Evening star., 1941-11-12
BY LARRY LAWRENCE.


from the Capital area attending the |
National Horse Show still are cele-
brating today the greatest victory |
ever won by a Washington open
jumper. Last night in the final
of the siX-day knock -doWn-and-out
championship, greathearted horse
and an intrepid rider, Rocksle and
his owner. Miss Margaret Cotter, the
greatest combination of winners ever
TO be developed in the Nations Cap
ital, won the championship over II
of the top open jumpers in America.
This round dozen, plus Rocksie, were
the survivors of week Of the
toughest competition ever seen In
Madison Square Garden.
The battle for honors in this class
brought out better all-arOu!Id jump
ing than was furnished by the Army
teams of three nations. 1t was
the high spot of the show, fought out
on course tougher than any used IN
the military competition.
Five great horses went clean on
the first round: Plymouth Rock,
owned by Fred E. Wettach of
Shrewsbury, N. j.; Mrs. Fred j.
Hughes HI-Ho; My Play Girl, owned
and ridden by Russell Stewart, the
15-year-old wonder from Albany,
N. Y; BirdWood Hazard, owned by
F. H. Taylor OF WatertoWn, N. Y,
and Rocksie. On the jump-oft, with
three Of the barriers at 5 feet Hi
Ho, who carried the hope of many
Washingtonians, missed at the
seventh jump. BirdWood Hazard,
which is one Of the lightest horses
on his feet We have ever seen, had a
clean round. Plymouth Rock was
| eliminated at the eighth jump ana
My Play Girl at the fifth.
ROcksie Answers War WhOOp.
Then came Rocksie. Coolly he
! took the brush jump and sailed on
/ toward the double poles feet apart,
and cleared them without touching
( toe to rail. Then the crowd, which
/ seemed all for Miss Cotter and her
/ great horse. held its breath as
Rocksie took off for the striped pole
5 feet high. Margaret gave her
well known WarWhOOp. ROckSle
lowered his head and sighted along
the single rail like a SharpShooter
aiming at a target. Up he went and
over with daylight between his
hoOyeS and the top Of the Jump
and on to clear every other hazard
on the course while the CROWD
cheered each effort and the success
full negotiation Of every Jump
Rocksie had tied BirdUood Hazard
and had one more chance for the
championship
In the jumpof between these two
great horses, BirdWood Hazard
struck the double poles which haC
a 4-foot spread, with the taller one
5 feet high. Rocksie had only tC
clear the second jump TO win the
championship There was a SCI
look on Miss Cotters face when she
came out. Rocksie was eager to get
on the course. Away they went
clearing the brush jump. and fol
once there was complete silence in
the Garden as the great Combina-
ton of horse and rider rose TO the
jump that meant the championship
or reverse. Up and over, and the
greatest honor that can come tC
civilian rider at the National
Horse Show was in the bag of the
ace woman rider of the United
States.
Mrs. Douglas Primes talented
youngster, Pappy, cinched The
green hunter championship in the
morning session by winning hi!
third successive blue when he re.
ceived the award in the $3.50 young
hunter stake. With II points gar.
nered in three events counting
toward the tri-color and his near.
est competitor having but points
Pappy can go without a place il
the preliminary and still win the
first young hunter championship
ever on the program of the Ma
tional
Calvert a Big Factor.
Alex Calvert'S riding of the hand.
some 3-year-old Virginia champion
was one of the major factors il
the brilliant victories won by thu
spectacular son of Red Bug
dred c. Mrs. Prime purchased
Pappy from North Fletcher imme.
diately after the Warrenton Horst
Show last September. where thu
youngster won the Virginia 3-year.
old. So far Pappy has won foul
blues and a second in this show
a record never equaled by a 3-year
old in the history of the National
The Southern invaders of the Ma
tional made a clean sweep of tn,
lightweight hunter class, taking al
four places. Inky, the 7-year-o ole
black hunter owned by Mrs. Georg,
Watts Hill Of Rougemont. N. c.
and ridden by Delmar Twyman
eclipsed the field in performanc,
and conformation to take the blue
Susan Boiling rode the Greenhalgh
Highland Ace to a second ribbon
beSting Mrs. NJ. E. Whitneys Bonn
, Mutt. ridden by Norman Haymaker
in the show position. And to com
plete the sweep Billy Do of tn
| Greenhalgh Stables took the fourtl
, ribbon under Miss Bolling's goot
plotting. Inky is one of the mos
beautiful ebony hunters ever to com
out of the Southland. A daughte
of Apprehension-M Marching On, thi
splendid mare is not kept as a shoy
horse, but is hunted every seasol