Evening star., 1941-05-15
Opening Tomorrow,
Classic Promises
Thrills Galore
Sectional Competition
Will Add Zest;; 1910
Champions Return
By LARRY LAWRENCE.

More than 200 crack riders with
record host of mounts will vie for
the blue ribbons in the three-day
Washington Horse Show opening to-
morrow morning at o'clock at the
Meadowbrook Riding and Hunt
Club and all indications point to
meet of daring riding, matchless
horsemanship and multiple thrills.
1t will be one of the most impor-
tant sporting events of the year to
horse show fans, an outstanding So
cial event to some, but to the ex-
hibitors and those in the know the
Meadowbrook arena will be the scene
of a battle royal among the top
stables of the East and the District,
Maryland and Virginia horse show
contingent. Each year the rivalry
between these important sectors of
the horse world grows keener Last
year honors were about even. The
working hunter championship went
South with Inky, Mrs. George Watts
HilPs ebony hunter, which again is
out for the honor. The conforma-
ton hunter championship went to
the Virginia entry Demopolis, owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. w. Haggin Perry,
and the jumper tri-color to Huntley
Glenn, owned by Nancy Marie Shaw
Of Newton Square, Pa.
Hot Competition Assured.
As this years record entry of dis
tinguished hunters and jumpers ex-
ceeds In numbers and class the past
years, so much more keener should
be the competition. To appreciate
the superior quality of these splendid
animals it is necessary to take trip
about the stables at MeadoWbrook
and view the f1ashy and famous
steeds that vans have been unload
ing at the show grounds for the last
five days.
Impressive is the array of Eastern
jumping talent local timber-toppers
must meet in the Meadowbrook
arena. Lew Dunbar, winner of last
years $500 jumper stake, looked
over the half-door of his stall while
his owner, Mrs. Elizabeth Correll of
New York City, declared that rumors
to the contrary, the big gelding is
fit and will compete. Nearby are
stabbed a whole troop of Eastern
front rank jumpers. There are Hi
Rock Pompo and Lady Dimmes,
Madison Square winners owned by
the Hi-Rock Farm of Cumberland,
r. l.; Foggy Morn, which collected |
more open championships last year
than any other horse, owned by DR..
E. j. Laing of Bristol, Pa; Thunder
Boy, 1872 hands of jumper cham
pion, owned by Mrs. J. L. Merrill,
Bronxville, N. Y; Grand Larceny, |
who doesn't have to steal 'em, owned
by Mr.. and Mrs M A Linder, Plain
field, N. j.; Pompeian and Bryn
Du Cadet of the Bryn Du Farm of
Granville, Ohio; Port Light and My
Girl, owned by Robert R. Egan,
Tuckahoe, N. Y; Red Sails, owned
by C. V. Henkel, jr., winner of the
Jumper championship In 1889, and
Marina, Clair Briggs capable open
Jumper.
Local Stars Numerous.
To offset that formidable Eastern
entry there are an equal number
of local stars, such powerful open
jumpers as Lisbeth Steig's Hi Ho,
Margaret Cotter's Rocksie, Mrs. D.
N. Lees Glover Seed, Capt. David
wagstaff's Enterprise, Capt. c. B.
McClelland's Smacko, Fort Myers
High Time, Black Beauty, Foolish
One, Inclusive and Reno. Also in
the running for open jumping
honors are the Llangolen champions
Bon Mutt, First Night and On Trial.
Another ally from down Virginia
way is the Greenhalghs' entry, those
magnificent performers, Billy Dol
and Big Boy, and lest we forget three
great jumpers, Angel Gabriel of the
Landon School, H. E. Simmons Cody
and Sam Bogley's Ringmaster.
The rivalry among the hunters is
every bit as intense as that OF the
jumpers, and a stroll about the
stables of Meadowbrook convinces
one that it's a tossup which takes
the hunter tri-colors on Sunday
afternoon. Each contingent is
packed with famous names, and 1t
would require columns to catalog
their virtues and winnings.