The New York herald., 1922-05-21

interested. But the real thrill OF the
afternoon. and indeed OF the show, came
little later that same afternoon when
there was a chariot race on, several
artillery teams competing. They are
cumbersome things at best and holding
one of those artillery teams of big
powerful horses must be a mans size
job AS they were tearing around the
far curve one OF the wheels flew spinning
off, and of codrse there was crash and
bad mixup. which brought everybody
including the President and Mrs. Har-
ding--to their feet. There was nasty
tangle for few minutes. and when L.
was Strengthened out It was found that
the driver was all right. but one of the
horses--a gallant gray--was done for :
the heavy wagon had dragged over him
and his leg was broken. He had TO be
shot
Others mt the show.
One thing at least the Horse Show
did for Westinghouse brought Col
Robert Thompson to town-he is a past
president of the Horse Show Association
here. and never misses a meet So he
and Mrs. Thompson, of whom Wash
ington has seen practically nothing this
winter, since the house that they oc-
for granted they owned It, was sold TO
the Rumanian Government for use as
their legation, and the Bibescos have
been in it this winter, came up early in
May and have been making their house.
boat. the Everglades, anchored in the
Potomac. their headquarters: taking
parties OF friends off for week end
cruises and generally displaying the well
known Thompson brand of hospitality,
which is quite the best on the market.
All the Horse Show regulars have
been flocking- to the Thompson box and
the Buchanan box-Gen. James A.
Buchanan is another past president of
the Horse Show Association--Rear Ad-
miral Grayson is the present incumbent.
And while Miss Helen Buchanan Jones,
who came all the way from Porto Rico
for the show, held court in her fathers
box. whenever she was not in the ring
showing the fine string of horses she
brought with her, pretty Miss Alice
Harding-youngest daughter of "W. p.
G.. of the Federal Reserve"-held court
in the other. You remember that her
engagement to Col. Thompsons grand
son, Robert Thompson Pell. junior at
Harvard. was recently announced, and
while the wedding is not to take place
until June of next year after young
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pretty little romance that everybody is
terribly pleased
Col thompson is planning to go
abroad during the summer-and for
once he is going to let the famous An
napolis class of 1881 hold it's reunion
without him. 1t is planning to hold 1t in
Japan this year-on the invitation of
Admiral Bar Uriu of the japanese Navy.
who was a member of the class and has
twice come all the way from his home
to attend the annual reunions. They
were gong to have perfectly wonder
ful time-and were to be the guests of
the Japanese Government from the mo-
ment of their arrival. They had thought
they could all go over on United States
transport-and the Henderson had been
selected for the honor of taking them.
But now 1t looks as II that pleasant
little junlSet had struck snag. or gone
on the rocks. or something.
Planned to Board Transport.
Senator Medill Mccormick put spoke
in the wheel of whole party OF men
and made the Senate so on record as
opposing the use OF the Henderson to |
convey "the middes of 1881" to Japan |