Evening star., 1932-05-05
ANGLERS PLANNING
FIVE HORSE SHOWS.
Exhibits in Maryland and
Virginia Vie With the Ma
tionaI Capital.

Headed by the Preece Riding Club
and Southern Maryland horse shows
Saturday, a series of five exhibitions is
planned by amateur horse fancierS of
Washington, Maryland and Virginia III
the next few weeks.
The list includes Middleburg pony
show, May 16; the Kent County, Md,
horse show and race meet, May 25, and
a pony exhibition sponsored by the
Loudoun Junior Hunt, early in June.
While the National Capital show,
May ll-14, currently holds the center
of the stage, as most important Of all
Spring horse events in this section, the
smaller meets bring out many Of the
best horses and equestrians, among
them enthusiasts who do not appear at
larger shows.
800 Local Horses Entered.
The annual Preece exhibition will
serve It's year as tightener Tor some
of the local horses which will be
among the 300 or more entered In the
National Capital. In the forenoon Sat-
urday, Mrs. Preece will stage contests
for children between the ages OF and
Is years. while in the afternoon nine
adult and parent-and-child scompet1-
tions will be run off.
The divisions of the afternoon show
include one for thoroughbred hunters
to be shown in hand: a ladies saddle
class in which the reviving vogue OF
the side saddle will predominant; a
Corinthian; open jumping and touch
and out; ladies' hunters; 4-year-olds
and under. open saddle class and
class for parents and their children.
Silver cups and ribbons will be award
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charge has announced post entries are
acceptable.
Sylvester W. Labrot has loaned the
facilities of Sandy Point Holly Beach
Farm for the show to be sponsored day
after tomorrow by the Southern Mary
land Horse Breeders Association. Un-
der the direction of DR.. J. H. Janney,
chairman, horse owners of Prince
Georges, Calvert, Charles, st. Marys
and Anne Arundel Counties will COM
pete there for cups. trophies and other
awards offered by H. E. Atterbury, Ben
Bowie, MIS-. Thomas c. Hart and
others.
Harness Horses to Be Shown.
If sufficient entries are obtained. the
Southern Maryland committee will fea-
ture a class rarely seen in the local
area, that for light harness horses.
The warranted portions of the show
are a series of five jumping events and
five fiat races. Ponies, open hunter
entries, novices and touch-and-out
jumpers will come out in the former
section, while two pony races, a con-
test for non-thoroughbreds, an open
race and a mule race appear on the
latter half of the program.
The Middleburg Pony Show at the
Middleburg race grounds May 16 lists
half a dozen horse classes and wide
" diversified set of pony events on its
all-day program. Ponies OF all types
and sizes will be seen IN jumping and
saddle contests, ridden by the foremost
young riders in Virginia.
Kent County has invited members OF
the Green Spring Valley Hunt Club,
the Hartford Hunt. the Vicmead,
Brandwine and st. Georges Hunts in
Delaware, Corsica Hunt of Queen Anne
County and the Deep Run Hunt CLUB
of Richmond to attend the event to be
given for the benefit of its health as
sociation, May IS. Five show classes
and an eight-race card. including, two
steeplechases, will feature the tete.
which is to be held on the Arthur Bur
ris farm, about one mile from Chester
town, Md.
Green and open hunter divisions, a
touch-and-out event, class for pairs
of hunters and a four-foot-six jump
ing class will comprise the horse show
entertainment, while the race card has
contests for ponies, half bred and thor
oughbred horses, and is climaxed with
two steeplechases.
The Loudoun Junior Hunt, managed
entirely by children, will be held June
IL on the estate of Elmon A. Miller
near Leesburg. A junior hunter trial
and II show classes are on the pro-
gram.