Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-08
Last-Minute Entry,
Enterprise Takes
Bowman Trophy
Fort Myer Mare Is Star
Of Sparkling Program
At National Show
BY JACK ALLEN,
Star Staff Correspondent.

HlOSG COSU1y pieces OF SlIVer DTlC-d-
brac offered in the National Horse
Show was consigned today-by the
merest chance-to years stay in
the trophy room at Fort Myer, Va.
Fate interviewed to give Enterprise,
Capt. David WagStaff's 13-year-old
chestnut mare, the opportunity to
compete in the featured Bowman
Challenge Cup Glass at the Ma
tionals brilliant opening in Madison
Square Garden and she turned in a
sparkling triumph.
Because of a field of so entries and
time limitation, it appeared for
awhile that officials of the show
might restrict members of the vari-
Gus military and police organizations
eligible for the Bowman Glass to a
limited number of starters.
Officers of the Fort Myer team
decided Immediately to withdraw
Enterprise for she schooled poorly
last week and fell badly on two oc-
casions while drilling for the mill
tary competitions featuring the 55th
annual National.
Wins by One Second.
However, after being sentenced to
spend the night in her stall, Enter
prise received a last-minute par
dom when the entire 50-horse field
was permitted to enter the Bowman
Glass and she scored a smashing
victory over the finest open jumpers
of four countries.
The class was run as a knock
down-and-out competition. with the
time required to complete the circuit
Of II fences forming the Bowman
course also an element in the iudg-
ing and it was on the latter basis
that Enterprise turned up winner
of the event.
Enterprise fenced bold and clean
at every jump and completed her
task in 50 seconds to win by a one
second margin over Chilena, the
Chilean horse show team entry han
died by Maj. J. Eduardo Yanez,
which also went clean but required
SO seconds to negotiate the layout.
Maj. Yanez, well known to Wash
ington audiences as al inter-Amer-
lean horse show competitor and win
ner of the Bowman Cup with Chi
lena in 1888, also took third place
in the class with Toqui. Fourth went
to Capt. Humberto Marbles of Mex
leo, the cup winner in 80, en- Tizoc.
Joan Crawford Makes Presentation.
The Bowman Cup. donated 10
wears ago by the late John McEntee
Bowman and which must be won
three times by the same officer to
be retired, was presented to Capt.
Wagstaff by Joan Crawford, the
movie star, as an audience of some
10000 spectators roared their ap-
prevail.
A refusal by Black Caddy at the
first fence cost 1t. Fred J. Hughes,
jr.. place among the ribbon win
nerS in the Bowman class. The black
stallion baked at the jump. then.
when wheeled around and shot at
it again. he went clean and then
jumped the remainder of the course
in faultless form. But for that fault
he unquestionably would have been
ranked well up at the finish.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Haggin Perry of
Gotham, Va. took down three rib
bons during the opening of the sew
en-day show. two of them with their
new hunter, Cornish Hills, purchased
recently from Mrs. Ellsworth Angus
tus of Willoughby, Ohio.
Cornish Hills was third in the class
for lightweight green hunters and
fourth in the competition for hunt
ers shown under saddle. His stable
mate, WiSdom's Gate, another new
conner to the Perry string, was third
among the middleweight green
hunters.
Only two other horses from the
Washington area, aside from those
shown in the Bowman class by the
Fort Myer team, had shot at the
Nationals fences yesterday and
neither was successful.
C0manCne is huIed Out.
Comanche, owned by Arlington
Hall Junior College for Girls, at
Ballston. Va, and ridden by Miss
Sally Seward, faulted at the third
fence in the first class of the five
day knockdown and out champion
ship test and was ruled out
Hi-Ho, owned and ridden by Miss
LiSbeth "Skippy" Stieg of Washing
ton, jumped perfectly over the first
seven fences in the same class, then
fell across the last fence in an I'M
calmly manner and was eliminated.
The summaries:
Single harness ponies lover 13 2)-First,
Glenholme FARMS Highland Magic; Sec
Scots; third, Dodge Stables Fleetwood
Creation Creation: fourth Dodge Stables King
Harness and saddle horses (the Noun
tain Echo Challenge Trophy, shown to
vehicle---First' Edgar F. Luckenbach's
ing American; third. Dodge Stables Rita
Nannette; fourth, Henry YozelIs Fiery
Star.
Single harness horses. mare or geldings
lshown to gig), amateurs to drive-First,
SprinRrise FARMS Kilearn Juniper: sec
ond. Hawthorn Farm Stables Knockvicar
Broompark Duke; fourth. Dodge Stables
Glenavon Reveler.
Glass 10, international military jump
ing (the Bowman Challenge Cup)-First,
Fort Myer horse show teams Enterprise;
second. Chilean Army horse show teams
Chilena; third. Chilean Army horse show
teams Toqui: fourth, Mexican Army horse
show teams Tizoc.
Fine harness horses-First Jack Thomp-
sons Noble Kalarama second, Fair City
Stables Vanity: third, Dodge Stables
Night Flower; fourth, Mr.. and Mrs.
Georee P. Mahoney's Chief of Dun Wan
Class 104-A. knock down and out
championship (ive-day competition): First
day-First, Mr.. and Mrs. william Joshua
Barney, jr.'s Midkiff's Melody: second DR..
E. J. Laing's Foggy Morn: third, Edward
w. Kayhart, eds, Martinette; fourth, DR..
L. NJ. Hillerson's Copwel.