Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Chi|eans, Mexitans
Take Horse Show
Honors in New York
Maj. Yonez Awarded
Bowman Challenge
Cup for Performance
3y the Associated Press.

9y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-A quartet
Of daring riders from Chile and Mex
leo gave lesson in horsemanship to
the Army officers and police of four
other nations tonight as an ermine-
wrapped and top-hatted gallery of
$4,000 formally opened the SD Ma
tional Horse Shows eight-day stand
In Madison Square Garden.
Batting over an intricate jumping
course for the Bowman Challenge
Trophy, Maj. Eduardo Yanez, vet
eran of tanbark competition, guided
Chilean, equally we'll versed in the
ways OF the show ring, to perfect
performance to win the coveted cup.
Four other officers also turned in
faultless exhibitions but Maj. Yanez,
leader of the Chilean team, turned
IN the fastest time of 1925 seconds.
Second place went to It. Joaquin
Chagoya of Mexico with the 6-year-
old Jaracho. The combination
cleared the II obstacles in 33225 Sec
onds. Capt. Eduardo Lena, leader
OF the Chilean Carabineros military
police, set up fine mark early in
the performance but his time of
S61s seconds with Caupolican got
him no better than third in the
final reckoning.
Another Mexican officer, 1t. Jaime
Zapet, won fourth after a jump-off
with Patrolman Michael Murphy
OF the New York City Police. Each
was clicked in SO seconds the first
time over the course, but in the
jump-off, 1t. Zapet again gave a
clean performance while the New
York policeman was charged with
five faults.
Triumph for Chileans.
Yanezs victory chmaxed a day
OF triumphs for the Chileans. Dur
ing the afternoon the Carabineros
finished one, two in the team COM
petition open to police, National
Guard and reserve officer units.
The battle for blue ribbons among
civilian exhibitors saw the Fair
City stable of L. Victor We'll of
Elberon, N. Y, get away to a flying
start.
,Maclays horses dominated the
showing of hackneys as Killearn
Beauty won four flrsts and Killearn
Magician added another. The Fair
City stables Vanity was judged
best of the fine five-gaited saddle
horses, suitable for harness work.
His stable mate, Janet Sue, went
to the top of the five-gaited saddle
horses, while another from the same
string, Dixie Maid, carried off the
honors among the three-gaited
saddle horses over 14.2 and under
Is hands.
The South, East and Middle
West were represented by the early
winners of first prizes. Easter
Morning, owned by Mrs. J. Hame-
ste1nman of Lancaster, Pa, won the
novice three-gaited saddle horse
class.
Saddle Horse Winner.
Winner in the limited three-galted
saddle horse class was Gypsy Prin-
cess, owned by Mrs. Fred Wettach
Of Port Washington, N. Y.
Highland Swell, a brown gelding
owned by A. B. Dick. jr., of Gurnee,
ILL.,, was awarded first in the novice
single harness pony class and Imp.
Bobby E., chestnut gelding owned
by Howard Y. Haffner of Charlottes-
vile, Va, first of middleweight green
hunters.
An Arabian sheik in red morocco
shoes stole the spotlight from New
York's ermine- clad 400 in the first
night audience.
Sheik Khalil Ben Ibrahame
Alrouaf from Nadj, Arabia, and his
native robes striped with gold caused
more of furry than all the new
fall fashions in the house. His
host, r. Wilson Evans, owns three
Arabian horses.
Princess Is Present.
The people who came to see the
people who had box seats on the
tanbark arena also were rewarded
with glimpse of Princess Ketto
Mikeladze, two blackbirds perched
on her hair. Also occupying boxes
were two women in hoop skirts and
one woman in a Victorian hat with
knee-length streamers.
Fashion note: Upswept coiffures
were decided minority
Mrs. James A. Farley, wife of the
Postmaster General, came in brown
net, mink cape and a pearl neck
lace.
Helen Jepson, the opera star, wore
pleated evening gown of beige
wool. Janet Olcutt Cavanaugh, one
of New Yorks prettiest young ma
irons, had scarlet velvet and err
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