Evening star., 1940-09-08
Moffett Entry Earns
10 Points Toward
Coveted Prize
Competition in Hunter,
Jumper Glasses Brisk;
Tie Breaks Due Today
BY JACK ALLEN.

Five of the East's outstanding
hunters and jumpers shared the
spotlight yesterday at Meadowbrook
Saddle Club at Chevy Chase after
the inaugural session of the fifth
annual Columbus Horse Show ended.
Candolette, 6-year-old thorough
bred from the barn of Adelaide Mof-
fett, Asheville, N. c., sportswoman,
was leading in the mad scramble for
the Bobby Roby Memorial Trophy
with 16 points gained by two win
ming performances and two seconds.
Royalty II, owned by Robert S.
Waters of Johnstown. Pa, and Troop,
bearing the colors Of j. North Fletch-
er of Warrenton, Va. emerged as
the only performers who managed
to qualify for the hunter champion
ship, which will be determined in the
shows closing program today.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Whitney's
Bon Mutt, gray star of the jumping
horses in the Llangollen Farms
show string, and Randle's Way, pride
OF the jumping contingent from the
stable Of U. S. Randle. Sd, Washing
ton Snowman. were deadlocked with
points each in the fight for the
open jumper crown.
Show Resumes This Morning.
The bad weather link which has
plagued the Columbus meet since its
inception was shaken off YESTERDAY,
but despite ideal conditions and stiff
competition provided by more than
100 OF the country's top show horses
battling for rich prizes less than
1000 spectators were on hand for
the inaugural rounds.
However, the 19-class card which
is to be run off today with the
championship scraps, a $500 hunter
stakes and a 5000 open jumpers
stakes as co-features is expected to
attract one of the National Capitals
| largest equestrian sports throngs to
the Maryland show grounds. The
program will start at 10 am.
In scoring Is points for the Bobby
Rooy Memorial Trophy an $500
sterling silver statuette donated as
perpetual memorial award by
friends of the late Bobby Roby of
washington, one of the foremost
show-rlng riders of the United
States. Candolette took both the
open working hunters and ladies'
working hunter classes and was sec
ond in the qualified hunters and
hunter hacks.
Candolette Needs Points.
Despite her sterling work. how
ever the 6-year-old daughter of
Canadian Ensign Mandolette, win
ner OF four championships and two
reserve championships in Northern
morse shows this season, has vet
to qualify for a place in the class
which will determine the hunter
champion, top honor of the meet,
The tricolor emblematic of the
nunter title will be contested for
at the close of today's proceedings
only by horses which have turned
IN a first or two seconds in con-
formation hunter events, and Can
dolette had only one such second
that IN the qualified hunters-to
her credit last night.
In second place for the Robv
Memorial Trophy is Victorian II.
pony owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
George P. Greenhalgh of Berry,
vile, Va. and ridden by Young
Jack Lee Payne of Berryville. which
scored IL points in the children's
classes yesterday.
Ponies Are Handicapped.
Huntress, another pony from Mrs.
James c. Hamilton's Dunotta PONY
Farm at Winchester. Va. was tied
with two horses, Balls Bridge. owned
by Eve Prime of Warrenton. Va.
ard Glamour Man, owned by Ernest
L. Redmon of Middleburg, Va, with
10 points.
However. with the pony classes
disposed OF yesterday, neither VIC
torlan II nor HuntreSS can improve
their position in today's classes. so
1t appears that If Candidates drive
Is 10 De STAYED off it must be done
by Balls Bridge, Glamour Man or
some dark" horse coming with a
late rush.
only two riders came q cropper"
and neither was injured.
Falls Not Harmful.
Eddie Talbert, with the mount or
Adam Heinrich's Good FRIDAY, fell
when his mount crashed through a
fence in the triple bar jump-off and
Randle's Way, handled bv Johnny
keeler, was installed as the winner
In the other fall, Mrs. Donald
Bradley of Silver Spring. Md, was
unseated when her mount refused
a Jump in the open jumpers class
In the children's horsemanshin
class, sponsored by the American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
10 Animals, SusaE Fuller, 16-vear-
OLD Durham, N. C.. slrl, was placed
nrst over IA rivals.
BY virtue of her victory, the Fuller
girl became eligible fol- a place in
the A. s. c. P. A horsemanship class
AT the National uorc.. Ck -. - %