Evening star., 1922-07-06
PONIES FEATURE
CULPEPER SHOW
Best Collection Ever Ex-
hibited in Virginia Is
Shown in Events.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

CULPEPER, Va, July 6.-Blue skies
and cooling breezes greeted the visitors
to the horse show grounds yesterday.
but the torrential rains Of Tuesday
night showed their effect in a course
ankle deep in red Culpeper mud, which
was the cause Of many minor accidents
during the exhibition events.
Mrs. Courtland H. Smiths Viking
again won first honors, both in the
handy hunter class. In which the jumps
were diversified in manner never be-
fore seen here. and in the ladies hun
ters class. In this latter he was ridden
by Mrs. Smith, whose horsemanship was
superb. Another fearless rider was
Mrs. II. N. Lee, whose chestnut mare,
Orange Blossom. got first in the free
for-all handicap and second place in
green hunters.
One Of the most picturesque classes
was the Corinthian, where all riders
were In full hunting costume, the bril-
liant red coats making a bright spot Of
color against the greensward of the pad
dock. The performance in this class
was splendid. 1t being necessary to ride
of several ties before the judges could
arrive at decision.
Ponies Feature.
The junior horsemen again came to
the fore with a pony jumping class,
in which ponies under thirteen hands
were put over jumps of three feet by
their child riders The best collection
OF ponies ever shown here was seen
ridden by his owner. Turner Rust
Ratrie. won the blue ribbon. An in
novation was an impromptu pony
| race of one-half mile, in which the
winner was Flash Light, ridden by
Carroll Burgess, jr.
Ts1a Rrc
place in green hunters and his fine
J jumper. Anne Ford, was first in the
Corinthian class. Morgan and
Freckles. from the Sd Cavalry stables.
also won additional honors Races
were again most interesting and well
filled and unmarried by any serious
! accident.
Summary OF Events.
Summary Of exhibition events:
Cavalry remount-Viking. exhib-
itor. Mrs. Courtland H. Smith. first;
| Freckles, exhibitor. Sd Cavalry. sec
ond: Why Not. exhibitor, Sd Cavalry.
! third
| Runabout horses-Easter. exhibitor,
| Chiffon Vowel, first; Entry. eXhibi-
| tor. Montpelier Farm. second.
| Green hunters-The Brown Boy. ex-
hibitor, Spencer Isley, first; Orange
Blossom, exhibitor. Mrs D. N. Lee.
second: Freckles. exhibitor. 3rd Cav
airy. third.
Handy hunter class--Viking. exhib-
| itor, Mrs Courtland H. Smith first:
Take 1t From Me. exhibitor, George
Robert Slater. second; Freckles, ex-
hibitor, Sd Cavalry, third.
Military Jumping Glass.
Military jumping class-Morgan. ex.
hibitor. Sd Cavalry. first; Trax.. ex-
mont. exhibitor. Sd Cavalry. third
Ponies over jumps-Lad. exhibitor
| Turner Rust Ratrie. first: Ginger Pie
bald. exhibitor, J. Temple Gwathney
roll Burgess. jr.. third.
Free-for-all handicap-Orange Bios
som, exhibitor. Mrs. D. N. Lee. first
Take 1t From Me. exhibitor. George
Robert Slater, second; The Lamb, ex-
hibitor, Spencer Isley. third.
| Corinthian class-Anne Ford. exhib-
itor, Spencer Isley. first; May Field
exhibitor. Furr & Bro. second
Orange Blossom. exhibitor. Mrs. D. N.
Lee. third.
Ladies' hunters-viking. exhibitor
Mrs Courtland H. Smith, first; Anne
Ford. exhibitor. Spencer .Isley. sec
ond: Freckles, exhibitor. Sd Cavalry,
third.
| Summary OF Races.
Summary of races: First race. local
half -mile-Mystery Girl. owner, Swan
and Reynolds. first: America. owner
F. W. Bennett. second; Sam, owner,
]. r. Lewis. third.
Second race. five-eighths of a mile
None Such. owner. Leith Brothers
! first; New York Girl, owner, NJ. W.
Carter. third.
! Third race, three-fourths Of a mile
Low Tide, owner. c. NJ. Feltner
first; American, owner, F. W. Bennett
second: April Fool, owner, G. H
| Slater, third.
Fourth race. one mile-Robert L.
owner, c. M. Beavers, first: Bill Sim
mons, owner, c. NJ Fletner. second
Sir Mortimer, owner, Leith Brothers
third.
| Fifth race. steeplechase. two and
! one-half miles-Ann Excellence
owner, G. H. Slater. first: He's a Bear
| owner, G. H. Slater. second; Ben
hampshire. owner. Millville Farm,
| third.