Evening star., 1934-01-20
HUNT CLUB HOLDS
BRILLIANT SHOW
Mrs. M. Robert Guggenhelm's
Entry Carries Off Cham
pionship.

The Riding and Hunt Club Of Wash
ngton put on its best grand circuit
manner last night to stage one OF It's
most successful Winter horse shows be-
lore crowd of several hundred ap-
proving spectators at the exhibition
han at TWenty-second and P streets,
With ll3 entries In eight classes, a
loud speaker broadcasting system to
tell who they were and who rode them
and Ned King in the ring to lend the
ultimate touch to the picture Of a
brilliant equine event the show achieved
a new level Of importance in sports
circles here. Mr.. King, widely known
as horse show cartoonist and man
ager OF three Of the most important
exhibitions in the country, presented
the trophy to Mrs M. Robert Gug-
genheim's FirenZe Coo Major In the
conformation hunter division and made
a brief speech Of acknowledgment of
the welcome given him here and praise
for the hunt club show. He is now
on his way to the Miami -Biltmore out
door show, which he superintends In
addition to the national at Madison
Square Garden and the Atlantic City
each year.
Carries OFF Championship.
Firenze Cog Major. incidentally, re-
turned to the ring later to capture the
novice hunter honors and eventually to
carry off the show championship Of
the evening. A stunning. long-mane
gray, the 4-year-old son of Coo Galouis,
performed evenly and with promising
cleverness at his first appearance IN
the local show ring.
w. r. Burrows Gray Eagle took the
eye Of the judges in the working hunter
g..
conformation hunter and fourth in the
novice hunter classes and wound up
with reserve championship to top of
the evening.
Mr.. Burrows had another winner
during the evening in his veteran sad
dler Happy Time, which waltzed away
with the ladies' saddle class, defeating
Vernon G. Ovens good Jack Lightning.
The Guggenheim stable, always rep
resented heavily in the number of en-
tries, achieved a proportionate share
of victories last night Firenze Fairfax,
known under the latter half of the
name as one of the best jumpers
Danny Shea ever developed, accounted
for the open jumping trophy with q
splendid, clean performance, and Fir
enZe Judge took the fault and out blue
after jump of. The Firenze Farm
aggregation also put its number on
several minor awards.
Results Listed
Results of the show were:
Glass l, Novice saddle horse-Notary,
owned by Miss Betty Couzens, ridden by
Robert Robey. first; Copperhead. owned
and ridden by George P Mahoney. sec
ond; Martin. owned by E. R Colbert
ridden by Russell Walton. third Eng
hsh Skies, owned by L. F. oyster, rid
den by William Washburn, fourth.
Glass 2-Working hunter: Gray
Eagle. owned by w. F. Burrows, ridden
by Robert Robey, first; Yellow Gfrl,
owned by L. P. Counselman, ridden
by Gardner Hellman, second; Papoose,
owned and ridden by Louise Heron,
third; Easter Sunday. owned and rid
den by F. NJ. McConihe, fourth.
Glass 3-Conformation hunter: Fl
renze Cog Major, owned by Mrs. M
Robert Guggenheim, ridden by Danny
Shea, first High Hat owned by r. H.
Norton, ridden by Gardiner Hollmon.
second; Gray Eagle, owned by W. F.
Burrows ridden by Robert Robey, third;
Massapequa, owned and ridden by H c.
Fair, fourth.
Open Jumping Class.
Class 4-Open jumping: Firenze
Fairfax owned By Mrs M Robert Gug-
genheim, ridden by Danny Shea. first;
Firence Popover, owned by Mrs. M
Robert Guggenheim, ridden by Danny
Shea. second; Shamrock, owned by
A. n. Ryan, ridden by Miss Elizabeth
Martin, third; Firenze Judge. owned
by Mrs. M Robert Guggenheim. rid
den by Danny Shea, fourth.
Glass s. Ladies saddle-Jack Light
ming. owned by Mrs. V. G. Owen. ridden
by Miss Mcleod, first; Happy Time,
owned by w. F. Burrows. ridden by
Mrs Guitar. second Harriet Lee owned
by V. G. Owen, ridden by Miss A. Hen
drick third; Martin owned by E. r.
Colbert, ridden BY Connie Moore, fourth.
Glass 6. Novice hunter-Firenze Cog
Major. owned by Mrs. M. Robert Gug-
genheim, ridden by Danny Shea first;
Ballyhoo, owned and ridden by H. c.
Fair, second; Massapequa, owned by
H. C. Fair, third, Gray Eagle, owned
by w. F. Burrows. ridden by Robert
Robey. fourth.
Glass 7. Fault and out-Firenze
Judge. owned by Mrs. M. Robert Gug-
genheim. ridden by Danny Shea. first:
Lady. owned by R. Brodesser, ridden by
Charles Carrico. second Shamrock.
Martin, third; Firenze Opagemak, own
ed by Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim,
fourth.
Championships COG Major.
owned by Mrs. M Robert Guggenheim,
champion; Gray Eagle. owned by w.
F. Burrows, reserve champion.