Evening star., 1937-10-24

Because of drenching rains. the sh
brook to the indoor riding hall at Fort
Myer. There the American officers,
who were behind. % faults to 20, at
the end of the first session Thursday,
managed to make up ground and exc
out an advantage of single point.
Because of clearing skies and strong
winds which have dried the Meadow
brook course, it was decided last night
to transfer the meet back to the East
West highway exhibition grounds. The
$500 hunter stake will be run of at
pm, and the show will begin Of
ficially at las. The ladies' hunter
and local hunter divisions have been
Cancelled because of the press of time.
Since the Americans one-point
margin can be wiped out by the slight
est error under the international rules,
none would dare predict which team
will emerge victorious this afternoon.
The American riders owed their good
fortune yesterday to a magnificent
showing put up by the old tail-swish-
ing, bucking jumper Dakota, which
made only one mistake under superb
ride by Lieut.. Franklin Wing. jr.. and
to the Belgians' misfortune in having
their brilliant fencer, Whisky. crack
the last jump after making an other
wise clean round of the big fences.
Ibrahim Not at Best.
Ibrahim, the Belgian fencer rated
as the hottest opposition to Dakota,
was not at his best yesterday, having
suffered slight injury Friday, and like
most of the horses trying the tor
turous route of nine fences, he had
difficulty with the double-oxer set
almost in front Of the official box,
occupied by Gov Harry Nice of Mary
land, guest of honor on Maryland
day."
Old Dakota and Whisky flew the
lump. however, and the issue today
may again be decided by the ability
of these two to keep down the fault
scores of their respective teams.
Gov. Nice's journey over for Mary
land day" was rewarded with the
sight of the Maryland Interstate
team holding its lead in the three
way competition for the Governors S
Cup, a parade of the foxhounds of
the Redland Hunt, which hunts the
country between Rockville and How
ard County, and even a third-place
victory in the handy hunter class for
an officer stationed at Fort Hoyle,
Md.-Capt. Bernard F. Luebbermann.
This was about as hotly contested a
class as has been seen in local show
in many year, and the winning
margin held by Lieut.. r. E. Weber,
riding the Fort Myer horse teams
Eyes Delight, was only one second
better than the time turned in by
Capt. H. A. Luebbermann Ca brother
Of the third place winner, incidental
ly), who had the mount on Fort
Myers great old horse Sandy.
Chief Attractions.
Since there have been numerous
shake-ups in the program SO far, and
all hunter classes were called off yes
terday, there was no telling what
might happen to the hunter divisions
today, but at least as many as possible
will be sandwiched into the days
advertisement. Meanwhile, the last
phases of the interstate and interna-
tional competitions will be the chief
attractions, with whatever other jump
ing classes, and, undoubtedly, the $500
hunter stake thrown in to make a full
show.
The summaries:
Interstate team jumping for the
Governors Cup-First, Maryland, rs
faults; second, District of Columbia,
481s faults; third, Virginia, so faults.
Total faults for two days.
Military civilian handy hunter
class-First, Eyes Delight, Fort Myer
team, ridden by Lieut.. r. E. Weber;
second, Sandy, Fort Myer team, ridden
by Capt. H. A. Luebbeimann; third,
Billy, owned and ridden by Capt.
Bernard Luebbermann; fourth, Rusty,
Fort Myer team, ridden by Capt.
Trapnen.
International team jumping-United
States Army team Dakota, Masque-
raider, King Hi, Renzo), n faults;
Belgian team 1brahim, Acrobate,
Wiskey, Ramona, IS faults. Total
faults for two days-United States
Army team, ~; Belgian team, 4s.