Evening star., 1940-05-26
Three Blues Garnered
By Mrs. McDoweII's
Young horse
Jumping Grown Chance
For Mrs. HoIIowoy's
Diane Seen Today
BY ROBERT HENRY,
Star Gtaff Cnrrssnand daot

UPPER MARLBORO, Nd. Nav
25-Entered in the show merely for
needed experience, Mrs. N. H. Nc
Dowell's young horse Dunster be-
came the outstanding star of the
opening classes of the fourth annual
Marlborough Hunt Horse Show at
the Fair Grounds here today.
Ridden by the Washington sports
woman's 18- year old daughter
Elaine, Dunstar won three blues and
two minor ribbons to loom as prob
able winner of the hunter cham
plonship award that will bring the
show to close late tomorrow.
Also on tomorrow's program,
starting at 1:3O, were the jumper
championship class, Southern Mary
land jumpers, Marlborough Hunt
class and eight others.
Marlboro Horse Scores.
Although Marlboro exhibitors ap-
peared to have little hope of the
hunter title, they stood an excellent
chance of taking the jumper crown,
Mrs. E. S. Holloway of this town
being the owner of Diane, which
took slight lead for the open
championship by winning blue and
a red ribbon. This gave the mare a
one-point advantage over w. o.
Welchs Elzoro, another Southern
Maryland entry.
In winning three firsts, Dunstar
lost little time. The Virginia-bred
6-year-old took the main prize in
his first appearance, the working
hunters over the outside course
Diane, entered in both hunter and
jumper events, was second with
George Cunkeleman riding.
Two classes later Dunstar came
back and beat another Washington
horse. Scarlett Coat, owned and
ridden by Claude Owen, in the nov
ice hunters in which performance
counted 80 per cent and conforma-
tion 20 per cent. After getting a
third ribbon with Eddie Talbert's
He'll Try in the pairs of hunters
class, Dunstar took second in the
hunter hacks and then won the open
hunters, with He'll Try, ridden by
his owner, second.
Mrs. Holloway picked up blue rib
bons in successive classes when
Diane won the knockdown-an and-out
after a jump-of and Ike took the
hunter hacks with Bucky Magill up
The first event was the jumping fea-
ture of the day, the barriers stand
ing 5 feet in the final round. High
Boy, owned by Hammond WEIGH and
ridden by Mickey Magill, was Sec
ond. with Elzoro, ridden by Fred
Hughes, jr., third.
Swing Easy Sparkles.
After placing fourth in the knock
down -and-out, the Du Pont Stables
Swing Easy topped large field in
cluding Diane in the handy jumpers
In which trick obstacles caused most
of the entries trouble. Unable to
bring down his own Lady Jack,
Gardner Hallman of Washington
nevertheless shared the spotlight by
riding Swing Easy to victory and
winning with Elzoro in the open
jumpers.
A close duel was staged in the
morning for the pony championship
between Jimmy Fowler's Chico and
David Belongs Star Boy. The lat
ter won two classes to Chico's one,
but Chico picked up valuable points
by virtue Of three seconds and took
the title by one point. Young
Fowler and Harvey Lusby alternated
In riding Chico while Tommy Lusby
and Bucky Magill took turns riding
Star Boy. Star Way and Star Roam
also were successful Belding entries.
Two prominent horsemen from
Middleburg, Va, Otto Furr and
Courtland Smith, judged.