Evening star., 1934-04-08
F|RENzE TRIO Wins
HUNT TEAM AWARD
Mrs. Guggenheim's Hunters
Perform Brilliantly at
Bradley Farms.
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, j

by hObEhI d. fhkLLlfS, JEs
A fiashy trio of chestnut hunters
from the nationally famous Firenze
stable of Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim
won the National Capital Horse Show
Trophy for hunt teams yesterday aft
ernoon at Bradley Farms in one Of
the most brilliantly contested classes
IN the history of the Riding and Hunt
Club annual hunter trials.
In defeating eight other combina-
tons of three horses and riders, the
Guggenheim entry gave a smoothly
paced and well fenced performance
over the mile-and-one-half course
which earlier had proved extremely
trying for starters in the first three
divisions.
Mrs. Guggenheim shared the honors
OF the day with Mrs. Robert G. Win
mill of Warrenton, who won the Rid
ing and Hunt Club plate, riding her
own My Toy and participated in the
hunt team ride which earned second
place for her horses in the National
Capital Trophy.
Col. Patton Wins Trophy.
Lieut.. Col. George S. Patton, M. F.
H. of Virginia's Cobbler Hunt, also
carried off an important memento OF
the occasion in winning the WASH
1ngton Times Trophy, an open event,
with his Wild Ben.
Among the local horsemen, ]. j..
Cotters Rocksie triumphed in a
handy round of the 10 fences during
the Masters Trophy class, a contest
confined to hunters qualified by three
hunts with the club pack this past
season and ridden by members OF the
club.
Discouraged by threatening skies in
the forenoon, only 400 or 500 follow
ers of the sport were on hand when
the first class was called at 1:45 pm,
but as the day wore on and the
weather cleared scores more arrived to
take posts on the vantage points
from which all sections Of the course
were visible.
First Round Difficult.
Although none of the obstacles on
the route was sitter than those en-
countered in the hunting field, con-
testants in the initial class found
principally because they did not get
In straight at the fences.
In the Masters Trophy six OF the
16 starters were put out by two re-
fusals, two failed to follow the pre-
scribed path between the flags and
consequently were disqualified. When
the judges, Col. Sloan Doak, Col. j.
M. Wainwright and Augustus Riggs,
M. F. H, of the Howard County
hounds, had compared their scores
with the reports of field judges, Mr..
Cotter and Rocksie led the list, Al
bert E. Mackenzie was second on his
own Bolter and Miss Louise Heron
third on Papoose.
Averages were somewhat improved
In the second class, where Mrs. Win
mill and My Toy edged out Col. Pat
ton on his Hukupu for the blue rib
bon. Mrs. Hirst Leverings Hand
Maid was third, giving two of the top
scores to horses ridden under side
saddle.
One Spill.
The only spill of the day came in
the third contest of the afternoon
when Pot Gilbreath tumbled into a
ditch with Lieut.. F. w. Frame OF the
Third Cavalry, near the start OF the
course. Neither horse nor rider was
hurt, Col. Patton made his mark IN
this trial with Wild Ben, while Frank
Burrows Gray Eagle received good
ride from Thomas Cooke, huntsman
of the Riding and Hunt pack. to win
second place.
The Guggenheim colors came into
the ribbons for the first time in this
event, when Ffrenze Nosirree took
third. Miss Margaret Hill, the young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William g
Hill, gave the crowd its major thrill
of this class, and in fact Of the en-
tire afternoon, when she dashed
through the trial in perfect form or
q small pony belonging to c. H. Car
rico. She was awarded fourth place
in the Judging after turning IN
round in 3:08.
Splendid Performance Given.
Carrying as prefixes to their name!
the "Firenze" title, which marks al
of the Guggenheim horses, Yessirree
Nosirree and Red registered a splen-
did performance in the hunt team!
competition. While their spacing wa!
not as perfect as that of the Patton
trio-ridden by Col. Patton, hi!
daughter Beatrice and Mrs. Patton
the style of going of the three caught
the eve of the judges, and final II
per cent on conformation cinched the
victory even over Mrs. Winmills we'll
made team.
Members of the committee arrang'
ing the trials were Col. G. L. Scott
chairman; Mrs. Marshall Exnicios
Mrs. A. B. Court, Albert E. Mac
Kende, Chester Gwinn, Fenton Fade
lev. r. B. Phillips, jr., and F. Moran
McConihe.
The starter was Hubert r. Quintel
and the timer Commissioner Melv1r
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