Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
Horse Show to Benefit
Nursery at Hospital
Due Saturday. May 4
Washington Society Deeply
Interested In Entertain
ment to Be Staged by
Wardman Park Saddle
Club.

Washington society and sportsmen
will be pleased with the announcement
today that the date is set for the Ward
man Park Saddle Club Spring Horse
Show. Mr.. John o. Gheen, proprietor
of the club, initiated the first saddle
club horse show five years ago, largely
for the benefit and enjoyment of anna
teur riders and children. So much
interest was taken in the first show that
Mr.. Gheen made q Semi-annual event
out of it. holding it in the Fall and
= Spring of the year. when the natural
setting of Rock Greek Park. which sur
rounds the equitation field, is practi-
ularly beautiful and adds to the en-
! joyment Of the sport and nature lovers
who attend. As the fame and success
+ of this little horse show" grew, MIR.
Gheen and Mrs. Edmund Morgan, who,
with her husband, Dr. Edmund Horgan
keeps several fine horses at the club
conceived the idea Of turning the horse
show into a charity horse show, and
last Fall saw the first which was given
for the benefit of the Garfield Hos
pital Nursery Guild. Mrs Horgan, who
is member of the board of the guild,
was in charge. The interest in the
event was tremendous and the charity
horse show was q success from every
4 now been decided that it shall be an
! annual event, taking place each Spring,
! when the equitation field and natural
setting of the Wardman Park Saddle
Club is loveliest.
Many Entries in Advance
Confidently Anticipated.
The horse show will be held this
Spring on Saturday, May 4, and entries
- are expected to be made well in ad-
vance. It will be one of the first out
door events of any size in the Capitol
: and great interest has already been
evidenced, not only on the part of
young riders and amateurs, but older
persons, professional riders, and those
d. who own horses which thy are anxious
10 exhibit in one or more of the events.
! Then there is the added feature of
the handsome trophies and prizes,
which were donated last year for the
first time, by private individuals and
well known merchants who took an in
terest in the charity appeal 1t is ru-
mored that Mary Roberts Rhinehart,
who was one of the judges last Fall,
will attend this Spring in that capacity,
and that Senator Glenn OF Illinois, VINO
keeps several horses at the club for
park show purposes. may try for a rib
bon.
The three little girls seen most fire.
Quently on the bridal paths this sea-
son of the year-indeed all the year
round-are Miss Betty CouZens, the
Senator's youngest daughter; Miss
Nancy Jones, and Miss Emiline Davis.
All thee took prizes last Fan and VIII
try to keep their places In the sun this
Spring.
Kentucky Thoroughbred
To Contest for Trophy.
Besides Nancy Jones has q beautiful
new Kentucky thoroughbred shipped to
her direct from the Blue Grass, which
- she has been working out and which
8. she is counting on for at least enc
i trophy. Miss Betty Couzens' older
e sister, Margot, who is an expert rider,
2 Hester Ann LeFevre and her small
sister, Miss Sally Mitchell LeFevre, both
! equestriennes who ride from the Saddle
/ Club, and many more whose names Will
appear as they post their entries.
Perhaps it is due to the fact that the
Washington bridal paths are practically
the same for all Of the local riding
clubs and schools which leads to the
; spirit of cooperation and good Will
between them. They are all located on
the paths which run through Rock
Greek. Whether this is true or not
the fact remains that each one takes
an active interest in the shows in the
events of the others. We may expect
/. this Spring, then, as in the past, that
the Wardman Park Saddle Club Horse
Show, to be given Saturday, May 4, for
/ the benefit of the Garfield Hospital
! Nursery Guild will have participants
/ from the Riding and Hunt Club, the
- Rock Greek Park Club, Mrs. Freezes
School, Potomac School and the War
renton Hunt Club. These young riders
will find this an excellent opportunity
to get in form for the National Capitol
! Horse Show, which will be held the
I last of May.