Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-21
Banner Night
Horse Show at
Fair Planned

Plans for the night horse show
to be held in connection with the
Oregon state fair, at Salem, on
the nights of September 2S, 20, 80
and October / are well under way
and from all indications the show
will be a most successful one. j..
%. Farrell, the director in charge,
has been able to interest all the
owners of high grade saddle and
harness horses in this vicinity and
they are daily getting their mounts
and entries in shape for the state
fair show.
In addition to all of the local
entries there will be stables from
Spokane and Tacoma, Wash, rep
resented.
I The classes are SO arranged that
each night of the show should
make a most interesting program
for the spectators, as there will be
light and heavy harness, saddle
horses and jumping classes at all
performances.
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liberal as has been put up in for
mer years and judging from the
high class number Of entries al
ready received by III. M. kerron,
manager of the Portland Riding
academy, who has had charge of
the entries for the show, the con-
tests for the coveted ribbons and
honors in all of the classes Will De
most interesting to the lovers OF
horses.
OF particular interest, the hunt
ing and jumping classes always
seem to be the most attractive.
The hunters that will be shown
at the Oregon state fair, are the
very best to be had in the country
and among the entries are NUM-
Der of horses that could compete
in any of the big eastern horse
shows and easily be 'E the prize
winning.
Among the jumpers rom Port
land that will be shown at salem
are: Flying Fox, owned ty w. Y.
Sanderson, which won so many
of the jumping classes at the horse
show held during the Shrine week
on Multnomah field where ne
made a record of twenty three feet
! in the grafton long jump, defeat
ing Revel English's famous Bound
er, who has always been WIN
ner in all jumping contests on the
Pacific coast; Princess Pat, own
ed by Oswald West; Beno, the
fastest of the Portland Hunt CLUB
gallopers, owned by Fred A. Mar
tin; Spider, owned by CLAUDE Starr;
Buster, owned by Walter Honey
man; Daisy, owned by Matt Nc
Dougall; Killarney, the heavy
weight hunter, owned by James
A. Nicol; four splendid Jumping
horses owned by H. M. Kerron
Vagabond, owned by Ralph Jenk-
ms. and Ducal Crown, former star
of the Drumheller racing stables
and who has been developed INTO
a most remarkable jumper, now
/ owned ny SudTleo S'7 = "o"-'
The hunter classes to pc SHOWN
at the Salem state fair horse show
| will be for green hunters. that Is
for horses that nave never won IN
a horse show, light weight hunt-
ers, heavy weight hunters, ladies
hunters, lady and gentleman paii
of hunters, hunting teams in when
two horses are ridden by gentlemen
and one by lady, and NUMBER
of open jumping contests, as wen
as the high jump championship.
The entries for the horse snow
close on the 22d of September ana
| should be sent to H. NJ. kerron'
manager of the Portland Riding
academy, ss7 johnson street.
Two local women entering horses
| in the show will be Mrs. ZsJ. Rlgss
land Mrs. Frank S. Andrea. Mrs
Riggs will ride Bon d, entering
him in the green hunter class. Nirs'
Andrea will enter two horses,
king Pat" and Monte Cristo'
the latter animal to be ridden "s
Nr. Andrea.