The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-15

Virginia-bred gelded son Of
king of the hunters.
So say the three men who
judged hunters at the National
Capital horse show, which closed
Saturday.
The three judges were Manley
Garter, Middleburg, Va; Rufus C.
Finch, RumSon, N. j., and Janon
Fisher, jr., EccleSton, Md.
Next to Red Tape
Basing rating of contending
entries on a point system $50 for
! grand champion, 20 for reserve
grand champion, 20 for champion,
10 for reserve champion, five for
a blue, four for a red, three for
yellow and two for a white) I,
Mrs. John Hay Whitney'S 7-year-
old Two Leggins, gelded gray son
of Oxford-Ebony, rates next to
Red Tape, but some distance be-
hind, with Mrs. Whitney's 6-year.
old gray gelding Bon Diable (My
Play-Eaton Crib next to his
stablemate and before Lieut.. Col.
Sloan Doak's brown mare, Octavia,
which scored a total Of ~ points
against the Stiffest of competition
during the show.
Following Octavia are these
stars of the show ring, in the
order named:
Mrs. Ellsworth Augustus 9-year-
old bay gelding, Captain Lawton
Bunting-Nada Mas: Mrs. Au-
gustus' 6-year-old chestnut gelding,
San Den SANDY Beal-Dresden) g.;
Mrs. Whitney's 5-year-old brown
mare, Spring Hope (Mad Halter
-Cullinan; Mrs. Augustus f.
year-old chestnut gelding, Sand
Man (Atwell-Bachelor'S Friend) !;
j. E. Barker'S chestnut 3-year-old
gelding, Red Fox Scamp, and
Mrs. Whitney's famous hunter,
The Grey Knight, or. g.. 1871, 8
years, by Royal Canopy out Of
Bonnie Cause.
How They're Stacking
Under the foregoing point sys-
tenn, here is the way the hunters
in the show stacked up:
Firenza Red Tape, "a; Two Leg.
gins, 81; Bon Diable, SO; Octavia,
q; Captain Lawton, 10; Sand
Den, 10; Spring Hope, 10; Sand
Man, Is; Red Fox, IS; The Grey
Knight, IA.
Prior to the National Capital
Horse Show, the Grey Knight was
generally rated Americas premier
hunter.
Other ratings under the point
system:
j. j. Cotter'S 5.year-old bay geld
ing, Rocksie, 10; Mrs. William G..
Hills QUESTIONABLE, IL; Mrs.
Whitney's First Night, 8; E. l..
Redmond's Fadeless, 8; Mrs. Cary
Jackson's Shere Khan, 8; E. l..
Redmon's Cascade, z; Mrs. Whit.
ney's Nobody's Fool, 6; Mrs. Jack.
sons Gift Girl, S; DR.. Lewis M.
Aliens Clifton's Rose, 4; Mrs.
Whitney's Wallop, 4; Miss Betty
CouzenS' Bean Beetle, 4; Clean
Drinking Farms The Hour, 3;
Miss Charlotte Ives Montgomery's
Silver Star, 3; Claude w. Owens
Ranger, 8; DR.. Aliens Clifton's
Beau, 2; DR.. Aliens Torchwood,
2; Mrs. Whitney's Kinprillis, 2.
Basing the ratings on the same
point system, here is the way the
saddle horses stack up in the
National Capital:
Miss Marjorie Lee McLeod's
Gulf Breeze, IS; Mr.. and Mrs.
Vernon G.. ovens Jack Light
ming, Is; Hubert R. Quinter's
Sonny Boy, IA; w. F. Burrows
Happy Time, II; Mr.. and Mrs.
Owens Harriet Lee, 9; Norman
Clarke's Merry John, 5; Miss Ger
trude Laughlin's Morning Light,
2; and, 10th Field Artillery's
Grey Beauty, 2.
Scored Only IL Points
More than likely, Miss Louise
Finch's Sun Glory belongs right
next to Miss McLeod's Gulf
Breeze, although Sun Glory
scored only IL points. Sun Glory
finished ahead of Jack lightning
in the major saddle class Of the
show.
Stanley Greene's Queen of
Sheba deserves first among the
ponies although tied at II points
by L. R. Colbert's Silver Queen.
Then should come, in the order
named: L. R. Colbert's Little Liza
Jane, 9; Robert Palmer's Busy
Bee, 8; Marvin Green's Brownie,
6; L. r. Colbert's Jimmy Trigger,
s; Roland Dawson's Model Man,
5; Preece Riding Schools Cherry,
4; Turner Reuters The Duke, 3;
Robert Stewards Black Twig, 2;
and, Allison Miller, jr., Patch
work, 2.
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