Evening star., 1928-01-07
HUNDREDS THRONG
CLUB HORSE SHOW
Many Turned Away at Bene-
fit-Five-Year-OId
Girl Wins.

SOiuleTS sSdllOTS duu hdIillcS SiuD
for enlisted men.
Under the direction of the commit.
tee, headed by Mrs. Richard NJ. Cults,
the entire afternoon and evening pro-
gram went off without hitch as
the pick Of the horses and riders OF
Washington and nearby Virginia COM
peted for ribbons and cups before q
gallery of almost 600 persons.
Show RepIete With Thrills.
Mrs. Cults was assisted by Mrs.
Cary r. Grayson, who took care OF
the children entrants In the afternoon,
and Mrs. Henry 7. Allen, chairman
of the finance committee. The COM
mittee, in addition, consisted Of Mrs.
E. st. J. Greble. Mrs. L. Il. Freyer,
Mrs. Lauren Willis, Mrs. A. V. Cher
BONNER and Mrs. j. +. Jackson.
The show was replete with thrills,
but without an actual spill or injury
Of any kind.
The first honors easily went to little
5.year-old Ellie Wood Page Keith and
her mount, "Sinbad," who gave ex-
hibitions of jumping skill in both the
afternoon and evening performances
as well as winning several firsts in
the junior section. "Sinbad" last year
won blue ribbon at the Warrenton
Horse Show.
Shows Remarkable Skill.
Wearing q red and white costume.
the child repeatedly took her mount
over difficult jumps with astonishing
ease. Once she tipped hurdle and
the crowd held its breath, but the little
horse. without even a stumble, carried
his rider bravely on to the next jump.
Her horse balked at another jump.
With a twist Of the rein. she wheeled
the animal around and forced him
over without q moments hesitation.
While the gallery thundered with ap-
plause, the little maid rode out Of
the arena to be rewarded with box
OF candy by her mother. Mrs. L. w.
Keith of Charlottesville, Va.
Little Ellie has competed in horse
shows throughout Virginia where she
has become a wonder of equestrian
precocity. Her mother brought her
from Charlottesville especially for the
show yesterday.
Troop G. Sd Cavalry. of Fort Myer.
gave fancy drill. Riding bareback
In all positions and in pyramid forma.
ton they executed their drill with
soidierly dispatch. A jump by q horse
and rider through human hoop made
tue spectators gasp.
ENJOYS Family Wins.
The Hungarian minister. Count
Szecheny, with Countess Szecheny and
their two daughters. Gladys and Syl.
via. won the first prize in the family
class. as well as capturing three OF the
four ribbons awarded to the best rid.
ers Of the diplomatic corps. Mounted
on four beautiful horses. they walked.
trotted and cantered around the ring
In perfect unison to win the unani
nous decision Of the judges.
Second In the family class came Mrs.
Borden Hartman. Mrs. Hartman Rus.
sell and her two children. Phyllis and
Rowland. representing the only ex.
ample during the show of three gen.
erations riding side by side. Mrs. Har.
riman was mounted on huge brown
horse of magnificent conformation and
bearing, but whose high spirit made
1t difficult TO force him to proceed
along with the rest OF the horses of
the group. Theodore Douglass Rob.
inson. with his 12.year-old daughter.
Aida Robinson. won third place
mounted on Jap" and "Hindoo."
Among the children, besides the
little Keith girl. the two children OF
Mrs. Hartman Russell were partic.
ularly notable for their diminutive
Shetland ponies and their excellent
horsemanship.
In the debutantes' class for the best
rider. Miss Evelyn Walker won blue
ribbon with her mount Ramsey. Miss
Nell Thoron gave n performance al.
most equal TO that OF Miss Walker
TO win second place. Miss S. c.
Snyder on Rox took third place and
Miss lmogene Taylor on Hindoo was
fourth.
Connoly Horses Win.
William Connolys horses won the
highest honors OF the show, repeat tediy
romping or with iirsts and seconds
Moon Madness, one Of his horses, gave
perhaps. the best exhibition during
the evening.
Miss Alice Cults. daughter of the
chairman OF the show committee. was
in charge Of several OF the events and
rode one of her entries I'm n final class
A post entry In the hunt teams
competition by Spencer Iselln Of War.
renton won first honors with a team
or three splendid animals. They were
ridden by Miss Maud Preace Miss
Elizabeth Jackson and Roland Daw.
son. The team entered by NJ. c, HAGEN
won second prize.
Miss Margot Couxens was among
the girls who rode side saddle. and
gave good account of herself in one
OF the jumping classes.
The cups for the winners were do.
mated by various commercial firms In
the city. one by Tho Star. which went
10 tho winner Of the open iumplnr
class. and ono by the Marines OF
Quantico.
Results for the several classes were
as follows:
Hest rider. children under II wears
oid--Won by Ellie Wood Page Keith,
second. Martlyn flimea: third, Polly
Foraker: fourth, Alexander I.aughlin.
Family ciass-~won by sxecheny
family: second. Russell family: third.
Robinson family; fourth. Keith family
Hest rider~~children IL 10 IG years
oid~~Won by Louise e. Myers: second.
Row land; fourth, Janet White,
Pair Of saddle horses~~Won by Ann
Rollins and Helen Davis; second,
Katrina Mccormick and Mnrgarita
Rowland third. Virginia Mayo and
cassio Johnson, fourth, North Rock
Stables, Warrenton. Va.
Wins rany Class.
Pony class - hands and under
Won by Ha2y Mo,'ormick; second,
Ellie Page Keith, thisd, Phyllis Rus,
aeli fourth. Hugh A, Kerr,
Saddle horse children under 10
years oid~~Won hs Louise 4, Myara,
second, Mary l., Corning, third, |
Katrina Mccormick; fourth. Janet
White.
Pony ciass-~-il hands~- Meade Pal, /,
mer; heoond, Eugene Meyer. third. J,
II, t'itney, Jr,. fourth. sylvia |
SxechunY,
Jumping claaa~~Won hv Mary l.,
corntnsi second, Patricia ponavin, !
lhifd, g. II, Casrieo, fourth. Don |
bradley.
Touch and outvo~Won by Christine |
iikendfen, second. G., II carrieo; third. |
Katrina Mccormick. fourth, fersls |
Chase Myefs.