Evening star., 1940-11-12
BY JACK ALLEN,
Star Staff Correspondent


NEW YORK. Nov. 12-The Fort
Myer va and Chilean Army
teams had their second important
triumphs each in open jumping
competition safety locked up today
as the 55th annual National Horse
Show prepared TO stage its inter-
national individual military cham
pionship class tonight.
A splendid exhibition by the Fort
Myer officers, one of the best seen
in Madison Square Garden this
year. gave the Virginia post the
| Intra American Trophy offered for
the winner in the competition for
any police and service teams ex-
cepting those participating in the
international contests,
Chile came into possession of the
international military special chal-
lenge trophy when Toqui and Maj.
Eduardo Yanez, the same pair which
accounted for the $1,000 military
stake on Sunday. took the measure
OF 50-horse field and won the
beautiful award donated by Whitney
Stone, New York financier and
owner of Morven Stud at Charlottes-
vile, Va.
Retirement of Plate at Stake.
Drama charged the air in the
first-place jump-of1 in the Stone
trophy event last night. for Capt,
Ramro r. Palafox of Mexico, the
only officer to jump the Stone
course cleanly in either the 1888
or 1899 shows. was one of the four
contestants involved in the tie and
a victory for him would have re-
tired the special challenge plate.
Azteca, the horse with which Capt.
Palafox won the same award in
1898, faulted and went out at the
fourth fence, however. and Toqui
went to the fifth obstacle in the
Slump 5-foot course before erring,
Maj. Yanez thereby capturing the
first leg Chile has won on the chal-
rlenge trophy since it was placed in
competition in 1887.
! Two entries from the United
States Army team, from Fort Riley,
Kans., went clean the first time
around the course to gain places in
the jump-off of the class staged as
4 knockdown-and-ou competition
but were relegated to third and
fourth in the final standing.
Dakota, ridden by Capt. M. w.
Frame, faulted at the third fence to
pick up the yellow ribbon for third
place. Democrat, handled by Capt.
Franklin S. Wing, was fourth. He
failed to get past the first jump in
the run off.
| Four Faults in Victory.
Fort Myer team No. I, composed
of Maj G. G. Elms on Clipped
Wings, Maj. F. de L. Comfort on
Sampson, Capt. c. B. McClelland on
Smacko and 1t. Fred j. Hughes, jr.,
on Black Caddy, were charged with
only four faults in winning the
Intra- American Trophy. Their near
est rivals, West Point officers team
No. and the 61st Cavalry Division,
New York National Guard, tied for
second place with 16 faults, while
Fort Myer team No. 2 and the New
York City Police Department were
third and fourth with 81 and %
faults, respectively.
Each team showed four horses
and the aggregate scores of the
best three performances were con-
sidered in the judging. Both Smacko
and Black Caddy went clean, and
Sampson was next best with only
four faults. so Fort Myer team No.
is total was I. Clipped Wings put
up = fine effort, too. and was
charged with but eight faults,
On the second Fort Myer team,
which took third place, were Capt.
David Wagstaff and Enterprise,
winners Of the big Bowman Chal-
lenge Cup and Fort Myers first
major triumph on Thursday night;
Capt. McClelland and Eyes Delight; /;
Maj. A. E. Kastner and Maui Girl,
and Capt. Wagstad and Mount Car
mel. Enterprise and Eyes Delight
both had four faults, Maui Girl had
Is and Mount Carmel did not nego-
tiate the course, giving the second
combination q score of al faults.
Arlington Hall Junior College for
Girls 1T Ballston. Va. entered the
salect circlf OF ribbon winners yes