Evening star., 1932-05-15
BIC HORSE SHOW
SCHEDULE FILLED
Mrs. Whitney and r. Moran
McConihe Among Leading
~ Winners of Day.

Before a crowd varying from 300 to
almost 1000 persons nine children's
classes and dozen major contests of
the National Capital Horse Show were
run of yesterday at the Bradley Farms
exhibition grounds. The show manage
ment staged the complete scheduled
children's program of the season, and
brought the adult events up to date
with the exception Of classes slated for
Saturday afternoon. The Friday left
overs were substituted for this group,
and the imposing list of stakes, sweep
stakes and other portentous events
planned for Saturday will be run off
this afternoon, beginning at l o'clock.
Two Outstanding Horses.
Two young horses sent out by Mrs.
John Hay Whitney of Upperville and
r. Moran McConihe of Washington led
the major field in hunter and jumper
victories.
Astride her own 5-year-old Gray
Knight, Mrs. Whitney captured a
splendid Corinthian class run over the
stiff outside course, and her triumph
was repeated when the same good horse
carried of the National Capital trophy
for model hunters, presented by Karl
w. Corby in 1929, and since won by
the United States.
Easter Sunday, McConihe's 5-year-old
three-quarter bred mare, started the
day with q blue in the handicap jump
ing division, where Miss Evelyn Walker
took her at the hurdles. Ridden by her
owner, the good chestnut came out later
to take the trophy Maj. George S. Pat
ton. jr., offered for officers chargers,
and capped the day with a red ribbon
when Miss Walker again rode her in
the special class for washington drag
hounds hunters.
In the saddle horse classes, Forrest
Ward of Charlottesville showed fash
ing little winner in Peeping Moon,
6-year-old bay geiding under 15.2, and
Mrs. Florence Dibble's veteran cham
pion Flowing Gold went directly to the
blue among the larger horses, beating
Sporty McGinty. which was champion
among the saddlers On Friday.
Miss Rodgers Thrown.
Miss Virginia Rodgers of Washing
ton was injured when w. G. HansonS
Johnny Red hit an outside course bar
rier and threw her She returned to
the ring later to win the Good Hands
Cup offered by William II. Vanderbilt,
head in bandages.
Louis Leith, Middleburg, had a mar
row escape in the 5-foot jumping class
when his Friday winner, Jumping Fool,
slid into jump, spilled the rider and
then trampled him in the process Of
disentanglement. Leith also returned
to the ring and finished the day Of
showing. Lesser spilled were numerous.
From the pony hunt teams to the
mixed horse and pony jumping classes,
the children's performances presented
both an attractive picture and an ex-
hibition of unusual horsemanShip. Miss
Florence and Eugene Syndor, jr., of
Richmond headed the winning list with
a double victory earned by their Lady
Fairfax and Tixie, while Miss Frances
Dodge and Howard Norton of WASH
ington and Miss Anne Leith Of Middle
burg also took firsts with their entries.
In the horsemanship class for chill
dren under IL, Miss Margaret Hill of
Bethesda, Md, won the cup donated by
Mrs. r. Marbury Stamp and three
Riding Camps offered by that organiza-
ton, while the prize of two weeks at
the camp went to Stanley Greene, jr.,
6f Leesburg, Va, and little George Pat
ton OF Washington won one week.
Adult Class Summaries.
The days summaries of adult classes
Handicap jump - Easter Sunday,
owned by r. Moran McConihe, first;
Bit O. Gold, Louis Leith, second; Quick
silver, Miss Julia whiting. third; Tiget,
Mrs. w. j. Chewing, jr., fourth.
Troopers mounts-Entries 142, 140-
and 134 of Fort Myer 3rd Calvary first,
second and fourth. respectively; entry
81, Machine Gun Troop, third.
Saddle horse, over l4.2, under 152-
Happy Days Bell-Ho Stables, second;
Desert Rose, Mrs Florence Dibble,
third; Pendennis, Miss Frances Dodge,
fourth.
F1ve-foot jumping class-Shere Khan,
Mrs. Cary Jackson, first; Quicksilver,
Miss Julia Whiting. second; Bowling
Green, Mrs. ]. H. Whitney, third; Flash,
Fort Myer horse show team fourth.
Saddle horse over 15.2-Flowing Gold,
Mrs. Florence Dibble, first; Sporty Nc
Ginty, Anthony and George Rives, sec
ond; Sir Walter, Miss Isabella Scott,
fourth; Noble Man, Trillora Farm,
third.
Col. Robert M Thompson Memorial
Class, Corinthian, trophy presented by
A. Schmidt & Son-Gray Knight, Mrs.
J. II. Whitney, first; Captain Lawton,
MI o LLcWOidl AUGUSTUS, SeCCnO, Bon
Diable, Mrs. Whitney, third; Royal
Pleasure, George Plummer, fourth.
Ofdcers' chargers-Easter Sunday, F.
Moran McConihe, first; Salida Sands
Fort Myer horse show team, second;
The Texan, Brig. Gen. H. C. White
head, third; Zephyr King, F. Gilbreath,
fourth.
Model hunters, the National Capital
Trophy-Gray Knight, Mrs. j. H. Whit
ney, first; Rathfarnham, William Ste
yenson, second; Thundercrash, Mrs.
Simon Patterson, third; Precaution,
Foxcatcher Farms.
Handy hunter class - Temptation,
eFort Myer Horse Show team, first: Cliff
wood, DR.. L. M. Allen, second; BY Re
quest, Trillora Farm, third; Bean
Beetle, Miss Betty Couzens, fourth.
Hunter hacks - Burmah, Trillora
Farm, first Horrent, John w. McComb.
second; Bandit Flag, @. w. Rust, third;
Doctor Bonereo, Miss Nancy Louise Pat
terson, fourth.
Special class for Washington drag
hounds hunters, members to ride-Im-
pulse, J. j. Cotter, first; Easter Sunday,
7. Moran McConihe second; Gold Foyle,
Percy Neipold, third; Piedmont, Charles
Carrico, fourth.