Evening star., 1938-07-31

MISS Ann HaRner OF BetheSda Il
planning a vacation that is distinctly
"horsey." With Miss Nancy Rucker
her roommate when both girls were
at Arlington Hall, she will 60 this
week to visit Miss Carol Norton
another school friend, in White
Plains. N. Y.
Next week the three girls will fol-
low the New York and Vermont horse
show schedule, going to Montpelier
and the Saratoga races and to the
Lake Placid Horse Show.
On their return trip they will stop
at a camp on Lake Champlain with
Miss Barbara Brown, whose mother
and whose father is the head Of the
physical education department at the
school.
Miss Hagner Known
for Horsemanship.
Miss Hagner has ridden in local
shows in Montgomery County and
Virginia for several years. But next
week she will attend the horse shows
IN Vermont and New York as spec
tator and not as a participant and
her beloved Lady, with whom she
has won a box full of blue ribbons,
will stay in her stall on East-West
highway while Miss Hagner is away.
Lady has not been with Miss Hag-
ner on her recent trips In fact, Miss
Hagner's father, Montgomery County
Commissioner Robert D. Hagner,
thinks Lady is far too temperamental
for long. distance travelling. Not long
ago he bought a trailer and Miss
Hagner had dreams of driving gayly
around to horse shows with Lady
following along behind in the trailer.
But Lady was stubborn She chewed
at the bit. switched her tail and did
all the things an angry horse can do.
No amount of coaxing, no pieces Of
lump sugar nor crisp apples could
persuade Lady to mount the trailer
and finally, with the aid of stalwart
neiehbor. she was hoisted up feet
first and tied in. She made few
lpS oNVl W III tibS boe
eventually the trailer idea was aband-
oned and now Lady stays home and
looks lonesomelv over the paddock
fence while Miss Hagner goes to the
horse shows alone.
Miss Margaret Hill Visiting
Dr.. and Mrs. Thomas Neill.
Another Bethesda girl. Miss Mar
garet Hill, is doing good bit of
riding this year, but she is not ap-
pearing in any of the local shows.
At present she is visiting DR.. and
Mrs. Thomas Neill of Washington at
their summer place near Middleburg
Miss Hill, whom Art Godfrey used
to call e-Peggy- -Hill-with-
long-curls when he did the announc-
Ing at the Meadowbrook shows, is the
owner of any number Of blue ribbons
for her riding and jumping.
She will be with Dr. and Mrs Neill
about two weeks and during her stay
there she and Miss Eleanor Hill the
daughter Of her hosts, no doubt will
spend much Of their time riding along
the country roads Of that section.
Mrs. Paul Gerhardt Ledig known
10 Bethesda and to Washington also
as lecturer and writer on Peru and
the handicraft work done there by
the natives and as an enthusiastic
worker with Camp Fire Girls, has
added the writing of poetry to her list
of accomplishments.
Some time in June she dropped the
activities which keep her so busy
during the winter months and went
with Mr.. Ledig and their two chill
dren to Millersville, Md. for a rest.
But now word comes back to
Bethesda that instead of resting Mrs.
Ledig has been writing short maga-
zine stories. and in the same mail
comes further news that one of her
poems has been included in an
anthology Of verse soon to come of
the press.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ledig expect to stay