Evening star., 1932-05-16
GRAND PRIZE GOES
TO GRAY KNIGHT
Virginia Entries Also Score in
Saddle Division at Brad
ley Farms.

Gray Knight, 5-year-old lightweight
hunter by Royal Canopy. won the
grand championship of the 1882 Ma
ing session at Bradley Farms yester-
day afternoon.
Winner of the Corinthian class Sat-
urday, with his owner, Mrs. John Hay
Whitney Of UpperNlle, Va, riding, and
selected on the same day for the model
hunter trophy, the American-bred gray
appeared the logical choice for high
est honors Of the show.
Virginia entries also came to the fore
in the saddle division, where Forrest
Ward of Charlottesville brought out
the $500 stake winner Peeping Moon,
a small, compact and high-actioned
bay. Ward rode his own entry to win
hands down over Anthony and George
Rives' Sporty McGinty, a good one,
which did not settle well to work
on the last day. Flowing Gold, Old
Town Hill Stables champion saddler,
was unable to compete because OF H.
ness.
Jumping Fool Scores.
The hunter stake Of $500 was cap
tured by Red Tape, 5-year-old Light
Brigade gelding owned by DR.. l.. M.
Allen of Winchester, Va. John w.
McComb's Horrent was second.
Jumping Fool, from the Middleburg
stables of Louis Leith, gave the thou
sand or more spectators their greatest
thrill of the day when he won the
sweepstakes jumping contest, time TO
count, by a margin Of less than one
second over Fort Myer Horse Show
teams aged Squire.
In the triple bar jumping competi-
ton, which opened the afternoon, Rath-
farnham, previously winner of three red
ribbons in the show, struck a barrier
and suffered injuries which necessitated
his destruction. The horse was owned
by William Stevenson of Middleburg.
Fort Myers Squire added another to
his annual collection of blue ribbons by
winning the triple bar.
The lead out championship awards
went to Mr.. and Mrs. George Plummer's
Clearanfast for the best middle or heavy
weight hunter in the show, and Mrs.
Whitney's Gray Knight for the best
light weight.
Medal Presented to Leith.
Louis Leith was presented with the
silver medal offered by the American
Horse Show Association to the exhibitor
winning the most ribbons in the show.
Summaries of yesterdays classes are:
JudgeS-Saddle classes, Claude l..
Pemberton of Elizabethtown, KY;
hunters and jumpers, Manley Carter OF
Orange, Va, and Henry Bell OF Long
Island, N. Y.
Glass 81, grand champion hunter of
the show-Gray Knight, Mrs. John
Hay whitney.
Glass So, middle and heavy weight
hunter championships Clearan-
fast, Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Plummer;
second, Sandy, Thomas H. Somervile.
Glass So, light weight hunter cham
pionship-First. Gray Knight, Mrs.
John Hay Whitney; second, Capt. Law
ton, Mrs. Ellsworth Augustus.
Glass Al, $500 hunter stake-First,
Red Tape, DR.. L. M. Allen; second,
Horrent, John w. McComb; third
Easter Morn, Miss Mary Ellen Coroy;
fourth, BY Request, Trillors Farms; f;
fifth, Impulse, Miss Margaret Cotter;
sixth. Precaution, Foxcatcher Farms.
Glass 81, $500 saddle stake-Flrst'
Peeping Moon, Forrest l.. Ward; second,
Sporty McGinty, Anthony and George
Rives; third, Happy Days, Ben-Ho
Stables; fourth, Sir Walter, Miss Isa-
bella M. Scott; fifth, Pendennis, Miss
Frances M. Dodge; sixth, Clara Dare
Russell L. Law.
Glass "a. ladies' hunters; trophy pre-
sented by Mrs. Julius arflnckel-First,
Bandit Flag, G. w. Rust; second, Bon
Diable. Mrs. John Hay Whitney; third,
Capt. Lawton, Mrs Ellsworth Augustus
fourth, Hopeful Jim. Mrs. John Hay
Class 2s. five-gaited stations or geld
ings-First, Azrah Acres. Our HOBBY
Stables; second, Minute Man, Russell L.
Law; third, Dashing Star, DR.. II. j.
Commander
Ernest w. Smoot.
Glass 40, hunt teams, trophy pre-
sented by Mrs. William j. Chewing,
ir.-First, Mrs. John Hay Whitneys
team; second, Middleburg hunt team,
Mr.. and Mrs. George p. Plummer; third,
Riding and Hunt Club team, Percy M.
Niepold; fourth, Maj. George s. Pat
class is, ladies' saddle horse-First,
Pendennis, Miss Florence M. Dodge;
second, Happy Days, Bell-Ho Stables;
third, Love Token, Mrs. Allen Potts;
fourth, Harriet Lee, Vernon G. owen.
Class 43, triple bar 1ump-F1rst,
Squire, Fort Myer Horse Show team:
second, Easter Morn, Miss Mary Ellen
Corby; third, Tony, First Sergt. Will
liam L. Hoston; fourth, Bean Beetle,
Miss Betty Couzens.
Glass is, modified Olympia class
First, Jumping Fool, Louis C. Leith;
second, Splash. Fort Myer Horse Show
team; third, Garcon, Fort Myer Horse
Show team; fourth. Miss America, Fort
Myer Horse Snow team.
Prizes for stable OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Mrs. Florence F. Dibble; second. Mrs.
w. J. Chewing. jr.; third, Mrs. Simon
Patterson.
Sweepstake jumping-Jumping Fool.
Louis Leith, first; Squire, Fort Myer
Horse Show team, second; Shere Khan,
Mrs. Cary Jackson, third; Ask Him,
Allen Hechter, fourth.