Evening star., 1934-04-20
MANY THRILLED
BY HORSE SHOW
Interesting Exhibit Put on
as One of Blossom Fes-
tivaI Features.
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, JR.

Attracting perhaps the largest
crowd ever to witness such an eXhlbl-
ton in Washington, the unique Cherry
Blossom Festival horse show was held
yesterday afternoon on the Tidal
Basin foot ball grounds before the
festival queen, Miss Eleanor Roosevelt,
her attendants, dignitaries OF the city
and Federal Government and ap-
proximately 5000 spectators.
Horses of all types, breeds and ac-
complishments converged on the show
grounds for the IL events inaugurated
by the coronation of the queen. Fol-
lowing the ceremonies, grand parade
of the equine entrants circled the
field while radio announcers de-
scribed their uses for pleasure, work,
sport and war.
Many Features.
Hunting pink and the drab uni
forms of Cavalry soldiers mixed in
the procession, which was succeeded
by series of show ring classes, ex-
hibition rides and other novel features
arranged by the Horse Show Com
mittee under the direction of Col.
G. L. Scott
Because of threatening skies, the
queen and her court withdrew from
the reviewing stand shortly after the
first ring class was ended.
One of the most spectacular diver
sions of the afternoon was the hunt
teams contest in which pink-coated
riders from the Warrenton, Middle
burg, Washington Riding & Hunt
Club, Redland, Cobbler and Fairfax
hunts competed. A trio from Fort
Myer also entered, winning second
place after the judge had selected
Mrs. Robert c. Winmill's Warrenton
team for top honors. Mrs. Winmill's
entry of Gin Quidado, My Toy and
Renault, was ridden by herself and
her two daughters. Another family
combination, Col. and Mrs. George
Patton, jr, and their daughter, was
third. Handicapped by soggy and
slippery going. several of the riders
encountered near disaster during the
afternoon, but none of them was hurt.
Daring Riding by Troopers.
The brilliant Cossack riding troop
ers of Fort Myers Sd Cavalry went
undeterred by the risky footing.
Thrilled by the reckless horseman-
ship. the crowd applauded briskly as
Army equestrians rode their mounts
from tip to tail. swinging perilously
from saddle horns to the ground, per-
forming hand stands and shoulder
rolls as the horses galloped down the
field.
The enthusiastic audience, a large
percentage of them enjoying first
taste of the show ring, was charmed
by two children's hunt teams. which
appeared in formal pink, black boots
and toppers. The team entered by
Estler Palmer of Bancroft, Va, turned
In the best performance of the after
noon on three brown ponies, taking
the course in excellent form and with
spacing the envy of older riders. That
aggregation, consisting Of Miss Mar
garet Hill, Miss Edna Roth and Bobby
Palmer, won the cup, while the Col
bert trio of Fredericksburg, Va, was
close second on three clever Welsh
hackney ponies.
Foxhounds Shown.
Daniel c. Sands, master of the Mid
dleburg hunt, put on another popu-
lar act when he led into the inclosure
his handsome pack of American fox
hounds, guided by a huntsman and
whip in hunting uniform. Circling
the field in perfect unison and re-
spending with remarkable discipline
to the commands of the huntsman,
the hounds supplied one of the out
standing diversions of the series staged
between each ring contest in order to
eliminate the coStumary lull of the
judging period
Sergt. Alvin T. Moore's dressage
exhibition with a meticulously trained
thoroughbred now being schooled for
the Olympic games also caught the
favor of the crowd, as did the mounted
brass bands galloping tunes.
In the open hunter class which
took the center of the stage after the
draft horses, polo ponies, saddlers
hunters and Army mounts had ended
their parade, Maj George S. Patton
jr., rode his own Wild Ben to victory
and received the cup from Mrs. Henry
Latrobe Roosevelt, mother of the
cherry blossom queen. Tom Cooke
huntSman of the Washington hounds,
rode a good bay from the Frank Bur-
rows Stables to second place, and
Claude Owens Ranger was third.
The Burrow2 string came to the
fore again in the ladies' hunter divi-
sion when Grey Eagle captured the
blue, with Mrs. Winmill's Gin Quidado
second and Maj. Wilfrid Blunt's
entry third.
Assisting Col. Scott in announcing
the information about yesterdays
events was Wayne Dinsmore. well
known Chicago horse expert and
president of the American Horse AS
sociation.