Evening star., 1916-05-09
Victory Of "Lady Di|ham'
an Outstanding Feature
of the Horse Show Program

The outstanding feature Of yesterdays
performances was the victory OF Lady
Dilham in the class for heavy harness
horses, 15.2 and under. in which eight
OF the best thoroughbreds ever shown in
this country gave Reginald Vanderbilt
and the other judges a difficult task in
the selection of the winner. Famed for
her wonderful action and show ring man
ners, this beautiful brown mare. the
property Of Miss Constance Nauclain Of
Philadelphia, was never better than yes
terday. and the judges decision added
another link to her unbroken chain Of
victories. Judge Moore's Mogul pressed
Lady Dilham hard for first prize. while
Princess Sheila, another entry from the
Vauclain stable, was looked over care
fully by the judges before they decided
where the red ribbon was to be tied.
Glen Riddle farms of Pennsylvania
we're as prominent in the hunting events
as they had been Saturday. capturing
two blues Willow King, one Of the
heavyweight jumpers owned by this
stable and shown here in former years
under the colors of Mrs. Allen Potts Of
Virginia was ridden to victory by Miss
NJ L. Thompson in the ladies' hunters
same stable. but formerly exhibited here
by Arthur White. accounted for first
honors in the free-for-all jump.
Fox Hunters Glass.
Twenty -four horses answered the start
er's call in the fox hunters class. with
the vint Hill farm entry, Eagle Plume.
winning the prize. cup offered by Miss
Ethel MacMurray of Washington. This
contest provided unusually clean jump
ing as all but one OF the horses nego-
tiated the course without knocking down
any OF the barriers.
The hunters free-for-all. won by
Nancy Pansy. had a total OF forty six
entries with forty-one starting. This
class provided the first thrills OF the
meet as there were three spills at the
last Jump. with horse and rider failing
heavily in each instance.
Mrs Allen Potts of Gordonsville, Va.
scored a popular victory when she won
with Day Star In the class for saddle
horses This makes one blue and one red
ribbon for Mrs Potts since the show
started. She has five horses on the
grounds.
Among yesterdays local exhibitors
, were George NJ. Oyster. jr.. who showed
two teams Of heavy draft horses that
have won blue ribbons both in this coun-
try and abroad. and Melvin C.. Hazen.
ma nager OF the show. who was likely
looking jumping mare in Virginia Dare
The latter appeared in two classes and.
with Ralph Coffin up. cleared all the
hurdles successfully both times, and. in
the opinion Of many Of the spectators
should have been rated higher by the
judges.
Miss Helen Buchanan, Miss Ethel Gre
| bIe Miss NJ. l.. Thompson and Mrs. May
NJ Maddox were among the riders who
| gave skillful performances in the hunting
numbers. Ralph Coffin. Dick Donnelly
| and Arthur White are showing great
| form in the saddle.
Summary Of Events.
| Summarize. OF yesterdays events arc
as follows:
| Class 4s-Lady's road saddle horse:
II entries; ridden by a lady; IS and over;
| park horse 70 have the characteristics OF
saddle horse; quality. good manners.
clean straight gaits at walk. trot and
| canter style and action, well collected
and bitted: the road horse to be judged
en- the same points and have the charac-
| teristics OF a saddle horse. First. Mont
| rose b. g.. $50. Miss ". l.. Thompson up:
second. Viking. ch g.. $25. Stillhouse
| Stables, Mrs. II. r. Renwick up; third
Marjory Moreland, b. M, SO. Miss NJ. du
Pont, owner and up; fourth. Acme ch. 8.
ribbon, Mrs Allen Potts, owner and up.
Class 13-Seven entries; heavy harness
horses: novices 1873 and under; two
ehown: shown to appropriate vehicles
good conformation. quality. style and all