Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-08
LOVE IS WINNER
OF TOURNAMENT
AT STATE F AIR
Knight of Prince George
Takes First Honor
in Event.
MISS WOODS CROWNED
BY WINNING HORSEMAN
Indictment Weather and Mud
dy Track Fail TO Lessen In
tcrest in Spectacle.

Riding with SKIN and steadincSs
that time and time again brought
spectators TO their feet in q roar
Of applause. J. +. Love. of silver
Springs. Maryland. entering tho
lists ~ the Knight Of Prime.
George. won the championship
tournament ut the State Fair her.
Yesterday. He crowned as Queen
II Love and Beauty. Miss Sudie
Elizabeth Wood. dcbutante daughter
OF William r. Wood. president Of
the state Fair Association.
Second honor fell TO J. 7. Collins.
of Greene County. Virginia. VINO
crowned Mrs. Nat Collins as frs,
maid OF honor.
Third place vent 20 Fl. u. Hurst.
OF Clarendon. Va. He crowned Miss
Maize Carpcr. of Mclean. Va, second
maid Of honor.
ID. Langley. of Clarendon Va, who
crowned Miss Gordon Fry, third
maid OF honor
j. B.. Sinclair. who halls from
gloucester County. Va. was award
cd the prize for having the hest
costume. while Peter stokes. or
Lunenburg County. Virginia rode
The horse that In tho opinion of the
judges was TIA" best in tn" lists
! The coronation az Miss Wood and
her maids Took place ON the hand
stand in front OF III" grand stand
The address being delivered nv Al,
torncy-Gcneral John r. Saunders.
| Mr.. X. Il. Powell of Richmond. an
| nd tournament rider. who learned
has horScmanship under John =
| M"Shy in lSil-'65 delivered tn.
charge to tho knights and was
gwen round Of applause from tho
! crowd AS n" r"ciied to the knights
deeds Of knights crrant and cx-
horted Them Ia remember the deeds
of knights nj olden times as they
Nied with one another in the lists
I."ve's Honors We'll Won.
The honors captured by TN.
knights of Prince George were
nobly won. He vanuuished "a field
! OF focmen well worthy of his steel.
| NieinE with him in the lists were
the best horscmcn the Old Dor,in-
ion and the District of Columbia
could offer. and no knight who con-
tested with him or any one in the
crowd that witnessed the ioustinC
VIII Sainsay him the championsh' 10
OF the state. y. -. Langley who
won the pageant tournament here
her 10 repeat his achievement. was
one OF the first To congratulate m.
visiting Knight from beyond the
/ broad waters OF the Potomac.
! Collins Furnishes Surprise
| From out OF the clay hills OF
Greene County came the surprise. the
| dark horse" as we'll as n 'Rlack
Knight" who. heretofore unknown i'm
these parts for amy fcats OF note in
the tourney. To challenge the proves
OF the MARYLAND knight Few in the
! grand stand figured the somhre
4 clothed knight from Green as having
/ a chance against such galaxy of
I SIR GillahadS as wcr" arrayed i'm the
| lists. But before the rich prize had
hetn won they were aware that the
1 HhShInS knight was no novice at the
game. Right molly did he ride. with
| a crowd pniiing for him to win. The
! MarylandcrS and other knights from,
! niStant lands found before the hurIes
! ceased that the challenge Of the
! Knight Of Ruckcrsville was "A mcnac
| ing threat. His win of second prize
was popular one
| Tn" successful knight fairly daz.
zlcd tho crowd with his supcrb
| Craftsmanship. His strength. indeed
appeared 10 he 'as of the strength
! OF ten" as the steel point OF his
lance pierced ring after ring as If
drawn thereto by magnet. I.ny,
/ never faltercd. He used neither
/ spur nor whip: his stecd seemed in
perfectly understand what was OK
p"ct"d OF II. Man and horse worked
as one a bigger feature has neyc,
been put on by the fair here.