The Washington times., 1934-03-07

OPpeTVllle COlC ana f1OISe
Show Association had it's annual
meeting of members Friday,
March 2, and elected officers.
There were few changes.
Thomas A. Atkinson is still
president. John c. Butler was
elected vice president; Joshua
Fletcher, jr., manager, with Will
liam Peach, assistant manager;
R. 8. Peach, secretary and treas
urer, and the following are di-
rectors: William Fletcher, T. j.
Ross, A. C. Randolph, Com
mander Holiday, H. M. Luttrel,
H. Rozier Dulany, sr., H. w.
Frost, DR.. Cary Langhorne,
Barry Hall, James B. Skinner,
George Robert Slater.
The date for this show is
June 14-15.
Upperville Colt and Horse
Show is the first horse show
ever held in America and for
years was the only one, having
been started about 1857 by Col.
r. H.. Dulany, to get people in
terested in the breeding of bet
ter horses.
I had very amusing letter
Q few days ago from an old
resident, who lived here until
recently, describing a horse
show of some years back. I'll
give YOU some extracts from
this letter:
"TSear Nina:
II must tell you how I en-
Joy the Times" We are lit
orally snow.bound here. Worst
snow and sleet since 1871, they
say. / have been shut in since
Saturday as walking is almost
impossible and driving impossi-
ole. J find myself running to
8 meet the postman to get my
copy Of the Times. Especially
enjoy your column. I turn to
that first to see the news of
the people at home and what
you all are doing-as I rarely
hear except through this me-
dunn and am so glad you
started it.
II enjoy all the hunting news
and OF the ones who partici-
pated in that sport, but have en-
5oyad more these last columns,
when there Is a cessation of the
sport which gives you more time
to rem!nisce. can follow bet
ter. You have started me by
going back to old days.
The great event in our lives
when / was a girl was the Up
reryilie Colt Show-(it was
Gale then)-the only one in
America-and crowds came from
everywhere. Early in the
spring the girls would begin
planning their costumes. We
simply had to have a new dress
for each of the two days
Never Discouraged
II can not imagine why we
were never by any chance dis
couraged in this vanity, for year
after year just as sure as June
Is came there came with 1t the
most furious thunder storm i'm
kaginable, only to be excelled by
the one that generally followed
m the sixteenth,
II remember one June IS, one
Of the girls appeared in what I
thought the most exquisite hat
I rad ever seen. This had, as
di alton, a hugh bunch of red,
~. I and black cherries, sur
nlAvmted from the rear by two
loy = hlackbird's wings. With
loH 4, : 7miration I beheld this
creaLio. After lunch every
body as happy and settled
down for the great events ex-
p2cted from the show ring,
wien suddenly above the jangle
of the five-piece band, came the
inevitable roar of thunder.
1T always came as sur
prise somehow.
I'VE seemed never to remem-
ber in our great hilarity any,
thing so upsetting as thunder
storms. We had a most inSe-
cure canvas over the grand
stand for years-well worn and
flapping. This year, to which
] have reference. the violent
wind just ripped the canvas
roof back and there we sat in
all our fine regalia and long
prepared grandeur in the
deluge!
MY friend, who wore the
lovely new hat I have men
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