Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
GIRL or IS THRILLS
MORSE SHOW CROWD
Miss Becky Lanier Fails to
Place in Hunter Event, but
Wins Big Applause
WILLIAM DU POINT, JR., FALLS


appearance of four ring circus today
Prize thoroughbreds Of the country
showed in the oval. giving the excuse
for terming the joint festivities horse
4 show.
But while the horses competed in the
ring, stubborn donkeys carried riders
around the field for the sum of ten
cents; hundred or more CANNES
howled for honors at dog show. and
numerous events in "happy village
were run off successfully. Through 1t
all. Clarian, whose identity has been
kept secret, performed for the crowds
Of SPECTATORS, insisting that the cafe
= terra on the field is the best place in
Devon for the public to eat. 1t might
be added that it is the one and only
place to dine.
Everything at Devon goes under the
general heading of horse show and
country fair, and all is given TO benefit
the Bryn Mawr Hospital.
Girl OF Thirteen Stars
OF forty three entries in the open
inr event for the second day of the show.
thirteen year old Becky Lanier. grand %
daughter of Sidney Lanier, the south e
erp poet was the only feminine rider.
Judges of horses should know, but the
crowded stands seemed to feel that tn"
little Miss Lanier should have placed
her hunter. Dixie in the event. She
did not place the mount. however.
Miss Lanier is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles D. Lanier, of Greenwich
Conn.
Miss Isabella Wanamaker made her
first appearance at this years show to-
day, after long illness. Riding Cher
4 rystone in a class for saddle horses. she
put up a stiff competition against the
Minstrel. entered by Miss Constance
vauclain. but Miss Wauamakcr was
forced to be content with q red. II was
Miss yauclain's fourth blue ribbon for
the show.
In the next class, however. Miss
Wanamaker's entry, Willisden Fashion.
took the honors.
"Judge" William II. Moore cleaned
up In two events this morning, taking
all the awards in two events.
Patrick O'Connell. stable man for
Miss Vauclain, was Judge" Moore $
6rst victim. O'Connell who looks and
acts to live up to the name his fore y
fathers brought from Ireland, had one
entry in the four day show. 1t was
Aminta, a breeding hackney. But
0'Connell was unfortunate in entering
the horse in competition with three OF
''Judge" Moore's finest.
Ashton Gives Praise
DIR. Thomas G.. Ashton. chairman of
the horse show committee. today praised
the high class of horses competing in the
events this year. upholding the opinion
freely expressed by enthusiasts who
have followed the Devon show for years.
Although the county fair running as a
s;df attraction on the polo field has
/ .asFisted materially in making the show
The success it is, the fact that many OF
the most famed horses in the country
are entered. in the events draws the big
crowds.
In the great majority of classes this
year cash prizes are offered in place of
cups.
"Cash prizes are more attractive to
exhibitors" Doctor Ashton said today.
The people are getting tired Of storing
up cups and Medals
The novelty of the county fair bega
TO wear off today. and although the
pretty girls and society matrons who are
conducting the sale of novelties were
kept busy disposing of their wares. the
crowds on the field did not neglect the
horses exhibited in the ring.
Happy Village"
Counter attractions in "Happy Vii.
, lage" naturally held much interest. but
the boxes and grandstands were wei
filed today.
The program for the second day n,
the show was set aside for hackney
horses, but the hunters featured seyera
events.
Many of the women who are wei
known socially in Philadelphia and alon,
the Main Line are working in the vii,
iage of little thatched roof houses an,
their attractive wares on sale held tn,
Interest of goodly throngs. The noyeltie
on Easy street." the main thorough
fare of "Happy Village" took the in
ferest OF the professed horse enthusi
fsts, but they soon returned to tbei
boxes and positions along the rails o
fhe oval.
Almost anything one desires NAV b
purchased from the pretty girls in tn
Yillage. Their wares run anywhere from
nodish hats and baby shoes to damon,
bracelets.
Mrs. r. Penn Smith, chairman O
fhe rummage committee, was so bus
feliing a rug to one of her customer
this morning that she failed to see tn
teen competition set up by two entrie
from the family's stables in the jumpin
class for hunters. She was assisted a
me rummage sale booth in the village h
Per daughter, Miss Kitty Smith. Tb
fummage sale booth makes up the mos
iveiy corner in the village, attractin
many customers with a remarkable mix
ture of curiosities.