The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-26
SHOW IS
|. B|G.FEATURE
Of FAIR
Large Crowd Out to See
Exhibitions Of SkulIfuI
Horsemanship

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Aug. 26.-Per-
feet weather and an attractive. pro-
gram Of races and other features,
including the annual horse show,
formed a combination which attract
ed large crowd to the fair today,
the second day Of the four-day ex.
hibition.
The displays Of blooded horses and
slSillful riding were unusually fine
and keen interest was shown by
the large crowd The hunters fiat
race, open to half and three-quar-
ter bred hunters, at six furlongs,
will be run tomorrow with gentle
men riders who are to carry LOO
pounds. Al silver cup goes 10 the
winner and cash to the horse fin
ishing second.
The horse show Is being held un-
der the direction Of Mrs. Andrew j.
Cummings, Mrs. Herbert L. fDia-
mond and Charles w. R6wdybush,
who are being assisted by Thomas
I. Fulks and William A. Waters.
The judges are Doctor Bartner and
Miss Babe Pierce, of Baltimore
county.
A department OF the fair that is
attracting much attention Is that Of
the All Girls Clubs of the county.
There are twenty-five Of these organ
izations with an aggregate member
ship OF $50, and they have a large
general exhibition of all phases OF
club work. Miss Blanche A. Cor
win, home demonstration agent Tor
the county, is being assisted in look
ing after this department. by Miss
Dorothy Emerson, leader OF the
State Girls All Club, and number
of former members OF All clubs OF
the county.
The children's section is among
the interesting departments OF the
fair and attracts MUCH attention. !.
w. c. Snarr, county agricultural
agent, is proud Of the exhibits OF
the boys and girls agricultural
clubs of the county. Of which he is
in charge. Not only are the club
members showing many fine hogs,
cows. calves and poultry, but are
participating in judging contests on
poultry, dairy cows and hogs, and
in the caring for and handling pigs
and calves at the fair. The banks
OF the county contributed $50 for
distribution as prizes in this de-
partment, in addition to the pre-
miums offered by the fair associa-
ton.
The winners in the pony show were
Under 40 inches: Under saddIe-First
Mrs. Il. B. Leitch, Relay, Md: second
Richard Waters, Germantown. Md;
third, Mrs. J. Clark, Ellicott City. Md.
Under - inches: Under saddIs-First
George Moore, Baltimore, Nd; second,
Mrs. l.. e. Leitchs Relay, Nd: third,
Mrs Andrew J. Cummings. Chevy
Best in harness-First, Mrs. L. e.
Leitch. Relay, Md: second NJ. Nelson
Bond. Govans, Md; third. Mrs. ].
Best pair in harness-First. Mrs L.
e. Leitch. Relay. Md; second. NJ. Nell
Fon Bond. Govans, Nd.
Between a and 4a inches: Under sad
die. first: Mrs. William A. Bach: WAL
brook, Md; second, Franklin Thomp-
son. Gaithersburg. Md: third. r. III.
schultz, Chevy Chase.
A. Bach, Walbrook. Md, second. Hech-
ter Riding School. Baltimore; third.
Hechter Riding School.
Best pair in harness-First. w. e.
Miles. Relay. Nd; second. II. Nelson
Bond, Govans. Nd.
Between IS and 50 inches: Under
Nd: second. Mrs. Andrew ). cumm nsasy
Bond. Gavo oS, Nd. 'n'r0'- :" Ne''oh
Best n harness-F1rst; Mrs. L, 2.
third, M. Nelson Bond. Govans, Md.
mi Pest PAR pair in nd harness-First' W. 2.
Between SO and IS inches: Under
saddle-First. Mrs. Andrew J.. Cum
nifngs, Chevy Chase, Md. second, Mrs.
J.. q. Leitch. Relay. Nd; third. w.
e. Miles, Relay, Nd.
Best in harness-First. Mrs. H. u.
Leitch, Relay, Md; second, w. e.
Miles. Relay, Md.
Best pair in harness-First, W. e.
Miles, Relay, Md.
The only harness race Of the
opening day was the 2:25 pace, in
which eight horses faced the
starter. The Washington horse,
Barney M. belonging to William E.
Miller, took the first two heats
quite handily, but dropped the third
to Florence Worthy, owned by Will
liam McHenry, of Hagerstown.
Indy c., the property of Frank
Thomas, OF Washington, gave a
good account Of herself in all three
heats.