The Washington times., 1938-08-10
.SUITLAND HORSE
WILL AID
SASSCER TICKET
BY Lillian RIXEY

WHICH, PAAAA14J S0AAAAA0ySo VesAo
to the road for prediction cam
paigns their constituents are ac-
customed to their personal ap-
pearances at pie meetings, bingo
parties, firemen's carnivals and
such gatherings in the hinter.
land, where all good men come
to the aid Of their party.
Something new in political
hook.ups is the Suitland horse
show to be staged this coming
Sunday by the Sasscer-for.G Cover
nor Booster Club, which endorses
the candidacy of Democratic
State Senator Lansdale @. Sasscer
for governor Of Maryland.
Three features Of the DAYS
events have a decidedly Western
flavor, which points a startling
contrast to the fact that the
show Is being held in honor Of
an Eastern political candidate,
but at the same time insures ex-
citement above the usual horse
show card.
FAMOUS HORSES
Special exhibitions will be given
by Bronco, a white gelding pur.
chased from the defunct Tim
Mccoy Wild West Show by Otto
Minear, of suitland; by Duke, a
chestnut gelding schooled in ele-
mentary dressage and bought by
Mr.. Minear on a trip West: and
by War Chief, formerly the boss
horse in Colonel McCoy's show.
Bronco will be ridden, more or
less, depending on whether ne
feels frisky, by Dave Nimmo, who
was the head cowboy in the Nc
Coy show. If Bronco is in the
mood, he will put on as good an
exhibition of bucking as any to
be seen at Frontier Day Rodeo.
Dave Nimmo rides him with the
same type Of bareback bull-rig.
glng used by the Army for monkey
drills. The bull-rigging is q sur
clngle with leather grips above the
horses witherS. And if Bronco
feels In the pink, Nimmo, who got
his start out In Cheyenne riding
bucklng broncs, will have to hang
on to those grips plenty.
BRONCO TEMPERAMENTAL
Since he has been fattening up
at j. B. BANDS farm outside
suitland and pal-ing around with
less temperamental horseflesh,
Bronco doesn't always go into his
act with the old free-bouncing
verve he used to exhibit for Tim
Mccoy.
In Colonel McCoy's show Bron-
CO was ridden by Eleanor Hea.
cock, of Quemada, N. NJ, who since
the shows demise has returned
to Quemada to run dude ranch.
Suitland's show will give spec
tators a glimpse of one female
circus performer, however, when
Mrs. Dave Nimmo enters the
ring on Mr.. Minear's Duke. Mrs.
Nimmo, of circus and rodeo
fame, is an expert at exhibiting
horses with high-school training.
Duke was such q horse until about
year ago when he was put in
use as a saddle horse. He has
since forgotten much Of what he
knew of haute ecole.
For the past week, Mrs. Nimmo
has been trying to re-school him.
Either the aids that Mrs. Nim-
mo uses on him are not the ones
by which he was taught or else
his memory needs more jogging.
Mrs. Nimmo is not sure which.
But If he shows any promise of
recollecting between now and
Sunday, Duke, with Mrs. Nimmo
up, will perform.
Dave Nimmo also will give an
exhibition of cowboy dressage on
War Chief similar to his perform
ance at Marlboro, Culpeper and
Warrenton this season.
In addition to these three fea-
lures, post entries will be taken in
the usual horse-Show events
pony classes, jumping stakes, tri-
pie bar, Southern Maryland hack
class and hunters events.