The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
BLUE RIBBON WINNERS HOLD
LIMELIGHT AT ARLINGTON SHOW
ooNTINUED FRoN PAcr ONE.

| ~AaNeID Hho1 EA1E ONE.
In yssich she entered. She expects-
y take her horses TO Devon for the
show next week.
Judges OF the single class, in
which hoguL belonging 20 A W..
Atkinson. and John l. BushneII,s. !.
Governor took second and third
places. declared that the decision
was extremely difncuIt 70 reach
animation, however. showed mo-
III effects OF the heavy EoinesS
through which the three contestants'.
were put and 30 carried away the
chsmpionship.
Ridden BY PershinE Aldo. -
Tommy. champion Of the roar
saddle class. was ridden to victory
py Col John ouekemeyer, aide 20
Gen. Pershing and one of the most
skiIlful riders appearing on them
Ianoark OF this years show.sa
Tommy is one Of the superb Irish
hunters secured by the A L. p
headquarters stables from the Eng"
hrh government, and recently re-
Ieased from quarantine. Running
the Irish horse a close second for
the championship honors was The,
crack. q thoroughbred owned hy,.
MRS. Allen Potts, OF Virginia Other.Y
contestants in the saddle class were.
Paddy. owned by Can't C P.a
George, and Bugs. owned by COL,
Kenyon A Joyce.
Ann Ford, vic:or in the light
weight hunters class. was a blue
rlooon winner in numerous cIasses
during the show. She is q bright
pay standing a little over fifteen.
hands high and belongs to Arthur
n Allen OF Washington. Her per-
IoFmance has been consistently Of
tne championship caliber. and her
victory was hardly a surprise TO
either the judges or the grand
stands
Miss Marion du Pont rode her re-
markable mare. Echo, TO fret place
IN the park saddle class
silver Tip L. Champion.
In the heavy and middle-weirbt
hunters class. Silver Tip. Of the.
toNcatcher Farms. was the cham
plon. Silver Tip has been riddon
! throughout the five days Of the
show by Mrs. william du Pont. in
whose superb horsemsnship has in
no small degree contributed toward
the success OF her mount.
The last test of the three-days
endurance contest staged by the
Remount Association ended yester-
day. with Gypsy Boy. a G-yeSr-old
sorrel, owned by Capt. Charles y.
Amory. the victor. The endursnce
test included a thirty-mile cross-
country ride, staged on "Wednesday.
ana severe schooling in the show
ring Friday morning. At the end
OF the thirty-miIe ride Datto. an,
English horse. owned by Col. A G.
| thurman. appeared TO he the victor.
| Dut he failed Erfd..-
ing's test as creditabIy and lost to
Gypsy Boy
Army officers who were judges
said all of the horses came through
the tests exceptionally well
Army Horses Compete.
A second army event Of unusual
interest was the contest for the
Army Challenge Cup. presented by
William y. Dykmsn and competed
for annually by teams Of army
horses ridden by army oficers. Mem
hers OF the team carrying away the
cup Yesterday were Col. Oucke-
meyer. Mai. Guy Y. Henry and Col
lt. l.. Scott All three are graduates
I or the riding school OF Saumur.
france. and are considered the finest
J horsemen in the service.
spectacular event. staged for
/ those who missed the performance
/ on Friday. was the drill OF the six
artillery teams. The horses were
shown drawing types Of guns used
: by the American. French and Eng
lsh government during the war.
viewing the drill from the
judges stand was Gen PershinE
and his small son. Warren Perish
ing. The general came to tn.
stand as the guest OF Samuel Wall
J ter Taylor of New York, one OF
the judges. and remained through
out the artillery drill and several
succeeding classes Upon his re-
turn TO his box he was greeted by
/ prolonged cheers from the grand
I stands
4 popular event was the ponv
race for children under Il wears
Siarbright. bay mare owned hy
: Norman & Norman. was the victor
! in the dash around the show ring.
! her rider being little George Sla-
ter, Of Washington. Other Young.
sters in the race were Edward
DevereuK. on Dynamite, second:
Thomas Johnston, on Nipper. third:
Lewis Johnston. on Checkers.
fourth. and Thomas Faulkner. on