Evening star., 1933-04-05
CLUB HORSE SHOW
CLOSES SATURDAY
Hunter Trials at Bradley
Farms to Mark End
of Season.

Marking the close of season IN
which it has expanded It's territory,
added real fox hunting to the drag"
and earned a niche as one of the fore
most young hunts in Maryland, the
Riding and Hunt Club will present a
hunter trials of three classes at its
Bradley Farms course Saturday after
noon. The first class will be called at
1870 pm.
The event will offer numerous side
shows and features arranged by the
Thrift Shop, local charity organization
which will receive the proceeds.
Primarily, however, the exhibition will
supply an opportunity for the demon
stration of speed, manners and fencing
skin in the horses hunted this season
with the hunt club pack, in green eligi-
bles, and in hunters owned in the sur
rounding territory. As BELTS the sport
owners will be required to ride in two
OF the classes and only amateurs may
take a mount In the third.
Changes Undergone.
Under the direction of Maj wilfrid
N. Blunt. M F. H., of the 1928 sea-
Bon, the Riding and Hunt Club fox
hunting organization has undergone
considerable change Most material Of
these was the switch from drag to live
hunting, which. of course, presented
new conditions for horses, hounds and
riders.
To stimulate as closely as possible
Ehe condition met hunting with the club
pack, Maj Blunt, as chairman Of the
Hunter Trials Committee, has directed
Ghe erection of 2-mile course of 10
obstacles for use Saturday. Three OF
bf1e jumps are repeated in complete
bound of, the trials and one fence is
optional. From vantage point near
The stables or the Bradley Farms House
Utmost all the fences may be observed
kithout the spectator moving from one
6oint to another.
The course begins in an open field
hear the stables. Galloping down a
folling slope and through a small
btream In the valley the rider will
hscend hill on the other side and at
pfle top make an abrupt turn to the left
10 take a 4-foot 2-inch Aiken-type
kence, the stiffest in the round. Swing
ing left again the competitor faces
plank fence set in the open field and
proceeds straight to stout chicken
btacle.
After this another direct turn left,
down q steep slope and back almost to
the starting point, where there is
ttone wall-log Jump. Over it is set a
blank rail. The rider must drop this
kan and then put his horse at a leap
which will place him In a small, in
elosed corral. On the lower side Of the
Enclosure is another stone wall with log
top. There the contestant jumps out.
Water Jump Encountered.
Heading across the open field in a
me parallel to his original start, the
rider encounters water Jump at the
tional. Next he turns right over a
Bizeable chicken coop, cuts sharp right
over rail fence near the house and
proceeds In line to another chicken COOP.
Over this, he turns right back toward
the stables and over the fourth chicken
coop. This completes the second
square" OF the course and the start
ing point is reached again Thence
around the first three fences once more
and the route is ended
Six and one-half minutes are allowed
for the completion of this feat, and
horse finishing much below that time,
especially If the footing is heavy, will
go racing pace.
Every fence in the course is solid
allowing for no serious mistakes of
judgment by horse or rider. In height
the obstacles range from three feet six
inches to four feet two inches. As the
hunters make their way around the
Judges will have an opportunity to
observe speed and way of going across
the open country, common sense and
cleverness at the difficult barriers and
manners and tractability in the corral,
where the rail must be dropped and a
morse Jumped In and out Of the en-
closure.
Competition will be for the Masters
Trophy. open to hunters owned by
members Of the Hunt Club and hunted
et least three times this season with
ehe pack, owners to ride; the Riding
end Hunt Club Trophy, open to hunters
owned by members of an organized hunt
pr officers Of the armed forces of the
United States, owners to ride; and the
National Capital Horse Show Trophy.
open to hunters not entered in the pre-
Eed1ng classes, to be ridden by other
ehan paid groom or servant.
Scorers for Entries.
Maj. Blunt has invited to score the
hntries in all classes Daniel Brewster.
Damon Fisher, jr.; Louis Merryman,
William Stettinius and Wallace Lana
han of Maryland; DR.. Robert Humph-
ties Of Middleburg and George Plummer
pf washington.
Horses will be rated 60 per cent on
dumping, 10 per cent on condition at
the finish. 10 per cent on conformation,
and 20 per cent on manners and way Of
going.
Other officials of the courSe will be
y. B. Hagner, starter; DR.. Fred San
person, secretary, and Hubbert Quinter,
tecorder.
During the season which has led up
Do these trials, the Hunt Club pack
has been weeded and reorganized, new
blood brought in from the Elkridge
hounds of Maryland and other sources,
and the hunting territory extended 10