Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-19
MERMAID ASSURED
HORSE SHOW CUP
Last Nights Events Fea-
tured by Bareback Jumpers.
Outdoor Races Today.

With the first outdoor horse event
of 1882 in view this afternoon, the
indoor horse show season of the Riding
and Hunt Club was topped of last
night by a well attended exhibition at
the club ring, Twenty and P
streets.
Today the local hunters will take up
competition again when the Wash
ington Drag Hounds trials open at
Bradley Farms at pm. While con-
formation and other show ring at
tributes played an important part in
the judging last night, the performers
this afternoon will be rated principally
on the way they race over the 12-
obstacle hunt course in classes for
green, qualifed and open hunters.
Award of the grand championship
of the series to Mrs. William ]. Chewn-
ing's mare Mermaid climaxed the four
show Winter series last night. The
young mare was not in form in the
final contest and was unable to score
a single victory during the evening,
but past record of two individual
show championships automatically as
Sured her the championship cup.
Shamrock Takes Honors.
In February Mrs. Simon Patterson of
Pittsburgh took the third Of the four
show victories, while A. H. Ryan's
Shamrock swept through to blues in
the bareback and open jumping last
night, and walked off with the triple
rosette emblematic of best horse in the
show.
Horsemanship replete with that val
liable characteristic known as balance
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eSting entertainment in the bareback
division, the first of its kind to be run
of here this year. The riders took
four jumps four feet high, without sad
ole and in one case without a bride
but there was not spill in the class.
The fact that several riders got refusals
made this record all the more remark
able.
Mai. George S. Patton merited the
mythical reserve championship of the
final club. show the record of his
owner ridden entries almost equaling
that of Shamrock. Besides a blue
which his Hoapili received from the
hands of Ruth Roland, film actress, at
the conclusion of the Corinthian class,
he captured second place with Kali
in the saddle horse division, and Hoapili
again rubbed shoulders with the not
ables when Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glass
ford handed him the red ribbon for
open jumping.
Ask Him Scores Twice.
Allen Hechter of Baltimore also was
high in the nights score, winning the
hunter class and taking a second in
the bareback after a jump-off with
Shamrock. His Ask Him scored both
counts for the visiting rider.
The summaries follow:
Hunters, 4-year- olds and under: Mrs.
Chewing, Tiget; Miss Evelyn Walker,
Judas; Miss Margaret Cotter, Impulse.
Open jumping: A. H. Ryan, Sham
rock, ridden by Miss Elizabeth Martin;
Maj. Patton, Hoapili; Miss Walker,
Judas.
Saddle horses, park or road: V. G.
Owen, Harriet Lee; Maj. Patton, Kali;
Mrs j. D. Patch, Bally Forest.
Bareback class: Mr. Ryan, Sham
rock, ridden by Miss Martin; Allen
Hechter of Baltimore, Ask Him; Charles
Carrico, Piedmont.
Hunters: L. Allen Hechter, Ask Him
Miss Cotter, Impulse; Charles Carrico,
Piedmont.
Corinthian: Maj. Patton, Hoapili;
Miss Anna Hedrick, Madigal Pom; Mrs.
w. G. Hill, QUESTIONABLE.
Show championship: Mr.. Ryan,
Shamrock.
Grand championship Of the season
Mrs. Chewing, Mermaid.