Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-10-01
HorseShow
Goes Down
In History

The 1921 state fair horse show
will be ong remembered by those
who are interested in the sport
for many reasons. In the first
place it was a good show with nu-
merous entries of unusually we'll
hammered horses. 1t received the
patronage it deserved and all pre-
vious records of attendance were
broken; the last nights crowd be-
ing almost on a par with that OF
the two preceding it. Salem has
put herself on the map as a horse
show city and the integrity of the
institution is assured for the fu-
ture. To H. G. Brown, the direc-
tor on the state fair board under
whom the entire management the
horse show fell, there is due much
credit. To his efforts all of the
success of the show may be atyrtr
buted. All of the details, both
large and small, were well admin
istered. The judging, which was
done by James Nicol of Portland
and E. A. Trowbridge of Columbia,
Missouri, was of an unusually high
order of excellence. The expedi-
tious handling of the large num-
ber of entries in the different
classes as well as the other details
of ring management was in the
hands of A. M. Cronin of Port
land, an experienced, competent
and dignified ring master. That
all things went well as a whole
and in detail is proven blythe fact
that there was probably never a
better satisfied lot of exhibitors
than the one that is leaving Salem
today and tomorrow, after their
week at the fair grounds. They
express their satisfaction in many
varied terms but the consensus of
opinion is that they have had the
"best time ever" The one dis
appointment of the week has been
the poor showing of the Stringer
stables of fine horses brought to
the show by A. e. Graham of Med
ford. No horse can win before
competent judges If he cannot
show the gaits and qualities called
for by the specifications of the
class in which he is being shown.
The training and schooling re-
quired for show purposes is as ex-
tensive and vitaiiy necessary as
that of in racing if a horse is to
meet serious competition. Horses
that are to meet the McCleave
stable must be able to show some
thing in the ring to win blues. H..
NJ. Kerron's sting and the large
number of Portland horses that
are kept at the Portland Riding
academy under his guidance, never
came into the ring IN better condf-
tion. The sole Salem entry, Mrs.
Riggs good saddler, was in good
condition and was nicely shown by
Mrs. Riggs. Little Margaret Ellen
Douty, whose injury Wednesday
night in a spill at a hurdle, was
the only untoward ineident of the
week, was in ther ing again last
night, performing with her usual
applomb.
DR.. Osborne's winning Of the
six finland driving competition
was satisfactory to the spectators,
Who admired his finished perform
ance and was made an easy de-
eision for Judge Nicol. who was
alone in the ring last night, by an
accident which spoiled A. c. Ru-
by's otherwise strong position as
a@competitor.
In the high jump the last event
of the evening, Miss Pauline West
with Princess Pat surprised her
admirers by clearing each success
sive raising of the bars TO a seant
six feet. beyond which point her
father refused to allow her to COM
nete. The McCleave entries made
a clean sweep of the event, five
of them clearing the bars at six
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