Evening star., 1941-05-16
SaImo Victorious
For Owner, "a, in
Horse Show Feature
Takes First Phose of
Three-Doy Jumper Glass
At Meudowbrook Ground.
Earlier Story on Page A-3.)
By LARRY LAWRENCE.

Salmo. given a superb ride by his
owner. 14-year- old Billy Steinkraus
of Westport. Conn. took the first
phase of the featured three-day
| jumper class from a field of IS of
the Nations star open jumpers at
the initial performance of the Wash
ington Horse Show at the Meadow
brook show grounds on the East
West highway this afternoon. Young
Steinkraus' victory required a jump
off against such top fencers as the
great Lew Dunbar, owned by Mrs.
Elizabeth Correll Of New York, who
placed second; Enterprise, owned
and ridden by Capt. David Wagstaff
of Fort Myer, Va, third, and Mrs
NJ E. Whitney's gray stallion, Bonne
Mutt, fourth.
Troop Given Honors.
Troop. owned and ridden by J.
North Fletcher of Warrenton. Va,
was adjudged the best in the i'm
portant working hunter class. Inky,
owned by Mr.. and Mrs. George
Watts Hill and ridden by Delmar
Twyman, last years working hunter
champion, had to be content with
second place. The third ribbon was
taken by Village Miss, owned by
Mrs. A. S. Laundon and given a
fine ride by Mrs. W. Haggin Perry.
Fourth went to Springsbury Farm S
Billy Do. ridden by Shirley Payne.
Inky also won the first comfor-
nation class of the show, when he
took the lightweight over a top
field. Gay Blade, owned by Mrs.
Austin Jennings and ridden by Gar
field Hardy, pushed the winner and
was awarded the second ribbon.
The third spot went to Balls Bridge,
owned by Mrs Douglas Prime, and
ridden by Alex Calvert, and fourth
to the Springsbury Farms High
land Ace, ridden by Shirley Payne.
Troop, statuesque 9-year -old geld
ing, delivered for his owner-rider the
second time by being proclaimed the
best in the middleweight and heavy
weight conformation hunter class
Second place went to Balkonian,
owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Hill and
ridden by Mr.. Twyman. Third went
to The Bear, owned by Mrs Whit
ney, ridden by Norman Haymaker,
and fourth was Dublin Venture,
owned and ridden by Deborah Rood.
High Pockets, grey gelding rid
| den by Garfield Hardy and owned
by the Holiday Hill Farm. Mentor
Ohio, was judged best in a field OF
IS to take the award in the limit
hunter class this morning.
The Springsbury Farms Highland
Ace, ridden by Shirley Payne, took
the red ribbon over Run and Garry
owned and ridden by Mrs. Sally
Jones Sexton. Fourth place went to
Prossic. owned by Morton Govern
and ridden by Mr.. Hardy.
Balkonian Wins Ribbon.
Balkonian, who won the model
hunter class award, took his second
blue ribbon today by winning the
open-to-all hunters. The black
gelding was ridden by Twyman
The second ribbon went to Inky,
also owned by Mr.. and Mrs Hill
and ridden by Twyman. Third
place was taken by Martha H.,
owned by Douglaston Manor Farm
and ridden by Charles Good. Fourth
place went to Pamuck. owned by
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Renwick and
ridden by Mrs. Renwick.
Guardian, a brown gelding owned
by Capt. and Mrs. Frank De K.
Huyler and ridden by Capt. Huyler,
| who is now stationed at Boiling
Field, won the officers private
jumper class over Capt. C. B. Nc
Clellands Smacko, which placed
second; Capt. Wagstaffs Enterprise,
which was third, and Reno OF the
Fort Myer horse show team in
| fourth place.