Evening star., 1920-05-21
D. D.C.:-0WNED HORSES
IN EVENTS TODAY
Program of Yesterday Is
Praised for Its Educa-e
tionaI Features.

tI0nai Features.
Lacking the educational features Of
yesterdays program. pronounced by
competent judges as probably the
most instructive horse show enter
:ainment ever given in America, the
Arlington today emphasized societys
interest in the horse.
1t was a program arranged, too.
with the view of bringing into the
spotlight locally owned horses. there
being a special class for local hunt
ers. in which thirty-one entries were
received.
Washington society girls appeared
in a riding tandem class. which was
voted the sportiest number OF the
entire show.
Tonight the judges and officials OF
tho show will be entertained at q din
ner to be given by the association at
Wardman Park Inn.
Tomorrow, the closing day of the
meet. will bring the championship
classes, in which horses that have
won in tho hunting, harness and other
events. will meet for final supremacy
in these divisions.
Attendanee Ii Large.
Fair weather brought out another
large attendance for the fourth day
Of the show this afternoon. interest in
in the triple bar jump. a feat never
before attempted in a local show ring.
The obstacle was arranged in a slant
ing position, with the first bar sus-
pended 21s feet above ground. the
second Il feet above and the third
was expected to test the mettle of the
horses as none of the other jumps
have.
A horse that attracted much atten-
ton at the show today is Per1kio,
owned owned by the government breeding
Nokesville, Va. farm Of Melvin c. Ha-
zen. manager of the show. After q
nifty mile canter from the farm to the
show grounds yesterday, Perkio ar
rived as fresh as though he had but
galloped around the half-mile oval,
favorable comment by Army officers.
Strong In Endurance Test.
Another thoroughbred that has in
terested the Army contingent is syl-
via Green. an aged mare. one-time
heroine Of steeplechases around New
York. that carried Col. Patton over
the thirty-mile Army endurance test
yesterday. She apparently was
finish.
The second phase Of the Army en-
durance test will be decided today
when the thororghbreds that nego-
dated yesterdays cross-country run
will be put through their military
the jumps. after which the judges
will decide which 10 entitled to the
blue ribbon.
Large Attenaanee Yesterday.
Yesterdays attendance was the
largest in the history Of the horse
show. The program was quite the
longest ever presented and decidedly
the most cosmopolitan. There were
hunting contests OF every character:
harness and gated events, bareback
jumping. Roman racing. an artillery
exhibition and police drill, nat races.
q steeplechase-inf fact. about every
thing that could be included in q
horse show program
There were spills in the hunting
numbers and steeplechase, but for the
most part the exhibitions were clean
cut. and this especially was true Of.
the handicap jump. which attracted .
number OF entries.
the contest being won by Edward b.
AcLean's tanoark veteran, Alarm.
The judges declared the handicap
Its kind ever staged in this country.
Army Figures CsasDteusasly.
The Army figured conspicuously in
the program, and there was q lot Of
roofing for the various entrants not
only from officers Of high rank. but
privates who monopolised the railbird
colony. This enthusiasm was unre-
strained when Gen. Pershings
on the occasion Of his hrst show ring
appearance Wednesday. was awarded
first honors in the bareback jumping
contest. Col John ouekemeyer. Gen.
Pershing's aid. piloted jon over the
obstacles without bride or saddle and
ture as the performance OF the horse.
which was considered remarkable In
view Of the fact that he 10 . green
jumper.
q delegation Of spectators from Fort
Myer was an exhibition by = detach-
ment Of United States field artillery.
Latest models Of field weapons drawn
by as superb specimens Of light draft
horsefesh a possibly could be as
sembled were shown and the judges
were confronted with no easy task
in selecting the winners. When the
from D Battery. driven by Private
Smith, it started . small pandemonium
among the soldier r-onlookerB, with whom
the decision seemed to be generally
popular.
the half-mile track. in which three
Army riders participated. Private
Baker of Troop K. I'd Battery. got his
team Of bays home in front
A,nual Drill Of Police.
The annual drill and inspection Of
the mounted police forue Of the Dis
trict. held every year In Conjunction
with the horse show, was witnessed
At Arlington yesterday by many rep
resentatives Of the police department,
Including Maj. Gessf0rd. superintend-
ent. Police Inspector Cross leo the
other mounted units, winning both
the blue and rcd. which went, respect
ively, to Private A. L. Lucas and Sergt.
Il Frederic re- McElhone's Silver Crest
romped OF with the GLASS for Cofin-
THAN riders, In which the riders ap-
principal harness event Of the day
the tandem park number-John l.
bushnell defeated his formidable
rivals, A. w. Atkinson and Mrs. Loula
Long Combs.
The steaplechase. with which the
program was concluded, produced q
spill at the second jump which elm
inated every horse from the race but
Anne Excellence. ridden by Turner.
The mare gal,oped to hollow Vc.
tory. Jones rsmounted the Tank and
finished second.
festerday's winners.
Yesterdays winners were:
uors.s s,.itab,c for hurters-Crackerjack ..
T.. ReiU,na, frst; Bank Note. Belmont Farm.
sccoad; i.st,cc. W. C. Skinner. third; Moon
Heavy hsmass horses-Mogul. A. W. Atkin-
son, nrst; Tho Governor. John l.. bushnell.
second; Eepu:atioa. Mrs. lc'iia Long Combs
third: Ideal kath,a,, A. ". Atkinson.
Local saddle horaay--feancairr, Miss Martins
mi nd r,,tef .fynct1 Ran