The Washington times., 1917-02-20
INDOOR HORSESHOW
THRILLS AUDIENCE
Women Rival Crack Cavalry
Riders in Spectacular Jump
ing at Opening.
HUNT BALL THIS EVENING
Event to Close With Mardi Gras
Dance for Charity at the
Willard.
HUNT BALL THIS EVENING

Spectacular jumping, in which
women rivaled crack cavalry riders,
featured the opening day of the an.
ington Riding and Hunt Club at the
riding academy yesterday.
The show continues this afternoon
and will be concluded tonight by the
Mardi Gras hunt ball at the willard.
The proceeds of tonight's affair will
be turned over TO the Purple Cross
Society. which is taking care of
horses injured on the battlefields of
Europe.
Begins at 10 O'Clock.
The ball will begin at 10 o'clock,
and at II o'clock there will be a hunt
pageant, with such characters as
Diana and Robin Hood.
Following the hunting groups will
come the grand parade, filing past the
Judges stand. where the best cos
TUNES of the evening will be singled
out and prizes awarded.
All guests will be asked to attend
in either pink coats, riding, driving
or hunting garb, or in carnival dress.
Full Attendance.
The first day of the show yesterday
afternoon was we'll attended
Thrills were numerous yesterday af.
ternoon, although no one was serious
ly hurt. Miss Louise McLanahan
was thrown from her sulky, but
pluckiIy resumed the contest Last
night Commander ]. H. Reid was
thrown from his mount, when his ami
NAL ha1lz cd a tho hurdle hTt he wa
uninjured.'
The judges for the show are Col.
James w. Graves. Major William
Kelly, William p. Emo, Arthur H.
Carter. John Gheen, Capt. Charles G.
Harvey. DR.. Z. Lester Jones. Commits
sioner Oliver P. Newman, and John J.
Duff.
Afternoons Decisions.
The decisions for the afternoon
contests were:
Glass 4-Harness ponies. twelve
hands and not over AZ driven by
children under fourteen years. First
prize, cup and blue ribbon, King Ar
thur. owned by Col. Robert NJ. Thomp-
son; second and third prizes, blue and
yellow ribbons. respectively, won by
Mrs. Aksel Wichfield: fourth prize,
" hiAt IlDDOH. -hASS 11Oulsc
Glass 9-SaddIe horses, novelty
class; first prize, cup and blue ribbon.
Won by Rabbit, ridden by Ralph
Coffin; second prize, red ribbon. won
by Miss Betty Scriven.s on Texas
Tommy; third prize. yellow ribbon,
won by W. F. Downey, jr.. with Lady
Fairview; fourth prize, white ribbon,
won by. George Oakley Totten, jr., on
Buster,
Harness Glasses.
Glass 1O-Harness classes, runabout
horses. First prize, cup and bIue rib
bon. won by Mrs. Larz Anderson. driv-
ing Joy Direct: second prize. red rib
bon. won by William Littauer, driving
High Gate; third prize, yellow ribbon.
won by Hamilton and Wright, behind
King
Glass 17-For novice hunters Cup
presented by Mrs. Robert NJ. Thomp-
son: first prize, cup and blue ribbon.
Won by Lieut.. Robert Strong, with
Victor; second prize. red ribbon. won
by Miss Ruth Tanner, with Peggy:
third prize, yellow ribbon, won by
Lieut.. Robert Strong. with Skyscrap-
er: fourth prize, won by Hamilton and
Wright with Trixie.
Hunters' Novelty Class.
Glass 1s-For hunters; novelty
class; first prize, cup and blue ribbon.
Won by Miss Edythe Howard, with !
Duke of Norfolk; second prize, red !,
ribbon. won by Dennis A. Upson. with !
Ravellor; third prize. yellow ribbon. /
won by Commander Reid: fourth I
nrize, white ribbon. Col. Robert VI. /
Thompson. with Diana.
Glass 20-For enlisted mems jump |
ers. First prize, cup and blue ribbon. |
Sergeant Guyn, on Wild Bill: second ]
prize, 50 and red ribbon. won by Cor /
porsl Ward, on Babe: third prize. So |
and yellow ribbon, won by Private I
Huff on No. 10: fourth prize. white |
ribbon. won by Sergeant Burshanki, |
on No. S.
PoIO Pony Class.
Glass 25-For polo ponies. First |
prize, cup and blue ribbon. won by
Major William Mitchell, on Akbar;
second prize, red ribbon, won by
George Oakley Totten, jr.. on CAT
thing; fourth prize. white ribbon. won
by George Oakley Totten, on Buster.
The following awards were made in
The evening:
Glass 3-First prize. cup and blue
won by Master Abner Drury.