Evening star., 1940-12-08
Susan Rinehart Stars
In Horsemanship al
Arlington Hall
Leeds Her Class Team
Of High School Riders
To Decisive Victory
By JACK ALLEN.

committing DuC ~ ldulIS, luSu
school riders easily captured the
interclass team jumping competi-
ton in the Arlington Hall Junior
College horse show staged yesterday
and last night in the riding hall on
the campus at Ballston, Va.
Paced by Susan Rinehart, IS
year-old Charlottesville girl and
individual star of the show, the
high school equestriennes were
charged with four faults less than
their nearest rival, the Junior class,
while the senior class was third
with 25 miscues.
In addition to turning in a clean
performance to lead her class team
to victory, Susan Rinehart, daughter
of AlonZo Rinehart, honorary secre-
tary of the Pennington Hunt, won
both the horsemanship and horse
manship in jumping classes for ad-
vanced riding students. She also
placed third in the working hunter
event.
Billed as secondary features to the
competitive classes, two dressage ex-
hibitions and drills by pair of
student teams all but stole the show
and drew ovations from the spec
tators who crowded into the riding
hall.
In the afternoon, 15-year- -old
Albert Schuman Ostermaier, young
est equestrian ever to be seen in
such an event in the Washington
area, gave a splendid dressage per-
formance astride his fathers mare,
Dorothy.
The elder Ostermaier, DR.. Herman
Ostermaier, native of Munich, who
has put on similar exhibitions at the
Imperial Spanish Cavalry School in
Vienna, presented his famous white
stallion. Doheos, in a dressage eXhi-
bition in which he employed long
reins and followed the horse on foot.
Dressage exhibitions on long reins
are rare in this part of the world,
for it is the most difficult type of
high school technique for horses to
master and seldom is seen outside
the rings of Europe.
Eighteen girls, attired in powder
blue uniforms and overseas caps.
their mounts tackled out in highly
polished leather and white rope
martingales. executed intricate ma
neuvers without slip-up.
Emulating the Fort Myer caval-
rymen. the first team appeared in
the ring bearing lances topped with
the blue and gold colors of Arlington
Hall.
The horsemanship in jumping
competition for intermediate rid
ing pupils was won by Torrance
Rinehart. 16-year-old daughter of
Roger Rinehart of Charlottesville,
Joint NJ. F. H. of the Pennington
Hunt. Riding Comanche, she de-
feated II rivals. Second was Mil
dred Wallner on the same horse,
while Julia Patterson on Hard
Times was third, Bliss Brown on
Ocean Breeze. fourth: Frances Shu-
Ter on Fidelio. fifth, and Dorese
Bell on Hill Billy, sixth.
Nearly 80 took part in the COM
petition for student hacks, which
was judged solely on the horses
conformation, way of going. man.
ners and suitability as student
hack. The blue ribbon went to
Cagliari. handled by Betty Mcclure.
The show was the first of a Sc
ries to be given at Arlington Hall
this winter. Following the Christ
mas holidays a number of shows.
open to civilian and military riders
as we'll as students of various schools
in the Capital area, are to be
scheduled.
The summaries:
Afternoon Classes
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Apostle s on a9f Houdni fourth DoPothv f Mann sia
on Fidelio; fifth. Carolyn Manahan on
Hard h Times; sixth, Margaret Reich on
Horsenanship. intermediate A division
Won BY Garolee I;no Arnold on Ri9 Rita; sec.
third. Betty Betty Mcclure on Casliari: fourth:
Sa@ahos5 SsId~in on 9l al fsn sy Ne0e' siA'h Betty
Horsemanship intermediate B division
Won by Charlotte Hernandez on Hill
Hope; third; Elsie Platt on Tiny: fourth,
mamma SuHlln on Red fteDel. SKIN, Jean
Henske on Madam Boo.
Horsemanshp in jumping beginners
division-Won by Gaverne Gibson on
Fideio; second Constance Bond on ocean
Breeze: third. Charlotte Hernandez on
Hill Billy; fourth. Elsie Platt on Hill
Billy; fifth. Lois Seaman on Hard Times;
Horsemanship in jumping, intarmediate
division-Won by Torrance Rienhart on
Comanche: second. Mildred Walner on
Comanche: third. Julia Patterson on Hard
Times fourth Bliss Brown Ocean
Breeze: fifth. Frances ShnleI on Fidelio;
Student hacks-Won by Caeliari. ridden
by Betty Mcclure; second, Royal Barton.
ridden BY Ethel Davis third. Madam
200. ridden by Mildred Wallner: fourth,
Rio Rita. ridden by Carolee Arnold: fifth
Belle. ridden by Lois Seaman: sixth. Hill
Billy, ridden by Charlotte Hernandez.
Evening Classes
Advanced horsemanship-Won by Susan