Evening star., 1939-02-23
Can't. Meade Is Victor
On Horse Given Him
As Unmanageab|e
Enterprise Takes Blue
Ribbon in Feature
Of Show at Myer
By ROBERT HENRY.


\ to look a gift horse in the mouth;
he Just believes in handling them
right and getting results.
And so today he is showing friends
a handsome silver trophy and blue
ribbon as tokens of his victory in
the big handicap jumpers class, fea-
ture event at the Fort Myer Indoor
Horse Show last night, which he won
with horse he has owned less than
a month and which at that time was
given to him because the horse was
an ''unmanageable, no good hunter"
The horse, a big chestnut mare
called Enterprise, imported to this
country from England, where her
sire, Mankato, won the grueling
Grand National a few years ago, ap-
parently likes the quiet, skillful
handling of her new owner, for
she was really ready last night.
Competing against all of the
crack winter campaigners quartered
around Washington, Enterprise was
tied with another Army horse,
Bumper, after all the performers
had taken their turn around the
11-jump course Each had one fault
However, in the jump-off Bumper
Knocked down about everything in
\ sight before Enterprise came in to
again go almost clean and cinch
the victory
Carrie Knight Has Poor Night.
This class brought about some
startling results. Besides the sur
prise winner and the other horses
that gained ribbon aWards-none of
which figured to do much-probably
the worst performance Of the entire
event was turned in by Sam Bogley S
Carrie Knight In the December
show Carrie upset the applicant by
winning: last night she wouldn't
even go over the first fence.
The Arlington Hall Challenge
Trophy, attracting six teams COM
posed Of young students, enabled
the formidable quartet from Penn
sylvania Military College to lengthen
the lead gained in the December
show over thcir nearest rivals. the
girls from Arlington Hall. Their 4 >
point lead now has grown to 71.-
point lead, thanks mainly to the
great showing Of Charles Sedley and
his mount, Domino.
Young Sally Seward on Royal
Barton and Louise GOlding on the
32-year-old kismet managed to keep
Arlington Hall team in the running
by going around for a total of only
four faults. However, the best indi-
vidual score il the class went to
Gunston Hall horse and rider.
Easy Money, with Ann Titus up,
who had only had Il, faults. Both
received a tremendous hand for
their round
Hughes NoSed Out.
The handy jumpers class. always
headline-, proved q heartbreaker
for Fred Hughes, il. The first rider
to go in this event, Fred and his
jumper. Ringmaster, had the class
seWed up until the last horse and
rider went around to just nose
them out. Rlngmaster had 2
faults. and as each exhibitor tried
to better the mark and failed it
seemed that the victory was his.
rank outsider, Snake, with 1t.
Charles McLelland in the saddle, to
score IL faults, and win the cup.
Senator Warren w. Barbour of New
Jersey presented the trophy to the
beaming Army rider.
The Army riders were cleaning
up last night. They continued to
show the way to the civilians once
more when Jane Kroner and her
chestnut mare, Jinwhich. caught the
judges eye to gain the blue in the
ladies hunters class. While Mar
garet Cotter and her great cam
paigner, Rocksie, appeared to have
the better jumping score. the Off
cials decided that James horse had
the better conformation, and gave
her the nod. A few eyebrows were
raised over the decision but the
judges have the official say in such
matters and it stood.
Col George S. Patton, COM
mandant at Fort Myer, won a close
victory over James Hechtor's Re-
lance in the open hunters class
with his consistent winner, Red Fox.
Miss KRONER and JinWhich took
third prize. and Col Patton's daugh-
ter, Ruth Ellen, fourth, with Kono-
hiki.
Arlington Hall Challenge Trophy. Cstu-
dent team jumping competition. Led by
Pennsylvania Military College u faults;
Arlington Hall, team No, ]. second, .Si2
faults; Arlington Hall, team No. >, third,
n W
.Marcn show
Handy jumpcrs-zWon by smacko, owned
by L. Charles McLeland; second Ring
Master owned and ridden by Fred Hughes,
states Governmen. and ridden by i. G;
B. Hines: fourth. Chance Me. owned and
ridden by L McLelland, =, ,....,,
owned BY MAJ. Gen. Leon B Kroner and
ridden ridden by Janc Kroner; second. Rocksie,
thrd Bumper. owned by, Uni!ed ssates
G{1yernmfent fd3t~, and r, ridden by MIS- c, b
HS 1dacn BY 5o41h Ee wood PT4fSYsH9 Ksh owned and
:, Family hack-Won BY Capt. Thomas
Donaldson rd and f9I, family second Cap Leslie
powell and family: fourth Mrs. S. NJ.
and ridden by Col George S. Patton, jr.:
second 1Reliance owned and ridden by
saT5s snd Tddae heeb5er by m hd
hikL owned by. Col. Patton and ridden by
Ruth Ellen Patten.
Handicap jumpers--Won by Enterprise
owned and ridden by Capt. ,Jehn Meade:
second. Bumper. owned by United states
C9vS1nment and ridden by 1t. c. B. Hines;
third. Chance Me. owned and ridden by
l.. McLclland; fourth Eves DELIGHT, owned
by United States Government and ridden
by 1t Robert Tavlor
,. JIdGes-Mai Ger. r NJ Danford and
1t. CO.. William NJ. Grimes
Howard Busketers Bow
To Lincoln, 81 to 26