Evening star., 1941-11-07
Capital Horses Reach
Final
In Garden Event
Mrs. Fred J. Hughes, Jr.,
Margaret Cotter Score
With Hi-Ho, Rocksie
Nv LARRY LAWRENCE.

NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-Margaret
Cotter of Washington and Mrs.
Fred J. Hughes, jr., of Fort Myer,
Va, may smile today at the Ma
tional Horse Show in Madison
Square Garden here over the CO.
incidence which marked the second
day of the daily knock down and
out in which Miss Cotter had the
same experience THAT Mrs. Hughes
had the night before.
Out of Al superior open jumpers,
only 4 rounded the course without
fault to take part in the jump-off.
1t was tricky course, with an in
surmountable to most OF the leaperS.
In the jumpoff Lew Dunbar. owned
by Mrs Elizabeth Correll and ridden
by Gordon Wright, went out on the
last jump of the in-and-out, which
was the final barrier on the course
Hi-Rock Pompo of the Hi-Rock
Farm, ridden by Joe Green, and
Rocksie, ridden by his owner, Miss
Cotter, came to grief at the In OF
the in-and-out But one horse re-
manned to jump-My Play Girl-a
little bay mare, 1873 hands high
and so old her age isn't given in the
program. She is owned and ridden
by Russell Stewart. a 15-year-old
lad from Albany, N. Y. who has
three great open jumpers, and Rus
sell knows how to ride them.
Just at the hour of midnight, he
placed his great little jumper COM
pletely over the tough in-and-out
on which the others had failed.
As Rocksie and Hi-Rock Pompo
had tied for third place, they tipped
a coin. and, like Mrs. Hughes the
night before, under the same con-
ditions, Miss Cotter also lost and
was forced to take fourth place.
However, Rocksie. like Hi-Rock
Pompo, is now in the finals.
In Touch and Out Final.
The Capital area will have two
splendid champions competing for
the featured touch-and-out finals
on Sunday. In the ellminations at
yesterday mornings session, Mrs
Hughes and Miss Cotter placed theh
sensational open jumpers. Hi-Ho
and Rocksie. among the select II
who topped the performance Of the
80 other entries in the class.
Probably the most popular win OF
the show SO far was the victory OF
that last -minute-formed team OF
Miss Cotter and RockSle and Mrs.
w. Haggin Perry's HydrCgyro. which
took the pair of hunters class over
a dozen teams of the top hunters OF
the country. Team after team made
a shambles of the course until Rock
sic and Hydrogyro entered the
arena, and under the expert riding
of those finished horsewomen,
electrified the great assembly as
they circled the difficult course in
an unbeatable performance. Placing
third in this event was a Virginia
team. that good pair OF the Green
halgh's, Billy Do and Big Boy.
ridden respectively by Ellie Leh and
Susan Boiling.
The many Washington friends OF
Mrs. George Watts Hill of Rouge
mont, N. c.. were delighted when
her black mare, Inky. won the pro-
fessionial horsemanship challenge
cup. one of the blue ribbon fea-
tured events of the show. Ridden
expertly by Delmer TWyman, the
Ebony 7-year- -old daughter of Ap-
prehension- Marching On gave a
matchlesS performance over the
working hunter course to take the
championship.
Inky Popular Here.
Inky has long been one of the most
popular steeds appearing on the
Virginia circuit, for every horseman
knows that the beautiful black is
a real hunter and not purely a show
horse. This is the fourth year that
Inky has shown at the Garden, and
while being in the money several
times. never before won a blue at
the National The runnerup, True
Mark, beautiful chestnut mare,
was given fine ride by j. A. Hale
and we'll deserved the second ribbon
over the % other top horses entered
in the events.
Miss Ellie Leh of Allentown, Pa,
expert horseWoman and one of the
best riders ever turned out by the
Arlington Hall College Riding Club,
is at the show, and will take the
saddle for Flora Van Solver of
Chestnut Hill, Pa.
In the morning session, Mrs M. Z.
Whitney's the Bear was defeated
for the middle and heavy weight
open hunter class by Court Ways, a
statuesque 5-year-old bay gelding
owned and ridden by Morton
"Cappy" Smith.