Evening star., 1935-05-12
BOND|ABLE NAMED
GRAND CHAMPION
Mrs. Whitney's Handsome
Gray Also Snares $500
Hunter Stake.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR.


Mrs. John Hay Whitney's Bon
Diable, the most versatile hunter in
her extensive string, won the grand
championship Of the National Capital
Horse Show at Bradley Farms yester-
day afternoon as the exhibition came
to q close before $500 spectators.
The Spring fever that seized most
Of the crowd at this picturesque plant
evidently did not touch Bon Diable
at any stage Of the game yesterday.
for the handsome gray shared the
$500 hunter stake with beautiful
performance, was second in the ladies'
hunter class and joined his stable
mates, Two Leggins and Gray Knight.
in winning the hunt team division,
bitterly contested by five other COM
binations
Throughout the three days Bon
Diable had been foremost in the
salient attack which earned the mis-
tress Of Llangollen Farm % ribbons,
IL Of them blues. He also had de-
feated all corners in the thoroughbred
hunter test and the class for qualified
or green middle and heavyweight
horses. For good measure he carried
off second in the Corinthian, second
among the model hunters and fourth
in the hunter hacks.
Whitney Horses Make Sweep.
The Whitney horses made a clean
sweep Of the championship awards
here. Bon Diable was the best middle
or heavyweight hunter, with Kin
prillis reserve, and Two Leggins and
Cypress dea Beau were rated in that
order among the top nghtweights.
Victory in the important hunt teams
was certainly no novelty for Mrs.
Whitney. She has won that vivid
pageant of the tanbark at every Ma
tional Capital since she first began
to show her horses around this cir
cult. The powerful trio likewise has
served her we'll in significant shows
all over the country.
Second to Don Diable's stake tri-
umph was Mrs. r. Curzon Hoffman's
Allston, the sensation Of the early
days. Allston was in rare form again
this afternoon, fencing beautifully to
cinch the $100 second price.
Miss Helen Bedford, daughter Of
q noted Connecticut sporting family.
showed the way to youngsters. griz-
zled veterans and skilled Army off,
GERS alike in the $500 stake for open
jumpers. Astride Musketeer, which
she owns with her sister Ruth, she
MADE a magnificent round OF the
trying course, hanging up score not
even the Fort Myer horse show team
or the old stager, Danny Shea, could
touch.
Firenze Marokan Wins.
The third stake event Of the day,
q sweepstakes for working hunters,
went to Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim's S
Firenze Marokan, which had led her
well-stocked stable in winning total
of IA ribbons since Thursday. Miss
Elizabeth Nolting's Impulse, cast
OF from the J. j. Cotter stables, was
second, incidentally placing ahead Of
the Cotter's preferred Rocksie, which
was fourth.
The saddle horse honors Of the
meeting remained unchanged to the
end, Russell Laws Chesapeake and
Miss Marjorie Lee McLeod's Gulf
Breeze winding up their every meet
ing in that order, up to and including
the saddler championship.
Young Stanley Greene, I'd, Of
Leesburg dominated the children's
classes, which occupied most Of the
morning on the final day. After nu-
merous jump-offs he won the pony
sweepstakes and likewise added few
new horsemanship trophies to his
collection by beating the field in seat
r1 SarNy1d
prominent juvenile was Robert Pal
mer Of Bancroft, Va, whose Busy Bee
always pressed and occasionally de-
feated Greene's noted Queen Of
Sheba.
The Summaries.
Childrens horsemanship class, for
children under - years-First. Ann
Sherman, Washington, D. c.; second.
Mary E. Miles, Washington; third,
Joan Arnold, Washington; fourth,
Carolyn Wilkins. washington.
Children's horsemanship class, for
children over IL and under 16-First.
Stanley Greene, I'd, Leesburg, Va;
second, Edna Roth, Rockville, Md;
third, Turner Reuter-, Aldie, Va;
fourth, Ethel Hoffman, Owings Mill,
Md.
Saddle ponies, over 1872 and under
14.2-First, After Me, Marjorie L.
Mcleod; second, Two Step, L. r. Col
bert; third, Raign Bau, Howard Nor
ton; fourth, Queen of Sheba, Stanley
Greene, I'd.
Saddle horses ridden by children
under 16-First, Sweetheart, William
r. Padgett; second, Behold Elizabeth,
MIR. and Mrs. Russell Law; third,
Maggie, Paulina Longworth; fourth,