Evening star., 1937-05-07
BY NINA CARTER TABB.
@HE Fbxcroft Horse Show

"1G rOACIO1t horse oNOW al
Foxcroft School, near Middle
burg, will begin Monday at 10
a am. This annual show will
draw crowd of prominent sportsmen
from all over the country. Parents of
the schoolgirls are filling up every
available room in the neighborhood,
for this will be one Of the best sporting
events in Northern Virginia.
The show is run by the girls of the
school, assisted by Miss Charlotte No.
land They say the l8 classes will be
well filled.
Alumnae come back each year to
watch the progress Of the younger girls
and many of them take part in the
show. The Davis Challenge Cup, for
which only alumnae can compete, is
always an interesting class. Among
those who will ride for it on Monday
are Miss June Haines, Miss Nancy
Whitney, Miss Dorothy Goodyear, Miss
Laura Sprague. Miss Carol Metcalf,
Miss Teresa Shook, Miss Nina Jones,
Mrs. James Van Allen, who was
Eleanor Langley Mrs. Barney Bald
ing, formerly Dot" Davis; Mrs. Will
liam Beverley Mason, formerly Doro-
thy Willing Randolph, and Miss Helen
Bedford of Connecticut, who will come
here from the Washington Horse
Show, where she is showing this week
end. AS there are post entries, there
will undoubtedly be many more en-
tries in this class.
Three open classes in which people
outside the school can enter are pony
class, green hunters and ladies' hunt
erS.
A luncheon for charity will be served
on the grounds at pm.
MISS GRETCHEN BIGLOW
@ THOMSON, Queen Shenandoah
XIV of the Apple Blossom Festival,
taking place in Winchester today and
tomorrow, is the happiest and most
enthusiastic young lady have ever
seen. Gretchen is a slender blond
with very golden hair and a perfect
complexion She is thrilled at taking
the part of queen, is natural and ap-
preciative of all the fuss that is being
made over her and is altogether
charming. Entertainments are being
given in her honor by Winchester's
most prominent people and they are
giving this girl. who has grown up
among them, perfect time
Miss Thomson is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. P. j. Thomson of New
Orleans and her grandmother is Mrs.
A. Pembroke Thomson of Summit
Point, w. Va. Gretchen attended the
Cathedral School for Girls in Wash
ington, graduating last June, and
made her debut in New Orleans the
past Winter. Miss Thomson is the
guest in Winchester of Mrs. Richard
Evelyn Byrd
This morning at 10:45 there was a
rehearsal of the coronation. At !
o'clock Mrs. Byrd is giving a luncheon
Tor the queen, to which so of her
young friends are invited. At $50
this afternoon the coronation takes
place in front of Handley School. It
always is lovely and impressive cere-
mony. The queen and her court will
then pose for photographers among
the apple blossoms. At 5 o'clock they
will attend tea dance at the Win
chester Country Club, then home to
dress for dinner, after which the
queen receives the princesses at re-
ceptlon at the George Washington
Hotel A dance winds up the day.
Tomorrow the queen will get little
rest in the morning before attending
a luncheon given by the Apple Bios
som Association to her and her court
at Miss Ann Brook Kerns house. At
2 pm. the queen will be seated upon
her throne, built high on white float
After reviewing the parade from the
queens stand Miss Thomson will at
tend a tea dance at the Winchester
Golf Club. At 9 o'clock the queens
ball will be held at the George Wash
angton Hotel, and there will also be a
dance at the Winchester Country Club