Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-06
SOCIETY SEES MACS
OF BLUtST BLOOD.
Lots of Children Out to Applaud
Each Other in Classes III Which
They Rode or Drove.

Society paid more attention TO the
Horse Show Yesterday than was the case
on Wednesday The lion Of the occasion
was Lieutenant Roger Claret of the
French High Commission. This was his
first try At An American fair and, although
he speaks English tires bicn' he found
II necessary to lapse into his native
French to express his JOY over the wonders
he saw For the first time he ate peanuts
and found them good, likewise IL was his
initial experience with n Ferris wheel. and
he never before had seen or even heard of
the many. many features that combine
in the makeup OF an American fair
The lieutenant Is staying with Mrs
William G. Speakman and he and hls
hostess were guests OF friend
who Ind her car parked IN the
paddock There were several other big
cars parked. most of them holding fathers
and mothers and friends Of the children
who rode and drove The William Winder
Lairds were there and the Rodney Sharps.
Hugh Sharp got blue for driving Dulcie,
his small Shetland, and Bayard Sharp
blue when he rode his Shetland, Bessie
Mary Laird got n red when ahc drove
Dolly Dimplc. with Iiillv Marvel getting
yellow IN tho snmc cla&s. and in the pony
mare class, all the c1idren pot a ribbon,
for after Bayard Sharp got first and
Marion Pierce second. Hugh Sharp and
Dco ,lu Pont each got q white rnscttc
II WINS children dqY aud thcv were all
happy over the awards made IA each
other MI the Marvel hovs and girls were
there with their mother. and Judge David
Marvel visited various friends during the
afternoon
Mrs Haskell drove out md Ind Mrs
John T. NIplds with her. Mrs John Ban
croft had the Misses iIehb in her car
and Mrs Eugene +, din pont had some
friends with her Everyone was en-
thusiastic over the riding of Mary and
Esther du pont, Mrs Eamrnot du Pout g
Young daughters They rode with such
case and poiso. and such evident sympathy
with their mounts. that II was predicted
they will become skillful horscwonen as
they grow up,
roSIEs AND rrRcHrRoNs
Children riding and driving ponies and
the great grey Pcrcherons were the lead
ing features Of tho show Yesterday. and
the children, always attractive. leut IN
tereat to an otherwise tame show FOR the
same entries that appeared Wednesday
were IN HEAln AfStftHt. anu VIII it-
shown again today About the only
diversion today Will hc the appearance
Of Mrs Holiday : Needs chestnut
gcldne and Mrs Rodney Sharps sorrel
geldng
Yesterday the Lever and nelrhrster
Farms continued 20 alternate first place
IN the harness and jumping elnsscs Just
why the Judging should have bocn 50 slow
sometimes. IT WINS lnpoesliile to tell, ior
the Judges had gone over the points Of
every entry So many tunes that decision
could have been almost instantaneous
In one of the green hunter classes things
were allowed to Just slow down for about
70 minutes. when only the white wings
were in evidence They put m con
siderable time setting mp the hurdles. and
then took them down and placed them
working with what might bc
called mc-consuning energy or lack ot
energy. Meanwhile the dust raiser
(other,yisc the harrow went its merry
pace around the race track and treated
the horse show people 10 clouds OF dust
Finally the jumping was pulled of with
I.iehers Crafty Girl getting first an q
moments began TO stragglc out as re-
arrived for what turned out
to be class lSS. The jumping was pretty
good in this and thcrc VAS one brief eN-
ritcment when Morrissev was thrown by
Writ Willis Betsy when she refused a
hurdle Lcbcr's Bill Mitchell and DE
,hesters Merryheld got first and second
IN this class, and both had