; third Ashlan. Mrs. w.
H. Pool.