Evening star., 1936-10-14
BY NINA CARTER TABB.

BY NINA CARTER TABB.
TINE Trinity Church Horse Show
and Pageant will be held again
this year Saturday, October IT.,
= at the Upperville Horse Show
Grounds, on Grafton, estate OF DR..
and Mrs. A. c. Randolph. This will
be the important sporting event of the
week in this horse country, with even
cub-hunting forced to take second
place for once.
Last year the show was q great sue
cess, and everybody had Q fine time:
and the little Episcopal church In
Upperville, which does rare amount
Of good work in the neighborhood, was
substantially benefited by the receipts.
There will be classes for 2.year-
olds, 3-year- -olds, brood mares and
hunters. One Of the best classes last
year, which will be repeated, was the
one for bona fide hunters-horses
which had not been in the ring in
jumping class for at least three years.
This class brought out some of the
best horses in the country.
be the competitive past period pageant,
last event on the card for the after
noon. More will be made Of this
spectacular exhibit this year. It will
be divided into at least three divi-
sions-smartest, most humorous and
most old times in appeal. There will
be place for every type Of horse. mule
or oxen-drawn vehicle. Coaches. tan
demS, phaetons, gigs, broughams, VIC
torias, landaux, runabouts. jaunting
carts, hansoms, surreys, beach wagons,
buckboards, T-carts, covered wagons,
farm wagons, etc, etc. There will also
be big surprise in the way Of horse
drawn vehicle. There will be q place
for costumed exhibitors.
This Pageant Glass was inaugurated
at the Trinity Church Horse Show
last year, and was the first Of its kind
ever held in Virginia. It was followed
by the one at the Warrenton Horse
Show last year, and last week this
class was one of the most interesting
events Of the Warrenton show.
Delicious luncheons and refresh-
ments will be served on the grounds
by the ladies of Trinity Guild, the
prizes in all classes will be silver cups
and tack. Taylor S. Hardin is secre-
tary and manager Of the show.
Billy Hulburt of Middleburg, Va, .
student at Stuyvesant School, at War
renton, still is being praised as the
winner of the horsmanship class at
the horse show in Warrenton last
Friday. To me and many others this
is the most important and interesting
class of horse shows. It Is a hard
class to win, too, in this country,
where the children are taught to ride
by the time they can walk. Billy HUI
burt was outstanding In this class. As
he won over 16 entries Of the very best
riders Of Virginia, Maryland and
Washington. This is the A. 8. P. c. A.
"horsemanship event." championship
trophy Of the American Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals,
donated by Mr.. Alfred B. Maclay.
The purpose of this event is to en-
phasize to young riders the impor-
tance of kindness and gentleness in
handling their mounts. Children
(amateurs) who have not reached
their seventeenth birthday, to ride
over eight jumps not over feet high;
to be judged on performance over the
fences and on seat and hands, guild
ance and control of horse throughout
the whole course, jumping faults not
to be counted. Each rider to change
mounts at the discretion Of the
judges.
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Contestant once winning event Is
debarred from competing for it ut
other horse shows during the season.
A winner Of the first prize In this
class will be eligible to compete in the
championship A. s. p. c. A. horse