Evening star., 1939-09-24
Modern Melody Wins
Junior Crown in
Horse Show
Eloine Mcdowell Rides
To Victory; Young
Curron Injured
BY ROBERT HENRY.

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owned by Mrs. N. H. Mcdowell and
ridden by her daughter, Elaine, re-
turned to the show ring after nearly
three months absence yesterday to
capture the Junior championship in
the Chevy Chase Horse Show held
on the East-West Highway. The
mare had II points.
Reserve honors went to Fenton
Fadeley's Lacquer Lady, under the
able handling of Mercer Fadeley,
who won a coin toss for the title
with Carol Curran, one Of those
to ride Tahra. Lacquer Lady and
Tahra were tied at 10 points each.
The show will continue at / pm.
today, with 16 classes up for de-
cision. including the hunter and
jumper championships.
Marian Curran, Jr., Hurt.
Despite the inexperience of many
OF the youngsters performing yes
terday, 1t remained for Marian
CuTran, jr., a veteran of 10, to re-
ceive the lone injury. Leading his
fathers Tahra into the ring to take
the blue ribbon the 3-year-old son
OF Dunlin was about to receive in the
hack and hunter class, the boy be-
came entangled with his horses
hoofs and fell. The horse reared,
descended on Marrians leg and
broke it. The youth was taken to
the Takoma Park Hospital.
Before winning that event, which
saw Modern Melody place, Tahra
had beaten the champion and q
large field in the working hunters
to become the second double win
ner in the horse classes. Lacquer
Lady also picked up two blues, in
the open jumpers and the touch
and-out, with Modern Melody again
placing.
The champion could win only q
single event in her march to the
crown. It came In the road hacks,
a class the daughter of Repulse had
won the last two years with Mrs.
Mcdowell in the saddle.
Lacquer Lady Beats Stablemate.
On the other hand Lacquer Lady
took two firsts, but was unable to
gain any minor award which would
have won the championship. After
beating her stablemate, Skippy,
which she had tied in the open
jumpers, on MERGERS declaration,
the daughter of Crusader came back
to win double jumpof with Mod
ern Melody in the touch-and- out.
Headrock, another Fadeley entry.
took third.
The pony classes, which opened
the show, attracted a number of
the outstanding performers of this
sector. Star Of the division was
David Belongs Star Boy, ridden
by Bucky Magill, which won blues
in the 1872 and under saddle class
and the jumper event for ponies of
like size. Star Roam, another Beld-
ing entry, took second in the 14.2
and under saddle event.
A class for model ponies, some
thing new around Washington, went
to Margaret Hills handsome chest
nut Water Blossom, which attracted
the eyes of Hubert Quinter and
Percy Niepold, the judges. Chit
Chat placed here and then won the
142 and under saddle class, with
his owner, Dean Rathbun, jr., rid
ing.
Chit Chat ended the day with
another triumph when he easily won
one of the two pony races. Break
ing on top he quickly drew away
from the four that opposed him to
add to his record of three former
victories this year. Second and
lengths away finished Valiant Lady,
which was lengths ahead of Pep
perry.
The first race went to the con-
sistent winner, Valiant, owned by
Mrs. E. R. Routt and ridden by
Ralph Kirk, whose brother Woody
IS one Of the leading half-mile track
jockeys. AS he has done in numer-
GUS races the last two years, Valiant
scampered from the post first and
increased his lead to lengths as
he swept past the finish line. Driv-
ing hard for second came Hot Shot,
with Jack Deveraux up. Trotter
brought up the rear.