Evening star., 1939-10-03
George Washington Use -Four Rockies Key Jobs Davs Opener
|Virqinions Lead in &c. Show:
Foil in Big Hunter Tests in
Which They Were Favored
BY ROBERT HENRY.

BY ROBERT HENRY.
Virginia hunters happily were
vending their way home today after
sweeping all but 4 of the IL main
ribbons awarded at the close Of the
Knights of Columbus horse show at
the Fort Myer Riding Hall last
night.
Odd, however, and doubtlessly dis
concerting to them, was their de-
feat In two hunter classes almost
every one had expected them to
win-the Corinthian and the hunt
teams-which instead were taken
by Northern invaders. The saddest
loss they suffered was In the 51a-
foot knockdown and out event,
which, thanks to a mighty leap by
Fred Hughes, jr.'s, Washington
owned Black Caddy, prevented a
runaway in the open jumping
classes.
At that the Old Dominionites
did win more than their share, and
they captured championship and
reserve championship ribbons in
both the hunter and jumper di-
visions.
Hobo Open Jumper Victor.
The open jumper title, won by
Howard H. Butz' veteran, Hobo, and
the reserve ribbon, taken by Capt.
Kenneth G. Hoge's consistent
Broomfield, were the result of con-
tinually beating the local defenders
in jump-offs. Between the two of
them they kept Lisbeth Stieg's Hi
Ho from winning the tricolor, for
no less than three times did that
Washington entry place second to
one or the other.
Starting with the Olympic class
Broomfield and Hi-Ho were tied for
first, and after the barriers were
raised to and Az feet for the extra
round Capt. Hoge's mount had a
slight edge. Then, in the 5000 stake
these two, along with John w.
Beach's Wahmbe, had to settle a
tie for the blue, and again Broom
field won by the narrowest mar
gin, with Hi-Ho still second.
Broomfield was not in the triple
bar class. so Hobo took it upon him.
self to kill two birds with two jump
offs. His twin triumphs were a
final 1-point margin over Broom
field for the championship and an
other victory at Hi-Ho's expense,
with the Pittsburgh horse, Wahmbe,
taking third.
Makes Strong Finish.
After Bloomfield had won the
Olympic and the stake classes and
retired for the evening with a big
lead for the championship, the opin-
ion was that Hobo might earn
enough points In the knockdown
and out and the triple bar to beat
him. That is what eventually hap
pened, but not until Black Caddy
upset the Virginian with a jump
of triumph in the first of the two
events.
With the two obstacles set at 5
feet, only two horses were clean,
Caddy and J. F. Edwards Spiorve
The jumps went up to 512 feet and
the former won out. In another
jump-oh of feet, Hobo, which had
refused the first jump in the OPEN
ing round, beat eight other horses
that had tied for third. Mr.. and
Mrs Gardner Hallman's Lady Jack,
another to refuse the first round.
improved under the whip to take
fourth place. The defeat still left
Hobo points shy of the cham
pionship, but he picked those up
in the triple bar class, last on the
program.
In the hunter division three
horses, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Haggin
Perry's Demopolis, Mrs. D. N. Lees
Red Fox, I'd, and Mr.. Beach's Gaby
Boy, put up a strong fight for top
honors. In the final Judging, which
narrowed down to Demopolis and
Red Fox, the Perry's good looking
4-year-old prevailed.
Red Fox Takes Stake.
Winner of the open hunters Sat-
urday, the Kentucky thoroughbred
came back to take third in the
model hunters to another Lee horse,
Glory Road, and third in the bridle-
path hacks to r. H. Hutchison, jr.'s,
Keehaul.
The most important victory for
Red Fox was the 5000 hunter stake,
with his regular rider, Aubrey Fish
back, up. Repulsion, handsome
chestnut, owned and ridden by
Betty Couzens, took second place
Two local horses, Margaret Cotter's
Rocksie and Marian D. Curran,
sr.'s, Tahra, ridden by June Cur
ran, had typically smooth rounds
here, but were forced to accept
minor ribbons following the con-
formation judging, which counted
40 per cent.
The Rosensteel Challenge Trophy,
awarded to the Corinthian class
victor, went to Gaby Boy, with Lee S
Birthday second. Sport Marvel,
winner Of this trophy last year for
U. S. Randle. failed to place under
the colors Of his new owner, George