Evening star., 1941-09-02
BY LARRY LAWRENCE.

WARRENION, va, sept. 2.-Ien |
thousand horse fans. the largest |
crowd ever to attend a horse show
in the Old Dominion, yesterday |
thronged the spacious grounds and
grandstands of the Warrenton Horse
Show Association, where for AZ years
"the hunter show of America" has
been held, and cheered the superior
performances of a stellar entry of
Americas greatest hunters and
jumpers.
Cornish Hills, magnificent chest
nut gelding owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Haggin Perry of Gotham, Va,
covered himself and his accom-
plished rider, Mrs. Perry, with glory
by winning both the working hunter
and the conformation hunter cham
pionships of the show, the latter of
which carries with it the title of
grand champion and the Ulman
Challenge Cup The champ is Z
year-old son of that great sire, John
P. Grier, and the dam Marvila, I'd.
He placed first in both the confor-
nation hunter preliminary and the
working hunter preliminary to build
up score of 10 points for the work.
ing hunter and 16 points for the
conformation championships. Mrs.
M. E. Whitney's Springhope took
the reserve in the working hunter
championship, while Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles c. Harrison, jr.,'s Alas was
reserve to the grand champion.
Smacko Gets Jumper Title.
The Fort Myer Horse Show teams
aged veteran, Smacko, was ridden
to his fourth jumper championship
in the last six shows in which he
has been exhibited by his owner,
Capt. C. B. McClelland. TIE brilliant
son of McDonough amassed a total
of II points over his teammate, En-
terprise. ridden by his owner, Capt.
David Wagstaff, with 7 points and
the reserve.
j. North Fletcher's great youngs-
ter. Pappy. annexed the green or
novice hunter championship with
total of 80 points. The reserve
went to Mr.. and Mrs. Haggin Perry's
Magic Luck with 14I2 points.
1t seemed particularly appropri-
ate that James H. Price, Governor
of Virginia. should arrive at the
arena in time to present to Fletch-
er, president of the Warrenton
Horse Show Association, the tri-
color and challenge trophy, that
goes with the winning of the 3-year-
old championship of Virginia. Pap
py, a brilliant 3-year-old chestnut
gelding by Red Bug out of Mildred
c., ridden throughout the show by
Alex Calvert. was not regarded as
a candidate for the crown that was
taken last year by the great Spanish
Spear until a couple of weeks ago.
The reserve in the Virginia cham
pionship went to Magic Luck, son
| of SaXon-Hauteur, owned by Mr..
and Mrs. w. Haggin Perry, and rid
den throughout the show by Mrs.
| Perry.
Pappy, which won six blues out
of seven starts in the two-day ex-
hibition, was bought during the day
by Mrs. Douglas Prime, Warrenton
| sportswoman.
Rocksie Takes Duel.
The featured skyscraper class,
which was much discussed because
it brought together those two great
rivals, Black Caddy and Rocksie, in
their sustained duel for local high
| jumping honors and records, ended
in a victory for Margaret Cotter's
bay gelding and saw Black Caddy
showed back to a fourth place, but
the record of 1t. Fred J. Hughes,
jr.'s, big-hearted little stallion re-
mains untouched. Rocksie. jumping
| in better form than at the recent
| Columbus show when Black Caddy
went to feet 6i2 inches, was only
required to do six feet to best Mrs.
M. E. Whitney's Blue Eagle with
Norman Haymaker up.
1t was the winning of the rich
| hunter stake which clinched the
grand championship of the show
| for Cornish Hills. Seventeen of the
most beautiful hunters of the East
competed for the honors.
The important 500 green hunt
er stake brought out one of the best
fields of youngsters seen in Vir-
ginia arena in years. Mrs Walter
Haggin Perry rode her Magic Luck,
a 3-year-old son of -Hauteur,
to a win over Pine Brook Farms
ODoc, ridden by Alex Calvert.
One of the most popular wins
with the large gallery was the su-
perb Inky's victory in the womens
working hunter class. Mrs. George
Watts Hills 7-year-old ebony mare
was cleverly ridden by Susan Fuller.
Repulsion Star Hunter.
One of the high spots of the day
for the thousands of Capital fans
was the impressive win of Betty
Couzens' Repulsion, when the
beautiful gelding showed the way