Evening star., 1936-10-11
Spring HOPE TOPS
WARRENTON SHOW
Wins Payne Trophy for Mrs.
J. n. Whitney-D. c.
Horses Get Ribbons.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, Jr.,
Staff CORRESPONDENT Of The Star.

d. o. a
Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
w yARRENTON. Va, October
A 10.-Spring Hope, 7-year-
wv old daughter Of Mad Hat
' ter, owned by the Llangol-
len Stables of Mrs. John Hay Whit
ney, won the grand championship oi
the thirty-seventh annual Warrenton
Horse Show here after q brilliant
days work in which she met and
defeated the best hunters new being
exhibited on the Virginia circuit.
Grand championships are no nov
city to this beautifully made and able
mare, but she distinguished herself
for all time in local show history by
being the first horse to win the John
Barton Payne Memorial Trophy, a
magnificent silver bowl valued at ST.
500, and offered in perpetuim as the
prize for the winner of the Warren
ton Corinthian class.
Mrs. Whitney will retain possession
Of the bowl until next year, and she
received outright a handsome replica
of the trophy. She also took away
with her the new Ullman Challenge
Trophy. which must be won three
times for permanent possession by
the same owner in the hunt teams
division.
Mrs. Whitney Rides Winner.
MRS. WHITNEY rode Spring Hope
Az to take the Corinthian and then
returned the old campaigner, Grey
Knight, to the ring wars as a men,
ber of the winning hunt team, and
found that in two years Of retirement
he had lost none of the skill that
once made him one of the great
hunter stars Of the decade. The
knight was coupled with Two Leggins
and Airy Spirit to outshine the three
other pink-coated aggregations bat
Ting for the Ullman award
Spring Hopes most exciting VIC
tory was hung up in the Corinthian
event, but she also scored heavily in
winning the lightweight thorough
bred class, the $500 hunter stake and
second places in the model hunters
and as a member of the second-no
Whitney hunt team.
The middle and heavyweight divi.
sions were topped by Washington.
owned horses. U. S. Randle's Claws
was selected as the best middleweigh,
horse and w. Carlton Eacho's Drill
walked away with the heavyweipht
tricolor. Another Washington owner
who hit the upper brackets was ver-
non G. Owen, whose Jack Lightning
was saddle horse reserve to Goode M
Watkins Sporty McGinity.
Mexican Riders Win.
HE Mexican Army riders. unable
to do better than third in the
frst day jumping contests, showed
vastly improved form today and took
the first and second places in the
international course competition. a
bitterly fought affair which again
went into the jump-of stage.
The open jumping over a simple
civilian course was won by Applejack
owned by Emery Galliher.
Summary:
A.. IH0R0UGHBRED MARES WITH FoAr
fosl bS bvrTIFs, Va wrc Dancing PRINCESS and
DUCHESS ae clovsIiT MInooD and Viola Wnmil second
mrs. mrs r: C. Winmili; third. Weeye and mdhG0p POP
ey war Whoop. Mrs. WinmilI. fourtS
Sparkiins My n Day and foal by War Whoop,
THORoUGHBRED yE.p,xcs
entry Of e L. Redmon third tens Ions sffe9na. fsnca.
mn,iamEmory: mor fourth, No Play. E. L. Red.
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FoxWax FdoeS MS: nrr. H. T. Holladay, ir: second.
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Home Maker. W Carlton Eacho: 'elprd' tbird
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El. Eirst. JOCK; Peggy Keith Hamilton: second
Nymph. Alison Hagner: third. sunny MI
ored n Gaines; fourth. Welcome. A. j SOM
PONIES UNDER SADDLE-First Nvm,b
ley ley third Jollity. Peegy Keith Hamilton; on
PONIES EeoSnf o%Rk AEScEs@f7rlIltes EssmfEElle H,uv
Ganes I9Tnes' tbi1s oep second sunny MILDRED
oPEN JTMPiSGSFirstt.' Fftst'1Hsp Xppiejack. En-.
Watkins; third. Bean Beetle. Betty e Couze
spa EGfGilf Ma1SiGss TnosoSGaaRrn Get!sE
Spring Hope, Mrs. Whit.
ney; second. Cypress Des Beau. Mrs Whit.
S.'Rs ~ i II Allfa fRon
Carlton Eacho; second. claws U n q RAW: w:
die; third, Spring Hope. Ritticor BIOS;
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ResmSn %n6DLE%FaS4 fSSTth fftsni SREES Lad
First, First Night. Mrs Whitney: second
Wonder. Lewis NJ Alien; fourth. TSin, Driil,
MODEL HUNTERS-First. The Bear. Mrs
ney: third. Home Maker, Eacho: fourth.
: ~ LADfEsss SADDLE HoRsEs-rirst, Jack
Lightning. Vernon G. owen; second. Happy
ssi $500 HUNTER srAkE-rirst. Spring
Ritticor Bros: third. Missing caddy. Mrs.
whitney: fourth Round Hill. Anne An
INTERNATIONAL COURSE JUMPING
First. Mayab. Mexican horse show team:
ads sh0E Ease.9
f0u5th GokrETaAN Effkfis Msf GEass aSstter
Hope. Mrs. Whitney; second. Scout. Mrs
D. N, Lee: third. Hard Lines. Mrs Barker:
fourth. Two Leggins. Mrs. Whitney.
HUNT TEAMS-First entry AIRY Spirit.
Grey knight and Two Leggins). Mrs, Whit,
ney. second, entry. Mrs. Whitney: third
entry: stuyvesant School: fourth. entry,
" SADDLE HORSE CHAMPION First
Sporty. McGinty. watkins: second. Jack
LIGHTWEIGHT HUNTER CHAMPION
First, Spring Hope. Mrs. whitney; second
Champion: third. Two Leggins.
MIDDLEWEIGHT HUNTER CHAMPION
FIRST: Claws, U. s. Randle; second. Port
Light L Redmon.- -
First, Drill. w, Carlton Eacho: second
Hunder Dan and j. North Fletcher
GRAND CHAMPION OF THE SHOW
Spring Hope, Mrs. whitney.