Evening star., 1939-05-21
Margaret Cotter Wins
Equine Feature With
Display Of Grit
Jumps Roeksie to Front
In TripIe-Bor Event
At Atlantic City
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., May 20.-
In one of the gamest, gritt.est Jump
ing exhibitions of the show. Marga-
ret Cotter of Washington, D. c.. to-
day lifted her bay gelding, Rocksie,
to a victory over Morton w. Smith
and the May Top Stables great
Bartender, in the triple-bar event,
a feature of the Atlantic City horse
show which was to end late this
evening.
The situation was far and away
the most dramatic produced by this
years show. The 22-year-old Wash
ington debutante, daughter Of a
prominent Capital lawyer. won with
a clean ride in jump-of against
Bartender and Crispin Oglebay's
giant Question. which was ridden
by Ken Winchell. Each of the three
completed the first series of jumps
over the triple bars with one fault
Smith was the first to ride in the
jump-off and he sent Bartender,
one of the ace jumpers of the show,
over the course in great style with
only one fault.
Question Throws Rider.
Winchell was next and he cleared
the first two jumps splendidly.
Question piled into, the third bar
rier, however, stumbled and all but
fell, and threw his rider. Neither
was injured.
Then Miss Cotter brought Rocksie
out for the second series of jumps.
Whooping like an Indian at each
Jump, the only girl rider in the
event sent the big bay around with
out a fault to carry off the blue rib
bon.
Rider and horse won a great ova-
ton.
The touch and out event was won
by Rusty of the Fort Myer, Va,
horse show team.
Minute Mystery, 9-year- old chest
nut mare owned by Jack Boyd Ward
of New Rochelle, N. Y, carried off
the Longport 5000 championship
saddle pony stake from a large field.
Pretty Florence Dorothea Taylor of
sRoslyn, Long Island, rode the win
ner, holder of several blue ribbons
taken earlier in the exhibition. The
stake last year was won by Barbara
Parker's Mighty Cute, which did not
defend its laurelS. Second and re-
serve went to Blossom, owned by
Marian Moore of Ephrata, Pa.
A feature of the afternoons show
was the awarding of tack stall prizes
for the winners among the hand
somely equipped stables attending
the show
Pinehurst Stables Harness Winner.
First prize in the harness division
went to the Pinehurst Stables, owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Edward " Quinn
OF Shrewberry. The Dodge Stables
were second, Kilkare Farm third
and Dixiana Farms fourth.
In the saddle and hunter division
first prize went to Clarreda Farms.
The Dodge Stables were second, Kill
kare Farms third and Dixiana Farms
fourth
Young Francis Enck rode the
chestnut mare Blossom to victory in
the class for saddle ponies not ex-
ceeding 1872. Winning the eyes of
the crowd was tiny Mildred Rober-
son, rated by the horse show blue
book as one of the most promising
OF junior riders. She handled Mrs.
Pliny F. Stewards Frill, the run
nerup.
Dorothy M. Brill of New Brunswick
won the A. s. P. C. A. good hands
event, an equitation test, and the
right to compete in the champion
ship good hands event at the ma
tional horse show in New York next
fall
The final phases of the Marl-
borough-Blenheim $1,000 jumpers
stake, the touch and out, and the
hunter and jumper CHAMPIONSHIPS
which will bring the fve-day show
to close, were awaiting decision at
late hour tonight.