Evening star., 1921-05-15
BAREBACK RACE
At HORSE SHOW
THRILLS PRESIDENT
Other Exciting Contests Also
Delight Distinguished Gath
ering at Opening.

mont OfflClalS mingled WITH Huhdi eo'
of prominent Washingtonians at IN,
opening of the National Capital horse
show at Arlington Park. Va. ytster-
day afternoon.
The presidential party arrived at the
show grounds shortly before O'CLOCK
lust in time for the three races that
featured the program for the alter
noon. Col. Charles .. Sherrlii accom-
panied the President.
Spurred on by the presence OF their
commander-in-ch chief and Secretary OF
War Weeks, group of husky cav
alrymen from Fort Myer staged
daring Roman bareback race IN
which each soldier straddled TWO
mounts The President seemed thrllieo
by the skill exhibited by the boys IN
khaki as they raced neck to neck
around the course.
Harry T Mills of l. Troop won the
race and proudly drew his two horses
nm before the Presidents box. so
close were the horses at certain
stages of the race that two riders
were forced to slide down onto one
horse and let the other horse go.
Steeplechase Is Thriller.
The steeplechase race. when c'oseu
the day. was equally thrilling. AS 'he
horses sped around the course. taxing
the hurdles the President stooo up
and watched them with interest until
they crossed the line.
The steeplechase was won by Trap
per, ridden by II. Leith. AVenpars
was second, ridden by Lieut.. L. RI.
McCreery. and third honors went to
Hardrunning. ridden by j. Devereux.
The first race at o'clock was for
officers in uniform, over " furlongs
The winner was Madelle. ridden by
Mai wiIfred NJ. Bluut; second, Cour-
teous, Lieut. T. H. McCreery; and
third. Catamount. Mai. Stanley Koch.
Girl. Eleven. Amazes Spectators.
One of the features of the afternoon
was the riding of little Harriet
Mitchell eleven-year-old daughter of
Brig. Cen William Mitchell of the
air service. In the event for green
hunters Miss Mitchell, her long curis
streaming down her back, took her
horse, Home Again. over the jumps
easier than many of her adult COM
petitors.
When the President and his party
arrived at the track Miss Mitchell
went over the jumps again, paired with
ker father. Later in the afternoon she
went up to the presidential box and
shook hands with Mr.. Harding.
This is the first year that the War
renton Hunt Club has exhibited at
Washington show and had several good
entries on the field yesterday.
Program for Tomorrow.
The show was originally scheduled
to start Thursday and continue until
Tuesday evening. Rain prevented the
opening on Thursday and Friday, how
ever, and the meet will be held Mon
day, Tuesday Wednesday and Thurs
day.
No, events will be staged at the
show grounds today. but a large party
of exhibitors have planned horse
back ride through nearby Virginia to-
day.
The show will be resumed at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The fea-
ture of the program Monday will be
the drill of the mounted members of
the local police department. which Will
be Judged by Gen. Pershing and re-
viewed by Commissioner James F.
Oyster.
Results in show Glasses.
The results in the show classes yes
terday follow:
Glass IS. lightweight chargers
First, Allahmando. entered by Maj. G.
S. Patton. jr.. awarded silver cup: sec
ond, The Crag. Maj. c. p. George;
third, Princess. Pershing stables;
fourth, Buddy, United States remount
service.
Glass IS. novice pairs of heavy har-
ness horses-Won by Tom and Jerry,
entries of Col. Robert NJ. Thompson.
Glass s5. sporting tandem - First
Sultan and Viking. entered by War
enton Hunt Club; second. Goldfnder
and Margaret, entered by Mr.. Her
ring and Melvin e. Hazen.
Class 81. saddle ponies - Won by
Lillian Sanger. riding Rabbit, an en-
try of Thomas Letter: Miss Sanger
was awarded a cup. Second In this
event was Punch. entered by Keppil
Bathell; third. Kingbird, entered by
Lieut.. Col. II. y. Cootes. and fourth
Piecrust, entered by Mrs. Ambrose
Preece.
Class SIS. green hunters. light
weight-Won by Viking. entered by
Mrs. Courtland Smith: second, Prestor
NJ, entered by w. NJ. Buckley; third
Home Again, entered by Gen. Mitchell
and ridden by Harriet Mitchell
fourth, Vint Endive. Mitchell Harri
son.
Park snddle Horses.
Glass 81. park saddle horses-First
Scepter. H. w. Herring; second
Katahdin, c. b. Asher: third. Hom'
Brew. Maj. Vincent p. Erwin, ant
fourth, Black Oak. Agnes G. John
ston.
Class 1T-Runabout horses. won b.
Sultan b. S. l.. Larabee; second, Higl
Flyer. Thomas Bones; third, Bric-a
brac. f. NJ. Palmer.
Class 6l-Pairs hunters Won b.
Silver Tip and Hexagon, ridden by W
S. HIT and William du Pont. jr.: sec
end. Zeppelin and Tarrynot. ridden b.
col II. n. CoOtes and Capt. John A
Hettinger Of Fort Myer.
Class 23-Roadsters. First. Alb
Axworthy. entered by Norman Cor