Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-15
SUNDAY IS SELECTED
FOR SADDLE REUNION"
Horseback Riders to Have Two As
semblies in Rock Greek
Park.
Pierce Mill Is Meeting Point and the
Hours 1880 AM. and
$3.50 Pm.

| The great saddle reunion of the Dis
trict of Columbia is set for Sunday.
| There will be two assemblies. The
first will be at 1890 am. and the
second at $50 pm. The time of as
sembly has presented some difficulties
The horsemen who have inaugurated
the back-to- the-saddle movement have
aimed not to interfere with the church
hours. yet there has been found SEN
timent for morning riding. 1t is sought
to solve the problem by having two
assemblies, one in the morning and one
in the afternoon-10:30 and 2:30.
Meeting Place Designated.
The meeting place for everybody in
the city and the suburbs who has
horse, or can find one in any legiti-
mate way, is Pierce Mill. in Rock
Creek Park. That is one Of the focal
points Of the park. South Of the mill
is a big, green meadow, and north Of
the mill, extending to Blagdens ford
and the pebble bridge over Broad
branch, is a wide. soft dirt road. Close
to the mill is a watering trough Tor the
horses and a hydrant for their riders,
and there are a number of excellent
springs in the park.
Riding in a park does not sound at
tractive to those persons who once
upon a time rode to the hounds in Vir-
ginia and Maryland, but you can take
it from the fox hunters and other
riders who know that the going IN
those vast stretches of the park north
from Broad branch is as wild and
Countrywide as horsemen could wish.
Persons who have gone over only the
automobile roads of the park know
nothing of the deep woods the wales
and dells. the ravines and the old
oil w
of horse roads and horse trails lead.
Revival Already Begun.
The saddle revival has already set in.
and during the week an extraordinary
large number of new riders and new
horses have appeared in the park. 1t is
not the purpose of the spirited horsemen
and horsewomen who are promoting this
health-and-glow movement that the riding
shall be confined to the park, but it was
thought best to have the first ride there
in order to get a line on the number OF
men and women who are enough inter-
ested in the horse, the saddle and their
own health, comelness and youth, to Join
in the movement and help keep 1t moving.
1t is thought that when the success of the
revival is assured assemblies of the
riders will be called in various sections
of the city bordering on the country.
No trouble will be experienced in OBJ
tanning the permission of landowners
for cross-country riding through their
properties. But the first thing to do
is to turn out Sunday and show up
promptly at Pierce mill. One can reach
the mill by using the new park en-
trance at 18th street and Columbia
road and passing through the Zoo. or
by following Park road or Blagden
avenue Anybody in the Mount Pleas
ant section of the city will direct you
to Pierce mill.
1t is the intention of Mr.. Melvin c.
Hazen and his aids to .Essign one skill
full horseman as patrol leader to each
group of riders, and the distance to be
covered will be at the will and pleas
ure Of the riders. Nobody will be under
any obligation to ride farther than he
wants to, and the pace will be accom-
modated to the riders and their horses.
The idea is new and there are many
details which will have to be worked
out as the occasion suggests. but 1t is
ths wish of the Washington horsemen
that everybody shall be happy. Some
riders will have to travel long dis
tances to reach the park. but the work
of the horses on the soft paths through
the forest and the fields will be very
light.