Evening star., 1939-10-01
vireinians Gain Nine
Of n Blue Ribbons
In K. Of T.. Show
Hughes, Cotter Entries
Win for Washington;
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BY ROBERT HENRY.

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BY ROBERT HENRY.
Scoring with surprising consist |
ency, Virginia horses and riders
gave Washington and Maryland
representatives both barrels Is the
Knights of Columbus Horse Show
opened at the Meadowbrook Saddle
Club yesterday. No less than nine
of the IA blue ribbons awarded were
pinned on Old Dominion invaders
who were ineligible for two classes
that found only Washington and
Maryland exhibitors competing.
Most prominent to triumph for
the Southerners were Hobo. ownet;
by Howard II. Butz of Keswick;
Demopolis. owned by Mr. and Mrs.
w. Haggin Perry Of Cobham; Vic
torian II. steady-going pony from
Mr.. and Mrs George P. Green
halghs Berryville-owred Spring.
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and Randles Find, owned by U. 8.
Randle of Fairfax Among the four
Of them they carried OIL six firstS
and three seconds.
The show, held under varying
weather, attracted good-sized
crowd, including Commissioner
Melvin c. Hazen, who with Repre-
sentative Sasscer Of Maryland. will
head flag-raising ceremonies to re-
sumo activities at noon today. The
hunter and jumper championship
awards will bring the exhibition to
close late this afternoon.
Black Caddy, Rocksie Score.
While the Virginians stole the
spotlight yesterday Washington en-
tries managed to break into the
limelight through the efforts Of
Fred Hughes, jr.'s Black Caddy,
which won the touch-and- class,
and Margaret Cotter's Rocksie, win
ner of the local working hunters,
which was restricted to District and
Maryland horses.
Probably the most important vic
tory for the fox-hunting set was Ho-
bo's triumph in the open jumpers
class. Ridden as usual by Nal Bell
the 22-year-old brown campaigner
was one of the two horses to COM
plete faultlessly the first round of
eight Jumps. The other, Broomf1eld
owned and ridden by Capt. Kenneth
G. Hoge, proved no match for Hobo
in the jump-off and took second.
However, in the touch and out.
Hobo found his match in the three
clever rounds Black Caddy used to
capture the blue. Hobo tied the first
two rounds of the winner but bowed
out in the third when he hit the
first fence Another jump-on be-
tween three horses for third place
enabled Randle's Way to gain the
yellow from Brian Bourne.
In the hunter division Demopolis
established himself as the horse to
beat for the hunter title. After
getting three points for a second in
the hunter hacks. the good looking
bay horse came back to pick up five
more by winning the open hunters,
with Mrs. Perry up. Round Hill,
owned by the Mcintyre and Andrews
Stable, with Jimmy Andrews riding,
took second. ahead of John w.
Beachs Quetor and Betty Couzens'
Repulsion.
Victorian III Is Perfect.
Victorian II, the. businesslike pony
that gained much applause at
the Washington show last June,
picked up two blues with perfect per-
formances. After placing second to
Dean Rathbun's Chit Chat in the
pony saddle class, the 9-year- -old
chestnut, standing Ill, came back
to win the pony jumping class and
the working hunters for junior riders.
Although many Of the jumps were
as high as his head, the pony took
each in stride to win handily. Jackie
Lee Payne, the same age as his
pony, and standing no higher, rode
Victorian II.
Randle's Find, ridden by Frank
Christmas Of Washington. helped
the Virginians to another blue when
he won the lumber road hacks from
a classy field. He'll Try, owned and
ridden by Edward Talbot, placed.
with Modern Melody, recent Junior
champion at Chevy Chase, third,
ahead of Anne Hagner's Show Girl,
which recently made her show ring
debut.
In the working hunters class res
stricted to members of the Potomac,
-;Sanor, Redland and Howard County
hunts, Rocksie, star of last years
show, managed to win his only blue
of the day. Competing only as a
hunter. the great high jumper put
in smooth round over the outside
course with Miss Cotter riding.
Miss Cotter Busy Rider.
Earlier Miss Cotter had ridden
eight horses in the ladies' hunters
class, one of which tossed her when
he suddenly refused q jump, and
won the blue on George G. Lees
Lees Birthday. Her own entry,
Rocksie, failed to share in the rib
bons in this class.
The departmental costume class
afforded plenty of laughs when the
riders appeared in gay and comic
saddle outfits. The event went to
the Nit Wit" hunt, hilarious out
fit headed by Marian D. Curran,
ST., Of Indian Spring. who was
mounted on huge percheron fol-
lowing huntsman and hounds.
The A. s. P. c. A. horsemanship
event found Carol Curran and June
Curran finishing one-two in field
Of eight young riders. After riding
over the jumps with their own
mounts the participants were forced
to exchange horses and 60 through