The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28

/ anu ADtH uDllOTlnt u GNGENlflu. y
| ready for the morrow. o.
The hustling little president has
about decided that IL will be neces-
sary 20 have all his players report at
once so that ne will have them all in
shape for the opening games with the
Reds which, IL present plans 70
through. will be March s or 2s.
trife late in the season for any
1 lengthy activities.
Three pocket billiard tournaments
were held here last winter The cham
J pionship staged at the Grand Central
Academy brought out a field of ten
players. with the District honors go
ing to Charles Bartelmus. who played
through the tournament with only one
defeat being registered against him.
Title Tourney Starts.
| The tournament will get-under way
: again tomorrow night. with many Of
the old players and a trio OF talented
newcomers entered.
Because no condition has been
taken OF the Benning Race Track
during the past three years there
was no automobile. motorcycle or bike
races held in 1913. and il is doubtful
IL any will be held in 1890. A hill
climbing contest was staged at Nay
cycles and sidecars. but as IL was a
commercial advertising project no at
tempt was made 10 keep track Of the
records and riders.
| Polo was another sport that suf-
Tered. as no actual games were held
or no tournament staged, although,
the officers at both Fort Myer and
Camp Meade in the reconstruction de-
partment played many practice games
: in which no record or scores were
kept. Maryland State College played
. four field hockey games last spring.
but because Of the lack OF enthusiasm
no account of their games was pub
lished. The girl athletes OF the Navy
/ Department and the War Risk In
sursnce played a few intersection
games this fall. while the Holton-
Arms School also placed a team on
the field which won from Navy
! Thanksgiving Day morning by q SIS
count.
Khaki HoIds LImeIieht.
With the war lifted and both horses
and men back from overseas. the
tenth annual National Capital Horse
Show, opening at Arlington Park on
May p. was distinctly a military af-
fair.
Khaki has always been a favorite
horse show color in Washington. even
in pre-wsr days, but never to the ex-
tent il was at this years show-the
majority Of the riders wearing either
the uniform of the United States or
the red service stripe Indicating their
VERY recent discharge.
Nor did the war glamour cover the
riders alone. for many OF the horses
themselves had earned the right to an
equine D. :. o. IL there had been such
a thing. Chief among these foUr-foot-
ed heroes was Bob the bay geIding
ridden and owned by Col Z. r.
George
Bob" was shipped overseas during
the first few weeks OF the war. and
remained until the signing OF the
armistice. During the tests at the
horse show he showed that after
shrapnel and German bombs a IittI.
thing like handful of dust thrown
directly into his face could not even
make him vince. Bob" carried or
the blue ribbon in the lightweight
charger class on the first day OF tn
show and several other similar hon
ors OF the following four DAYS.
! MitcheIrs Horse. Score.
"old-timers" at the horse show were
delighted to see again their old ia
vOrite. Capt. Mitchell. now Brig. Gen. .
William Mitchell, chief OF the United
States Air Service overseas. Among
the horses entered and ridden by Gen
Mitchell was "HomeaGain." better
known to Washington horse lovers as
Sweet Marie the bay mare former
ly owned by Melvin Hazen. and re-
named by Gen. Mitchell upon his pur-
chasing the animal
"Homeagain' showed that she could
win as many ribbons. and most OF
them blue ones. under her new name
as she had as Sweet Marie" Othrr
prize winners entered and ridden by
Gen. Mitchell were Sis Dixon" and
''Geneyra" 90
The military note in this years
show was further emphasized Ivy the
performance staged on the first day
of the show by Troops A and b Of the
Eleventh Cavslry and the post entry
for enlisted men. In the latter event
the Eleventh Cavalry cup was won by
Sergt- Stewick on Teddy" a bay
owned by J. F. Morford.
westberry Takes Cur.
| A feature OF the second day was the
cup presented annually by Miss Ethel
! McMurray and carried away this year
I by Dennis Epson with ''westberry."
There were thirty-five horses entered
in this event. OF the thirty-five at
( least twelve took the hurdles clean
! an unusually fine exhibition OF clean
jumping. Miss McMurrSy herself vas
one of the judges in the contest Tor
her cup.
During the second day Silver Crest.
a gray owned by Frederic McEibone.
won a place in the affections OF the
audience at the show that he kept for
the rest OF the week. He carried OF
the cup presented by Dennis Epson On
: the 1adiREs hunter ClaGa aF,A
Der OF blue and red ribbons during the
other events.
Police horses and horsemeu Of the.
National Capital were the star per
formers on the third day Of the show
the cash prize of SO donated by
William p. Emo being divided among