Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
HORSE SHOW DRAWS
LEESBURG CROWD.
Loudoun Hunt REEVES An
nuaI Event After Lapse of
Seven Years.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

LEESBURG, Va, June 22.-Once
again the old fair grounds at Leesburg
rang with the applause of enthusiastic
horse lovers when the excellent per-
formances of the large number of en-
tries at the Leesburg Horse Show held
here today was witnessed by an I'M
usually large crowd.
This show, held under the auspices Of
the Loudoun Hunt, is the first after a
lapse of seven years and it will con-
tinue as an annual event. Many re-
called the time when this was one of
the best shows in the circuit, and it is
the aim Of the management to again
make 1t a leading horse show in Vir-
ginia.
Trixie Wins Two Firsts.
Trixie. owned by Henry Ferneyhough
OF Warrenton, won two first prizes this
morning in the pony saddle and jump
ing classes. Frost Andersons Will Go
made an excellent performance and won
3year-old suitable to become hunter
class, ladies hunters, green hunters,
second in 3-year-old hunters and third
in touch and out.
Riding in the ladies' hunter class were
Miss Mango Couzens and Miss Persis
Chase Myers of Washington and Miss
Mae Ferney Hough of Warrenton. In
this class, Virginia Girl, owned by C. A.
Redmond, fell with its rider, Mrs. Rob-
ert Currie of Lyon Village. Mrs. Currie
received decorations about the face, but
otherwise was unhurt.
Dixie Girl Wins Jump.
The riding of Bobby Robey of Wash
tngton In the bareback hunters class
was feature of the afternoon. Dixie
Girl, owned by Miss Margo Couzens of
Washington, won the high jump, S feet
IL inches. Bobby Robey rode her over
the jump.
Glass /, saddle ponies-First, Trixie,
Henry Ferneyhough, Warrenton; Sec
ond, All Alone, Asa Rusk, jr., Leesburg
third, Tony James Jackson, jr., Lees
burg; fourth, Honeysuckle, John Miller,
Leesburg.
Glass 2, saddle ponies-First, Heely,
II. M. Powell & Son, Herndon; second,
Black and White, j. P. Merchant, Pur-
cellville; third, Herbert. Miss Catherine
Miller, Leesburg; fourth, Happy, Law
renee Kephart Leesburg.
Glass 8, pony jumping-First. Trixie,
Henry Ferneyhough; second, Sky High,
Robert Ferneyhough; third, Tony,
James Jackson, jr.; fourth, Happy,
Lawrence Kephart.
Glass 4, half-bred 3-year-olds suit
able to become hunterS-First, Will Go,
Frost Anderson, The Plains; second,
Helen c, Mrs. Stanley Greene, Ash
burn; third, entry Lloyd Let's, Provi-
dence, r. l.; fourth, entry Royston
Brothers, Leesburg.
Irish Mac Takes Class 6.
Glass 5, road hacks-First, Memorial,
Miss Mae Ferneyhough, Warrenton;
second, Princess Anne, Herman Piggott,
Purcellville; third, H. H. Norman, Pur-
cellville; fourth, Irish Mae, Mcdonald
& Atwell, Leesburg.
Irish Mac, Mcdonald e. Atwell; second,
Will Go, Frost Anderson, The Plains;
third, Helen C, Mrs. Stanley Greene;
fourth, Miss Mango, Louis d. Izerega.
Touch and out-First. Corkenium.
l.. c. Leith, Middleburg; second, Silver
Bar, Mrs. Stanley Greene; third. VIII
Go, Frost Anderson; fourth, Odd Socks,
v. o. Morris, Purcellville.
Ladies' hunters-First, Will Go, Frost
Anderson; second, Dixie Child, Miss
Margo Couzens; third, Brown Skin,
Lodge & Tyler, Middleburg; fourth, Sill
yer Bar, Mrs. Stanley Greene.
Green hunters-FirSt, Will Go, Frost
Anderson; second, Contarf, L. c. Leith:
third, Skipper Guy, L. c. Leith; fourth,
Dixie child, Miss Mango Couzens.
Hunt teams-First, L. G. Leith: sec
ond, Loudoun Hunt; third, Robert
Ferneyhough; fourth. Mrs. Stanley
Greene.
Farmers hiinters-First, Wild Rose,
Wilton Thayer, Leesburg; second, entry
G. A. Redmond, Ashburn; third, Prince
Albert, Mrs. Dorothy K. Wildmarl,
Leesburg; fourth, Billy Gray, L. A..
Rutter, Leesburg.
Bareback jumping-First. Sonny Boy,
v. W. Lowell, Herndon: second, entry
Royston Bros; third. Miss Mango, Louis
Izerega; fourth; entry M. H. Everhart.
Loudoun hunt special-First, Billy
Sunday Mcdonald & Atwell; second,
Wild Rose, H. II. Norman, Purcellville;
third, Surprise. Mcdonald & Atwell;
fourth, Silver Bar, Mrs. Stanley Greene.
Open to all-First, entry Lodge g.
Tyler, Middleburg; second, entry Lodge
& Tyler; third, Sonny Boy, v. w.
Lowell; fourth, Wilton Thayer.
Consolation-First, entry Herman
Piggott, Purcellville.
High jump. feet IL inches-First
Dixie Child. Miss Mango Couzens; second,
Virginia Girl, G. A. Redmond, Ashburn;
third, Brown Skin, Lodge g. Tyler.
Mule race-Entry John Royston.