Evening star., 1925-05-23
RACE WILL CLOSE
HORSE SHOW CARD
Five Events to Be Decided
Before Hunters Derby
i Is Run Today.

Five championships are to be de.
cided at Arlington Park this after
noen just before the 1925 meet OF the
National Capital Horse Show closes
with the annual running of the
hunters derby, an event that mas at
tracted more than dozen nationally
known thoroughbred leapers from
stables throughout the East.
Judging of the champions will be-
gin about o'clock, when the blue
ribbon ponies of the present show are
called to the arena to compete for the
final and highest honorS. They Will be
followed in order by the winners OF
the road saddle horse class, the light.
weight hunters class, the middle ana
heavyweight hunters and the park
saddle horse contestants.
Card Is Shortened.
In order to bring the champion
ship contests as early as possible into
the arena, today's card was shortened
to include only seven events, in each
of which there are comparatively few
entries Some of these events, how
ever, will provide some of the finest
color of the current show. The Rock
Creek Hunt Clubs showing, in full
livery, and the hunt teams are both
scheduled to run this afternoon.
The first class to take the arena was
for saddle ponies, to be followed by
3-year-old hunters, the Rock Creek
Hunt Club, road saddle horses, triple
bar jumpers, middle and heavyweight
hunters and the hunt teams. Cham
pionship contests will come next, with
the hunters Derby Immediately fol-
lowing these events. Several fiat races
will also be run this afternoon unless
II is found that the regular card occu-
pies too much time.
Famed Show Horse Killed.
Yesterdays card was marked by
four sensational mishaps. one of which
resulted in the death of one of the
most famous show horses in America
Hindu Maid. j. NJ. Trapnell, former
owner of the internationally known
mare, was riding her for Mrs. Angus
tus Riggs in the difficult touoh-and-out
event, the tenth on the card for the
day.
Rounding the turn to the third
jump, directly in front of the grand
stand, Hindu Maid faced a barrier
that ordinarily would have been
comparatively easy leap. Her effort,
however, was a full foot low, and her
knees crashed against the barrier.
While Mr. Trapnell went hurtling
good IS feet through the air. Hindu
Maid came down on her head, her
Mr.. Trapnell, an experienced horse
man, landed heavily, but was unin-
jured. Hindu Maid lived just long
enough for her rider and former
owner to limp back and pat her neck
affectionately. Track employes drag
ed the dead horse off and Mr.. Trap.
reil, visibly affected by the accident,
hdrried to his own quarters. He had
sold Hindu Maid to Mrs. Riggs for
sum said to have been $4,000. Hindu
Maid was one of the prominent mem
bers of the American Olympic team
last year.
Miss Walker Has Fall.
Just a short time before Miss Evelyn
Walker, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Walker, had had narrow
escape at the same jump. Her horse,
too, had misjudged the timber and
crashed over it, throwing its young
rider to the ground directly in front
of IL. For a minute it seemed that
the struggling horse would either fall
on her or trample her to death In
its efforts to regain its feet. Miss
Walker kept her head, however, and
scrambled to safety. neither horse nor
rider being injured.
The climax came during the run
ming of the steeplechase sweepstakes.
when Irwin Bevis and B. Harris were
thrown while their horses were taking
the same jump. The accident looked
so bad from the judges stand that the
ambulance of the Women's Motor
Corps, American Red Cross, which
has been in attendance throughout
the meet, was ordered into the field
and both riders were taken off on
stretchers. 1t was found that Bevis
was painfully cut and Terris had
sprained his ankle, but L.. her re-
quired attention at a hospital. After
receiving first aid from the Red Cross
attendants they went home in private
automobiles.
Animal Is Dragged.
Another incident that might have
resulted in a serious accident also oc-
Cured during the showing of the
Chestnut Farms Dairy team of six
horses, hitched to one of the COM
pany's big trucks. One of the horses
became entangled in some trailing har
ness and fell beneath the pounding
hoofs of it's mate. a spectator along
the. rail saw the horse as 1t fell and
yelled to the driver. Before the team
could be stopped the animal had been
dragged 80 feet, but it was uninjured,
and after being eXtricated continued
in the event.
Mrs Coolidge had occupied a box
directly in front of the jump where
the first two accidents occurred, but
she left the grounds about an hour
before the spills occurred. The card
was the most brilliant of the present
meet and the unexpectedly large num-
Der of accidents marred what would
otherwise have been one of the best
days the National Capital horse show
has had for several years.
The Summaries.
Summaries for yesterdays events
follow:
No. Green hunters, middle and heavy
weight-Won by Blaqchard handoiph Qft-
Lean: third, Lucifer C.. Oliver Iseln, ir.;