Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-05
! GEEGEES CAvORT
At HORSE SHOW
Very Interesting Exhibition. Includ-
ing a Number of Thrills From
Blooded Equine Youngsters.

There we're no thrills or spills at yester-
DAVIS session of the Horse Show, but ~
proved pleasant diversion for some hun
dreds of persons on pleasure bent ne
paddock bench was we'll filled. but there
were only four motors packed about the
hedge. In these were Mrs Felix du Pont,
Mrs Harry G. Haskell and Mrs. T. Paul
du Pont and all the numerous little
cousins -du Points, Carpenters and lalrds,
some of whom rode Yesterday They had
wonderfully good time riding their
ponies in the inneld and discussing the
merits and dement's Of every entry They
were on time for the hrst event, and
STAYED until the last minute oi the big
Pcrcheron class. which closed the alter
noon,
SOME OF THU RiB"oNs.
Mary h du pont with Nav Moon got
n white ribbon in one Of tho pony classes.
and thus caused the cousins great JOY
Miss Jean Brown Scott was another
Young exhibitor, who got fourth Tor her
sorrcl gclding \Ippcr. in one oi the
harness classes She had a horse OF great
beauty and splendid points. but he IN
fortunately mlSbehaved and thls kept her
from winning colorcd ribbon lLttle
Miss Scott rode another soTrcl grldng,
Forgotten, IN ono of The hunter classes,
and made a fine performance over the
outside course She won admiration, but
no ribbon. but she can bc assured OF q
welcome II She comes here again
As for honors Yesterday, hey were mp
and tuck for William \ i.uhcr and Del
chester Farms These two exhibitors lust
about altcrnated the reds and blues IN
succeeding classes In harness classes the
I.uhcr's Buttonwood Lass and Button
wood Mald and Dclchestcr Farms,
MatchIcsS Fashion and Bagthorpc lNlng
wcrc the leading entries The Buttonwood
par got three blues for harness palrs
while Bagthorpc kIng came ont inst IN
single harness
BiT OF ~ NOR
One of the humorous incidents was
when DclchcStcr Farms Little Dream
threw his rider Dick lark the Ittlc SON
of the manager and then cavortcd around
tho paddock according to the dictates of
his fancy. Il not his conscience " Tunes
he PLAYED tho part Of buckinR hroncho.
AGAIN hc Was race horse. and vet agan
hc gayr evidence ~ possessing turn tor
investigation 4le was allow cd free rem
for his imagination and hIs antics tor q
while. aud hon q fcW judges and grooms
closed IN on hum and the merry game vas
over His small rider mounted again and
Little Dream proceeded - walk, tfot aud
cantrr IN such etNic and department that
he got third place
There was great interest m the Fer"he-
rnn class tho last event of the afternoon
Dclchr4tcr Farms again glowcd like q
hrirht particular star. with thcIr exhibit
MI. III
beasts trllv beasts ut burden, and Won
dcrfulll handsome They c,mcd to revcl
N i pridc of strength, and their grooming
vaS - evident as to cause remark l. was
also remarked that for plg tai> "crc
nj rulouS on horses d ~nch tremendous
SIZE. ana Il was ior many ~ wonder why
work. hor~, should he deprived q tai
created IA project it, owner from iiic> anu
other annoNnC insects
Rcs, Single draft horse owned IN
Delaware. FIRST entry hy MISS AMY
DUPONT. second. entry by MISS Amy
DUPONT. ih,rd Point Look out Farms
Best registered I'ercheron mare.
First, kokaSSe peIchtste Farms,
second. Icgltmc, peichester Farms,
thlrd. pines creek arms fourth
Bearherry Wlnterthur Farms
Hunter ana jumper For the best
performance Of hunter or jumper over
the outside course
First Don blk n. Delchester
Farms second Chester. hIk geld. Del
chester Farms third Forgotten. sor
rel. geld Miss Jean Brown Scott
fourth Lady Lyndon Canhy {. Dar
lington
Pony. over hands high and no
exceeding - hands, : inches. FIRST
Pretty Baby en- m. Delchester Farms
second. Buttonwood Lofty, On III.
William A Lieber third Little Dream
bay m. Delchester Farms. fourth
Mav Morn. Miss Mary b. DUPONT.
Harness horse. for the best horse
suitable for gig: FIRST, ButtonwooC
Lass. ch William 4 L.eber
third Fashion. bay geld, Deichestel
| Farms
American hackney harness horse
mare or gelding. best hackney or hal
bred hackney-First Bagthope King
bay geld. Delchester Farms; second
Buttonwood Maid ch. William
A Lieber
Jumpers ChandicapD horses tina
have won a championship a hlgi
junlp per L. jump five feet FIRST Mar
ryfield bay geld Delchester Farms
second Elk view bay geld vii
/ liam \ Ideber third Chester DIX
geld Dorchester Farms. fourth
HlIl Mitchell blk geld. Wilhaf a
| IIcber.
Noy1ce harness horse CpaIrs) hes
/ pair over "a hands inches that hav
I never won a blue ribbon First But
/ tonwood Lass William a IAeber
( second Matchless. bay geld. Del
! chester Farms
Harness horse. Is hands. niche
/ or over First Merryfeld bay geld
Dorchester Farms second Chester
/ blk geld Dorchester Farms. third
Bill Mitchell, blk geld. William
| IAeber
! Thoroughbred hunter green o
/ qualified open 10 all { foot inc
! jump First. Elk View. b. g.; seconc
| william A blk. g. Delchester Farms
third, Weytherville, John 5 Garre
Jr.
Sn..1aI Prizes Offered fO America