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secondly, the trick open courses and
the aforementioned hunter routes un-
deniably favor Q certain group
namely, the Army. These excellent
horsemen see no reason why every one
else also cannot turn out mounts
schooled to jump q moving motor
cycle, II necessary, but the other own
ers simply cannot. They have not the
time, the facilities or, particularly, the
inclination.
I have heard the stunt hunter
courses defended on the grounds that
one can never tell what will come up
during o run after hounds. Indeed
not. And if we must be true to that
theory, why not have a timber fence
with macadam road on the landing
side, or maybe a few stout strands of
barbed wire with a scraggly branch
laid on top. I've seen people meet
those conditions while hunting. but
not one has said he wanted to do
1t again.
IT WILL be a great disappointment
II the managers of the Army Relief
Show on May 80 build one Of those
'Khakis Folly" hunter arrangements
The Fort Myer officers could be excused
for 1t more readily than any one
else, but I hope they will not have to
offer alibis. A lot of people think the
horse show game IL silly enough as it
is. Pulling it further away from its
original and sensible purpose will not
win any more votes for the sport.
This does not apply, Of course, to
the fantastic arrays which require
trick jumpers to go hayfoot, strawfoot
over bales of provender, road signs,
buckets, oil barrels and such. The
people who enter these classes know
what they are going to get. the public
derives kick from the monkeyshines,
and that's that. But, please, gentle
men, keep the garden tools and hay
rakes out Of competitions for hunters
and normal open jumpers.
NOTES from the South: Young Mar
garet Hill, the william G. Hills
horse-riding daughter, was pitched on
her ear by QUESTIONABLE in class at
the Norfolk show last week end
Determined to avenge that insult, she
came back to put up two rousing rides,
win the Corinthian and the $50
hunter stake Also prominent in
the show. Margaret Cotter's Rocksie
:. Watch these horses when they 60
to Hampton this week.
nR. WILLIAM McCLELLAND. pres
ident of the Potomac Electric
Power Co. and prominent in Washing
ton civic affairs, will serve as joint
NJ r. H. Of the Fairfax Hunt next
season. 1t has been announced by the
hunt secretary. DR.. McClelland, whose
estate Is in Fairfax County, Va. will
assume the duties of his post imme-
diately. directing preparation for the
coming season in cooperation with E.
DeLong Bowman, who recently was
elected joint master for the third
time.
Prior to his arrival in Washington
to assume the presidency of the util-
ity company, DR.. McClelland was
prominently identified with the sport
foxhunting in the country adjacent to
Philadelphia, and also has hunted con-
siderably in England. He succeeds
Reed Thomas, joint M. F. H. in the
1856 season, who resigned because
of business interests requiring him to
be absent from the county at frequent
intervals.
Other officers selected by the hunt
club at a recent meeting include A.
Smith Bowman, ST., president Mai.
Gen. E. B. Winans, vice president;
Nancy P. Hanna. honorary secretary;
Stewart Preece, treasurer; Stewart Nc
Donald and Reed Thomas were selected
as additional members Of the Execu-
tive Committee.