Evening star., 1933-08-26
RED TAPE IS NAMED
CHAMP|0N0F SHOW
Dr.. L. N. Aliens GeIding Is
Awarded Title in 34th
Warrent0n Meet.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS. JR.,

staff Correspondent of The Star.
WARRENTON, Va, August 26.-Cli-
making a series of brilliant perform
ances in two days of show ring trials
DR.. L. M. Aliens sturdy brown gelding
Red Tape was awarded the grand
championship of the Thirty-fourth An
nual Warrenton Horse Show as that
famous hunter exhibition came to a
close here yesterday afternoon.
The tricolor of supremacy was pinned
on the 6-year-old thoroughbred Fencer
in reward for victories in a widely
variegated group of contests in which
he proved himself versatile and use
full horse Not by any means fashy
type, and totally without distinguishing
marks on his sleek. sole brown coat
Red Tape, nevertheless, won The mode!
hunter division Thursday, class judged
solely on appearance and suitability to
become a hunter. The ladies' hunter
Blue, likewise acquired the first day,
attested his good disposition and will
ingness to perform under gentle han
ding, and the addition of first prize
money in the middle and heavyweight
hunter class yesterday rounded out his
splendid career here.
Beaten by Grey knight.
Red Tape was compelled to dip his
colorS only once yesterday afternoon and
that was when Mrs. John Hay Whit
news Grey Knight won the Corinthlan
class. leaving the red ribbon for the
Allen prodigy. The Whitney Grey
KNIGHT did not conflne his triumphs to
this field alone The lightweight hunter
tricolor went back to Llangollen Farm
as a result of his showing in numerous
classes, and he also earned Tor MRS.
Whitney the valuable canvass whlcn
George Ford Morris, noted painter OF
horses. agreed to make of the horse dis
nlaying the most personality in tne
show. Mr.. Morris was on hand through
out the exhibition to observe the con-
testants, and picked Grey knlght IRON ?I.
a group of especially selected posSlpul-
ties after the last class was Judgeo yes
terday. f,,r-
ther Augmented by the victory OF nel
famous gray trio, Bon Diable, TWO
I.eggings and Grey Knight, in the hunt
class. a matchless contest wncn
brol1sht out some of the finest hunters
in the State, where hunters are q py-
word and a boasted product OF the
country. The grays made a couoie
round of four jumps, with only one
knock down and a minor fault scored
against them, an amazing record to SCI
in the still soggy going of the ring
Second in this colorful division was the
team of the Benton Stables. owned pJ
Mrs. D. c. Sands of Middleburg:
The saddle horse championship o1
the show was carried to Washington by
Jack Lightning, a small and compact
son of Carnation Chief, owned by Yer,
non G.. Owen. The reserve ribbon went
to George H. Calvert, jr.'s MisDehavior
| Judges of the show were Frank A
Bonsal, jr., master of fox hounds of thu
Green Spring Valley Hounds; Lewis E
Waring of Rumson. N. j., and Lieut.
Col. Adna r. Chaffee of Fort Knox
KY, in the hunter, jumper and breed.
ing classes, and John w. McGomb Of
Wilmington, Del, in the saddle classes
| Summary of Results.
Results of all classes on the secone
day we're as follows:
| Half-bred 2-year- olds-Doody, Peact
lhrotheEss second. Dnrothy n. Heacs