Evening star., 1940-11-05
By JACK ALLEN.

SCaOleS IN washington ana nearby
Virginia and Maryland are hum
ming with activity as 81 exhibitors
begin the task of packing tack"
and vanning hunters and jumpers
to New York City for the 55th an
nual National Horse Show, which
opens weeks run in Madison
Square Garden in New York on
Thursday.
They comprise the largest and one
Of the most formidable groups ever
to represent this section in the ma
tional, which will lure to New York
221 exhibitors from 20 widely-scat-
tered States and the military jump
ing teams of four American coun-
tries.
Entered from the Capital are the
horses of Mrs. Charles B. Lyman
and Lisbeth Stieg, while from Fort
Myer will go the mounts of Majs.
G.. G. Elms. A z. Kastner, Maj. and
Mrs. F. de L. Comfort, 1t. Col.
Charles B. Lyman, Capt. and Mrs.
c. B. McClelland, Capt. David Wag-
staff and 1t. Fred J. Hughes, jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Haggin Perry
of Gotham, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Renwick of Charlottesville, Ray Van
Clief of Estmont, Lois Ann Leh-
man of Charlottesville, Lydia Bow
man Henderson of University, Mr..
and Mrs. John c. Bryant Of Rich
mond and DR.. and Mrs. J. p. Nc
Donough of Richmond form the
Virginia contingent.
Arlington Hall Junior College for
Girls, near Ballston, is sending Co.
manche, a former Army jumper, to
the Garden, while Golden Bow,
owned by Nancy Miller of Chicago,
a student at Arlington Hall, also is
going. Sally Seward is to ride Co.
manche, while Miss Miller and
Susan Rinehart will divide the as
signmentS on Golden Bow.
Cadets to Take Part.
McDonough (MdD School Is
sending a squad of its cadets and
their mounts. while other Mary
landers taking part will be Dean
Bedford of Fallston and Mr.. and
Mrs. George P. Mahoney from
Worthington Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry are to show
in their colors for the first time
an exceptionally fine performer pur-
chased from Mrs. Ellsworth Angus
tus of Willoughby. He is Cornish
Hills, 6-year-old chestnut son of the
PreakneSs winner, John P. Grier.
Cornish Hills, which a short time
back won the hunter title at the
Chagrin Valley Horse Show, near
Cleveland. numbering among his
victims Crispin Oglebay's Holystone,
champion at Warrenton, Va, this
fall, will be accompanied by two
other Perry entries, the keen Hunt
lev Glen and Wisdom's Gate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Renwick
have entered Pamuck, champion of
the Pennington Hunt Show at
Charlottesville last month, and the
6-year-old offspring of Sweep ALI
Mary Marvin has been in New York
for several days schooling.
Hi Ho, winner of many jumper
ribbons, will be shown in the open
classes by Miss Stieg, while 1t. Col.
and Mrs. Lyman are to show Maui
Girl and Jamaica. From Fort Myer
will be Maj. and Mrs. Comforts S
Sampson, Capt. and Mrs. McClel-
lands Smacko. Capt. Wagstaft S
Enterprise, 1t. Hughes Black Caddy,
holder of the District area high
lump record, and the Fort Myer
Horse Show teams Clipped Wings
and Eyes Delight.
Fort Myer officers will not COM
pete in the international military
team jumping classes. nightly fea-
tHre of the show with the United
States, Chile, Cuba and Mexico
teams contesting for the title, but
they will ride against the inter-
national officers in the individual
military jumping events.
Miss Lehman, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. E. p. Lehman of Char
lottesville, and Miss Henderson,
daughter Of Prof. and Mrs. Charles
Henderson of University. both will
compete in the children's horseman-
ship class sponsored by the Ameri-
can Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals.
Miss Lehman became eligible for
the class by winning an A. S. P. c. A.
qualifying event at the Lynchburg
CVa.) Horse Show, while Miss Hen
derson qualified by taking a similar
class at the Richmond CVa) Horse
Show.
Mrs. Cary Jackson of Keswick,
one of Virginia's foremost horse
woman, has not entered any of her
own horses, but will ride in the
National, handling Chatter Chat,
the top-ranking hunter which she
developed for Mrs. Augustus.
Word from New York is that the
United States Army team schooled
for the first time yesterday and
worked nine horses. They are
King-Hi, Dakota and Dinger, who
have performed In the National in
previous years: Automark, Louisita,
RAno ma. Democrat, Ethel .. and