Evening star., 1920-05-22
THOUSANDS SEE
HORSES IN TESTS
Big Army Events Feature To-
days Card at National
Capital Show.

Thousands of Washingtonians went
to Arlington Park TODAY for the pre-
mier events of the National Capital
Horse Show.
Army officers and officials of the
War Department were in attendance
this afternoon for the closing features
OF the Army endurance contest. which
is recognized as one of the most diff
cult tests to which Army horses have
been subjected in local turf circles.
The Army challenge cup. in which
seven three-horse teams are compet-
ing. also will be judged this afternoon.
This event tops all previous Army
horse contests during Washington s
exhibitions. both in the number of
entries and in the class of horses dis
played.
Peggy Hyland, Norman brood
mare, presented to the A. E. F. by the
french government, is entered in the
nrst event Of this afternoon. The
mare received her training at the
French cavalry school at Saumur, and
was regarded as one of the best pro-
ductions of French horse breeding
during the present generation.
Interest will center upon the cham
plonship classes this afternoon The
saddle and single harness champion
ships, as well as the hunters. harness
pair and park saddle championship
classes will be judged
In the park saddle class Echo, the
slx-year-old Kentucky mare of Miss
Marion du Pont is entered. Echo yes
terday took the ladies' saddle class
blue ribbon. following up her record
of first at every show in which she
has been entered. She was the win
ner of the saddle championship last
year.
Gen. Pershine Occupies Box.
Gen. Pershing, with his son War
rem and party, attracted attention
at yesterdays meet. From a box he
generals charger. top obstacles with
flying feet until he reached the triple
bar jump. when he grazed the top
rail and missed honors by inches. In
another box sat Admiral Grayson,
personal physician to the President.
What probably impelled most in
terest was the closely matched field
of local hunting jumpers. With thirty
one entries-the majority of excel
lent conformation and good jumping
qualifications-the class was topped
by Water Baby, Mitchell Harrison 8
sixteen-hand brown mare. defeating
Gen. Pershings JEFF and Edward Nc
Lean'sd Alan. Second. third an
fourth honors went respectively to
Arthur H. Aliens Ann Ford, Brig.
Gen. Mitchells Home Again and Dem
mis- Upson's Col. O'Bannon-
show Ranks With Best.
Alarm continued to excite admira-
tion at the show yesterday. although
he did not repeat his previous Win
ming exhibitions. He is regarded as
one of the most extraordinary horses
of local stables
The show on the whole is regarded
as ranking with the most successful
staged. An old horseman was there
yesterday. He would not permit his
name to be mentioned. as he was sup
posed to be somewhere else. But he
said:
i've viewed shows in Paris. Vienna
and London. In some of the classes
shown here this afternoon / have
never seen the quality of horses and
horsemanship in all my reanderings.
They are superb"
Yesterdays Prizes.
The prizes awarded yesterday fol-
low:
Enlisted men. post entries-Prin-
cess, Troop I. Sd Cavalry, first; Aleck,
Troop l, Sd Cavalry. second; Dandy
Bill, Troop K. Sd Cavalry fourth.
Saddle ponies-Nipper, Mrs. Charles
Randolph Mayer. frst; Starbrighe,
Norman & Norman, second: Bounce
Mrs. Medill Mccormick. third; Quaker,
Laura and Elsie Tuckerman, fourth.
Mrs. Loula Long Combs. first: Model
Princess and Model Queen. John l..
Bushnell, second; Rod and Reel, Jo-
seph Weisenfeld, third.
Hunters. lightweight-Silver Crest
Frederic McElhone. first: Witchcraft'
Charles D. Lanier, third; Pretty Maid
NrS Allen Potts fourth,
Novice hunters-Wo oodcock, Mount
Airy Farms. first; Sherwood. T. L.
Redmon, second: Merry Widow. Nor
man & Norman, third: Vint Endive
Mitchell Harrison. fourth.
Ladies' saddle horses-Echo, MISS
Marion du Pont, first; Beaucaire, Miss
Martha Lamar Ellis. second; The
Crack, Mrs. Allen Potts. third: Slum-
berer, Frederic L. Bryan, fourth.
Jumpers, to be ridden by young Ia
dies or young men not over twenty
years-Down East. Charles D. Lanier
first: Boiling, Charles D. Lanier. sec
ond: Aida. Charles D. Lanier. third
Dixie, Charles D. Lanier. fourth:
ensude between President Wilson
Local hunters. owned by residents
of the District of Columbia or mem :
bers of the Army. Navy. Marines or
to closing of entries-Water Baby,
Mitchell Harrison. first: Ann Ford
Arthur H. Allen. second; Home Again
Gen. William Mitchell. third; Col.
OBannon, Dennis Upson. fourth.
Saddle horses, to be ridden by young
ladies under twenty years of age
Beaucaire. Miss Martha Lamar Ellis
first; Temptation. Miss Anna Hamlin'
second: Home Again. Gen. William
Mitchell. third: Red Wing. Mrs. Agnes
Gayle johnson, fourth.
Triple bar jump-Nickel Tip. Fox
catcher Farms, first; Great Heart.
Mrs. Francis s. Peabody, second: Red
Heart, Mrs. Francis S. Peabody. third
Royal Flyer. Mrs. Francis S. Peabody,
fourth.
Com bination horses-Marie Dare,
Miss Dorothy Markham; first; Roust.
er. w. N. Stombock, second: Red
Wing. Joseph Weisenfeld, third.
Hunters, middle and heavy weight
Boiling, Charles D. Lanier. first;
Silver Tip. Foxcatcher Farms. second
Alarm, Belmont Farms, third; Col.
OBannon. Dennis Upson, fourth.
Riding tandem-Team. Mrs W. Sin
clair Bowen, first; Dixie Maid and
Red Wing. Mrs. Agnes Gayle John
son. second; Over the Top and Prince.
Miss Gretchen Wahl. third; Francis
and Freckles. Miss Anna Hamlin.
fourth.
Thoroughbred stallions-Perkio,R Re-
mount, U. s. A.. first; Bouvard, Col
G. S. Patton, second. -.
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