Evening star., 1940-05-19
Giant Jumper Scores
Second Win After
e-Way Tie
Hunter Ace Clears All
Barriers Smoothly to
Win ConvincineIy
BY ROBERT HENRY.

hunter stakes in Second-day per-
formances in the Washington Horse
Show at the Meadowbrook Saddle
Club on the East West highway
yesterday to loom formidably for
championship awards that will bring
the show to close late today.
Competing before $500 sports
lovers, Lew Dunbar, biggest horse in
the show and owned by DR.. and Mrs.
Walter T. Kees of New York City
and ridden by Barbara Williams.
outdueled the Army's Clipped Wings
with 1t. James Polk up and Fred
Hughes, jr's.. Black Caddy in a
iump-off for first to capture the
main money. 1t was the 172R
hands high horses second blue of
the show, he having won the knock
down and out Friday.
In winning the rich hunter fea-
ture, Demopolis, owned by Mr.. and
Mrs. W. Haggin Perry of Gotham,
Va, and ridden by Mrs. Perry, took
each of the eight jumps over the
difficult outside course in easy style
and also showed up we'll in the i'm
portant conformation Judging. The
triumph gave the Perrys their
second blue of the shown, To Vic
tory having won the open hunters
class opening day. Bon Diable, Mrs.
John Hay Whitney's defending
hunter champion, placed second to
Demopolis with Norman Haymaker
up.
Show Continues Today.
The show will continue at 1:30
today with the three championship
classes, the skyscraper and the hunt
teams as main attractions. Spon-
sored by the Junior League, the
annual exhibition so far has proved
one of the best in recent years,
especially for out-of-town owners
who have won a majority of leading
events.
Mrs George Watts Hills DurhaI
IN. c. stable captured its third blue
of the show yesterday when Inky,
ridden by Susan Fuller, won the
$3.50 working hunters stakes over a
field of %. The 6-year-old black
mare, winner of the open working
hunters Friday, scored at the ex-
pense of Mrs. George P. Green
halgh's Billy Do, jumper champion
last year.
Shortly after winning the stakes
class Inky bowed to a stablemate,
Balkonian, ridden by Richard Kelly,
in the colorful Corinthian class in
which entries were ridden by hunt
ing-attired riders. Balkonian, victor
in the model hunters two days ago.
was given slight edge over Inky and
Mrs. Whitney's Spring Hope. Fourth
went to Orphan Boy, owned and
ridden by Ann Miller of Long Island,
N. Y.
Gay Cockade Scores.
Local horses, which have Jared
none too well thus far, provided
the winner of the second phase of
the three-day jumper event, when
Gay Cockade, owned and ridden by
Capt. John Collier of Fort Myer won
over the Fort Myer horse show teams
Rusty with Capt. Lawrence Dewey
w. a4UCAs CdSAA 1ldo ougOuClCO SCN-
eral others in jump-off with a low
total of four faults over a stiff eight
jump course, the respective riders
decided to toss for first and Capt
Collier called it right. Lew Dun
bar was third and Santa Claus, an
other Perry entry, was fourth. Gay
Cockade also won the officers
private jumper mount class Friday.
Two more distant riders scored in
hunter classes when Betty Couzens
OF Pontiac, Mich, rode her handsome
mount, Repulsion, to victory in the
hunters under saddle and Peggy
Carpenter of New Rochelle, Conn,
rode Little Flight to win the ladies'
working hunters over the outside
course. Repulsion scored over the
Bryn Du Farms Jitney Jingle,
novice hunters winner, Mrs. Whit
ney's Faithful Heart and Demopolis.
Second and third behind Little
Flight were Mrs. Hills Lucky Buck
and Inky, both ridden by Miss Fuller.
Dean Rathbun, Jr., Stars.
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Junior riders and a local high school
student, 14-vear-old Dean Rathbun,
jr., starred by winning the A. S. P.
C. A. good hands event over IL other
youngsters. Young Rathbun now is
eligible for the finals, which will
be held at the national show at
Madison Square Garden next fall.
Rathbun rode Donald Bradley s
young mare, Best Time, in this class.
Landon School students followed
the example of former members of
the Bethesda institution by winning
the student team jumping class with
Arlington Hall team No. l second.
The winning riders were Mercer
Fadeley, Tom Mott, jr.; Jack Dever-
aux and Frank De Freyre Young
Fadeley also won the Junior work.