Evening star., 1936-10-23
AMERICAN RIDERS
OUT FOR REVENGE
1885 Conquerors Win Again
Yesterday as Coles
Mount Skids.

Smarting under the sting Of q de-
feat rendered In 1885 and first-round
failure marked up yesterday more or
less by the defaults Of Lady Luck, the
United States Olympic team today
bided its times at the second annual
Inter- american horse show, prepared
to do its best IN the individual mill
tary classes and await the opportunity
for consolation tomorrow and Sunday
when the international jumping cham
pionship of the Americas will be set
tied at the Meadowbrook sports arena.
Having been beaten by the Chileans
last year, our Army horsemen entered
the ring yesterday in high hopes Of
revenge. AS that soothing sensation
seemed almost at hand, a slip of the
hoof decreed otherwise when Maj.
Upper Coles mount Dakota skidded
turning for home and spilled the cap
tain of the present Olympic squad.
thereby placing the North Americans
in second place. The final score was
Chile 8 faults. the United States 1112,
which means that only one knock
down is needed to set the home eoun.
try ahead when international team
competition is resumed.
Jumping Resumes Saturday.
Meanwhile today the individual mill
tary riders will have a chance to set
tie old scores. The team jumping is
to be resumed on Saturday and Sun
day, as will the bitterly fought rivalry
between the interstate aggregations
Of Maryland, Virginia and the Dis
trict. That scramble for local honors
opened with the Maryland outfit ap-
parently rank outsiders because Of
preliminary injuries to its regular
riders. and ended with the Free State
winning the initial tussel by virtue of
two brilliant performances turned in
by Fred Hughes, jr.'s Black Caddy
and Fenton Fadeley's Lacquer Lady.
The Mexicans, who have been in
training in this country for six weeks,
skidded down to the dark horse status
in the international league when Capt,
Barriga on Mayab, one of the more
reliable Central American horses, lost
the course and compelled his team.
mates to take the score of the three re.
naming horses.
Four Mounts in Military Teams.
The military teams each put forth
four mounts, and are allowed to choose
the best three scores to represent their
aggregate. That system left the Mexi-
cans with a total of 3134 faults, and it
also imposed upon the United States
to the extent that Dakota's score. per-
feet up to the thirteenth fence of the
15-obstacle course, had to be thrown
out entirely.
The Chileans seem always to blossom
under the influence of a keen crowd
and beautiful setting. Yesterday
they had both. All the pomp and cir
cumstance of military ritual attended
the Introductory meet, and the 1000
spectators responded generously to
every able showing.
As slight compensation for a jinXed
defeat in the team event, the North
American horsemen carried of every
ribbon in an open jumping class that
wound up in late twilight. Lieut.. r. w.
Curtis on Dinget won the blue in that
division. with Lieut.. Frank Henry Of
the Fort Myer horse show team second
on Clipped Wings; the Olympic horse
show squads Fralax third and Maj.
James Duke Of Fort Myer fourth on
Hats Of.
Since darkness eliminated the plausi-
bility of the scheduled hunt team
event, that affair was set over until
today. It is to be run of at l pm.
an hour earlier than the regular show
opening.
Summaries on Contests.
Summaries, first day:
Open hunters-Performance, so per
cent; conformation, 40 per cent. First
Spring Hope, Llangollen Stables;
second, Cypress Des Beau, Llangollen
Stables; third, Spring miss, Ritticor
Brothers; fourth. Two Leggings, Liam
gollen Stables.
Three-day competition:
Interstate team jumping.First,
MARYLAND team (Hunger Marcher.
Lacquer Lady. Black Caddy and Re-
porter); second, Virginia team (Nip.
Scout, Santa Claus, Spring Mss;
third, District Of Columbia (Rocksie.
Randle;s Pride, Randle's Way. Apple
Jack).
Dressage exhibition, Maj. Hiram z.
Tuttle riding 81 Murray.
Jumping Open to all - First,
Dinger, United States Army. Lieut..
r. w. Curtis; second, Clipped Wings.
Fort Myer, Lieut.. Frank Henry; third,
Fralax, U. s. Army, Lieut.. j. o.
Curtis; fourth, Hats on, Fort Myer.
Mai. James Duke.