Evening star., 1937-05-05
BY NINA CARTER TABB.

t1OrmeTly CQe NtllOIlhi SdPlee1A
Horse Show. starting Friday
L and continuing through Sat-
urday and Sunday. will be held on the
MeadoWbrook Show Grounds as
benefit for the Junior League. A list
of more than 600 entries includes the
best show horses in this country, and
officials for the event expect it to be
the most spectacular ever presented
here.
Officers are H. Rozier Dulany, pres
ident; Maj. Henry Leonard, vice pres
ident, and F. Moran McConihe, secre-
tary, treasurer. Directors include Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson, Maj. Frank L.
Whitaker, Melvin c. Hazen, Raymond
H. Norton, John o. Gheen, and Mrs.
William w. Mackall, jr., president OF
the Junior League; Arthur Maui, man
ager, and Maj. George l.. Caldwell, U.
S. A, official veterinarian.
With this crowd of good horsemen
managing activities, the show is bound
to be a great success and every one Is
looking forward to three days of sport
Twenty-one classes will be called on
Friday and % on Saturday, when
Judging will commence at 10 Am. On
Sunday, starting at l pm, there VIII
be II classes.
In the hunter and jumping events
Mrs. John Hay Whitney of Llangollen
Farm, near Upperville, Va, has made
a number of entries, among them such
well known horses as Two Leggins, Gray
knight, Spring Hope, Nobody's Fool
The Bear, Missing Caddy, and Cherry
Red. Waugh ClaSScoCk of UpperVille
is managing Mrs Whitney's show
horses this season and will ride at the
Washington show.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Greenhalgh
of BerTyville are showing their string
under the name OF Springsberry
Farm. Among the Greenhalgh's list
of eight entries, which have been most
successful at smaller shows this sea-
son, are Royal Rebel, a gray 3-year-
old by Royal Canopy-Superanna, that
was bred by Kenneth N. Gilpin of
Boyce; White Spats, coal black
with white legs, a very lovely and
flashy young one, new to the ring
this season, and Brown Bruin and
Merry Prince, two that have won
ribbons and are well known. Blakely
Lodge is manager of SprlngSberry Sta
bic and as every one knows there is
no better show ring rider.
IRON Middleburg some good horses
are entered by Ernest Redmon.
Topping hiSl iSt is Easter, 3year
old Chestnut Mr. Redmon showed
five times last season, winning four
firsts and third. Others from the
Redmon stable are Thornbush, No
Play and Report. Roger Bayly has
entered a horse, and Mrs. Dorothy
Lee of Middleburg is showing Loro
Mrs. Robert Guggenheim has posi-
bly, the largest number Of entries,
with Red Tape, long famous in the
ring, heading her list. Great things
are expected of Our Way, the Won
der horse of last year that Mrs.
Guggenheim recently bought from Ray
Shoemaker of Harrisburg, Pa Mr.
Shoemaker Is showing two horses at
Washington. Fenton Fadeley will
thrill the crowd with his high jumper,
Lacquer Lady, as will U. S. Randle
with a string that includes Claws,
Randle's Find and Randle's Cover
nor. Mrs. Ellsworth Augustus has
entered Sand Den, Sand Artist, Chat
ter Chat and May Ring Mrs. Cary
Jackson, scheduled to show them,
rides these horses to perfection. Cy-
press de Beau has been entered by
his owner, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson,
and every one who has seen him
show in the past is wishing him luck.
He comes out this week end after a
period of retirement to compete
against the best horses that can be
found, many of them horses he has
won over IN the past.
The saddle horse classes will attract
attention. The junior horsemanship
and all other children's classes to be
shown on Saturday will be we'll filed
and especially interesting. The A. S.
P. c. A. good hands event and A. S.
P. G. A. horsemanship event will be
seen on Saturday afternoon.
MeadoWbrook Show Grounds are
looking very lovely these days. The
boxes have been covered in case of rain
or hot sun, and members Of the Junior
League, some of the most attractive
girls in Washington, will be out there
to see to every want.
THE Apple Blossom Festival at VIM
chester will be held on Friday and
Saturday and will draw a huge crowd
from all over the country as this oc-