Evening star., 1924-09-28
FAIRFAX TO OPEN
/. FAIR WEDNESDAY
Fine Equestrian Display to
Be Offered on Program
Covering Three Days.

With number of well known
strings of race horses already entered
and many blue ribbon entries Sched-
uled for the horse show, turf fans
and horse lovers generally are as
sured of an unusually fine equestrian
exhibition at the eleventh annual
Fairfax fair, which opens Wednesday
on the fair grounds at Fairfax, Court
House, Va. according to statements
of fair officials
Races will be held daily in the
afternoon on the half-mile track
owned by the Fairfax County Fair
Association. The track has been given
its finishing touches and stables and
other building have been repaired
and put into condition for the three
day meet.
Several groups of sprinters will
come to the Fairfax races direct from
the Fredericksburg fair, just closing
1t was announced last night by Cliff
ton Laughlin, president of the fair
association. and general manager of
the fair. Mr.. Laughlin is arranging
personally for the races.
c. N. Seltner has entered his popular
string of runners, among which rae
ing fans will recognize such names
as ARA go-on, Bill Simons, Low Tide
Bal Rose, Gray Bonnet, and Little
River. Seltner horses now are at Fred
ericksburg.
Leith Bros have entered Nonesuch
Sulphur, and one two other track
horses, now also at Fredericksburg.
Old Gold, the speedster, owned by
H. G.. Ayers of Mclean, Va, will be
at the barrier. and J. Horace Barnes
of Fairfax will put his horse, Adnal,
in the steeplechase event.
The annual horse show is being ar
ranged by Estler NJ. Palmer, Airing
-icta hxy
Horace Barnes and Edward r. Connor
of Manassas.
Among Washington horse owners
who have entered show animals are
Charles Carrico, who will have four
or five saddle horses and hunters at
the fair; George Mullin, with several
riding horses and jumpers; Raymond
Norton, Emory Galliher, Conrad
Smith, the Misses Jackson, the Point
to Point Riding School, the Wardman
Park Saddle Club and the Riding
and Hunt Club. The last named club
will have a team of hunters present,
while the other entrants will show
thoroughbred saddle horses, hunters,
harness horses, etc.
The veteran show horse, Bric-a-
Brac, owned by Supt Palmer, and
which has not been exhibited in COM
petition since walking off with the
blue ribbons in the heavy arness
class at the National Capital horse
show several seasons ago, will be en-
tered at the show this year Bric-a-
brac is a hackney stallion.
Mrs. d. N Lee of Mddleburg, whose
horses won six firstS and four seconds
1t the National Capital horse show
last spring. will show her string, as
will L. l. Redmon, also of Middle
burg, whose horses won five firsts and
two thirds at the same show. The
Redmon mare. Pollyanna- blue
ribbon jumper. will be among the
entries from this stable.
Fourteen classes of competitions
Will be held during the show, as fol-
lows: Draft. open harness, Fairfax,
Arlington and Prince William har-
ness, combination harness and saddle,
Fairfax. Arlington and Prince Will
liam saddle: open saddle. Fairfax, Ar
lngton and Prince William chargers:
green hunters. touching out jump
erS. ladies' hunters, handicap jump
ing, Shetland or Welsh ponies,
officers chargers and Cavalry re-
mount horses.
Valuable cash awards will be made
in each class. The horse show judges
will be John Waller of The Plains,
Va; r. p. Norman of Washington
and F. II. Rogers of Hamilton, Va.