Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-30
BY JACK ALLEN,
Star STAFF Correspnndent.

LA PLATA, Nd, Sept. 30.-In-
vaders from Prince Georges County
ruled the roost today as the fourth
annual Charles County Horse Show
became a matter Of history.
The neighboring community pro-
duced both the champion and re-
serve champion in the meet, which
drew more than 1000 spectators to
this Southern Maryland township
yesterday.
Not only that, but Prince Georges
turned up the co-champion IN the
pony division and a combination
gated mare which gave the as
semblage its biggest thrill with an
exhibition under harness and saddle.
The most successful rider OF the
day was Mickey" McGill from-you
guessed it-Prince Georges. while
the only serious spill came when
another Prince Georgian, "Bucky'
McGill "Mickey's" younger brother,
fell with his mount in the open
jumping class. He escaped with
minor injuries.
High Boy Sparkles.
High Boy, owned by Hammond o.
Welsh of Suitland and ridden
throughout the show by Mickey
McGill, won the touch and out and
open jumping classes and placed
second among the handy hunters TO
score 10 points and lift the tricolor
championship rosette.
He defeated by 4 points the brown
mare Virginia Lee. owned by Rep
resentative Lansdale G.. Sasscer OF
Upper Marlboro, guest of honor
at the show. which accounted for
points under the combined hand
ling of Mickey" McGill and Lans-
dale G. Sasscer, jr., young son Of
the Maryland legislator.
Prince. owned by Howard o. Frior
of Towson. Md. whose two young
/ daughters walked off with first and
second awards in both the open
saddle and open horsemanshir
! classes. and Star Boy. owned BY
David Belding of Suitland, tied fol-
the pony championship with
points.
Mickey" McGill took down three
firsts, an equal number of seconds
and a third award in the show
climaxing his day by winning al
three places in the touch and out
with High Boy. Virginia Lee anc
Lees Boy. owned by Carroll Lee.
McGill in Bad Spill.
Both Virginia Lee and High Boy
went clearly in the first round of thu
touch-and-out and the latter wor
in the jumpoff. The youthful Suit
land horseman then entered jump
| off with Stewart McDonalds Hell
TRY. ridden by Edward Talbert. fol
/ third place, and took it with Lee.
Boy.
High Boy and Virginia Lee be-
came involved in another jumpof
in the open jumpers with the same
result.
"Bucky" McGill got a wicked fal
when his mount fell through tht
third fence in the latter event ane
was removed to the Physicians
Memorial Hospital, but examination
there revealed he suffered nothing
worse than shock and bruises.
v. r. Holt, who recently moved t.
q farm near Suitland after cam
paigning successfully in saddle
horse classes in Iowa for severa
years. thrilled the railbirds with ar
exhibition of his combination five
gated mare, Melody, midway of thu
program.
! Melody, a 6-year-old which ha!
been out of the ribbons on only ont
occasion and which recently scored
a third in the combination class a
the Iowa State Fair, was first shown
under harness, with her owner a
the reins.
Fri0r Girls Score.
She was then relieved Of thu
buggy and put through a slow gait
rack, walk, trot and canter, will
Holt in the saddle. The exhibition
drew a thunderous ovation from tn
crowd, which rarely gets a lool
at combination horses in this liant
of hunters and open jumpers.
Pat Frior, 16, and Betty FriU, IA
we're first and second, respectively
in both the open saddle and opel
Workmanship classes, the forme
riding My Fair Princess and tn
latter showing Aimee Davis, tw'
chestnut mares owned by thei
father. Betty also was third in tn
children's Workmanship competi
ton.
In addition to placing second il
the hunter hacks to help Virgini;