Evening star., 1940-09-01
Rain Fails 10 HAMPER
Favored Horses in ~
Warrenion Show 4
HoIystone and Question,
Stublemutes; Spanish
Spear Take Honors

WARRENTON, Va, Aug. 81.
Three of the top fight horses ex-
pected to carry away titles when
the 41st Warrenton Horse Show
comes to a close here Monday eve-
ming delivered in approved style to-
day when Crispin Ogleby's Holystone
and Question, and Mrs. D. N. Lees
Spanish Spear won a total of five
blues before drenched opening-day
crowd of 1000.
Holystone, generally regarded as
the foremost show ring conforma-
ton hunter in the country, won
the hunter hacks in his lone ap-
pearance and thus loomed as the
one to beat for the grand hunter
championship. His stablemate,
Question, one of the best open jump
ers now competing, won the blue
in the final class of the day, the
modified Olympic, after missing out
in the 5000 Jumper Stake.
Spanish Spear, practically con-
ceded the 3-year-old title, picked up
three straight firsts, winning the
3-year-old lead in class, the 5-year-
old and under and the 3-year-old
hunters. The triple triumph virtu-
ally assured the handsome son OF
ESpino of the 3-year-old champion
ship of Virginia as well as the novice
or green hunter title. AS usual,
Spanish Spear was ridden by Aubrey
Fishback of this town.
Rain Fails to Mar Contests.
The show, already considered the
best in several years hereabouts,
will continue Monday morning and
close in the evening with the
awarding of the various champion
ships.
Today's classes were filled to cap
acity andS despite the rain each
event went off on schedule. Mud
failed to mar the performances even
in the open jumper classes and so
close was the competition that
three entries were tied for the blue
in the jumper stake after the first
round.
In the Jump of for the main
ribbon H. H. Butz, 23-year-old and
often retired" Hobo with Nal Bell
in the saddle won out from Peggy
SIMPSONS Hi Ho Silver and Mrs.
M. E. Whitneys Bon Mutt, jumper
champion at Orange earlier in the
week. A Washington entry, Lis
beth Stiegs Hi Ho, took fourth with
his owner up. Competing for the
first time in Southern show, Holy
stone made great impression in
winning the hunter hacks with Lou
Collister The 9-year-old Men o.
War chestnut scored at the expense
of Mrs. George Watts Hills Balk-
oman, winner of numerous blues
this summer and 20 others.
Question Has Hot Round.
After Question had failed in the
stake class the veteran son of Dark
Demon, ridden by Ken Winchell,
paid little attention to the driving
rain and had an outstanding round
in the Olympic class over 10 jumps.
Black Caddy, owned and ridden hy
1t. Fred Hughes, jr., of Washington,
also had an excellent round and
hnished second, Ill do silver placed
fourth.
The large stable of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Haggin Perry, which has won
countless blues in the Old Dominion
this summer, scored its first victory
of the show when Village Miss,
recent purchase, won the working
hunters from Mr.. and Mrs. George
P. Greenhalghs Billy Do and Big
Boy, both of which were ridden by
Shirley Payne. Village Miss. 16.2
hands high daughter of Villager,
was ridden by Mrs. Perry.
Features Monday when capacity
Labor Day crowd is expected include
the $500 Hunter Stake, 500 Sky
scraped class and the 500 Green
Hunter Stake. Other important
events, besides the championship
classes, are the open to all jumpers,
Corinthian and Hunt teams.