Evening star., 1941-11-11
By LARRY LAWRENCE.
Special Correspondent OF The Star.


MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
New York. Nov. 1.-THE Washing
Virginia Maryland contingent is
today congratulating Mrs. Fred j.
Hughes for her second successive
victory in as many nights, for her.
big-hearted little mare, Hi-Ho,
walked off with the blue ribbon In
last nights knock-down-and-out
class. the last such competition be-
fore the final tonight. Hi-Ho, along
with Miss Margaret Cotter's Rocksie,
are two of the five that have won
this featured nightly event to quail
fy for the finals. The daily knock
down -and-out. which is the richest
stake of the National Horse show.
was taken by Hi-Ho with two fault
less rounds, jumping of with Mr..
and Mrs. Dana H. Conway's Burma,
which took second place. and Hi
Rock Farms Lady Dimmes, ridden
by that superlative rider, Joe Green.
rated as the top pilot of 1910. which
was awarded the third ribbon.
Hi-Ho, a pint-sized mare, and
daughter Of the great sire. Saint
Rock. out Of Mayfair. is a half inch
above Is hands. Washington horse
fans remember but few years ago
when Hi-Ho was a rank in-and-
outer and regarded by the railbirds
as a hopeless prospect. But Mrs.
Hughes, then "Skippy' Steig, had q
world of faith in the little animal
With careful schooling and the ex-
pert riding OF finished horsewom-
an, she brought the little chestnut
to important ribbons and cham
pionships.
Unlike most great open jumpers,
which go through a most rigorous
training. Hi-Ho never has been hit
with a whip, but always hand rid
den by her cool and capable mis-
tress. Last nights win stamps Hi
Ho as one Of the greatest open
jumpers ever to enter Madison
Square arena and Mrs. Hughes as
one of the most fearless and finished
riders to show before metropolitan
audience.
Pappy Takes Another Blue.
To paraphrase a popular song,
Daddy" it's a case OF the Judges
and every one else loving Pappy,
for that exquisite bit Of horsefesh
hailing from Warrenton, Va, a
favorite of Mrs. Douglas Primes
stable, has taken another blue. This
time the statuesque 3-year-old Vir-
ginian champion placed ahead Of
the other grand youngsters to take
top honors in the limit young hunter
class. With this win, the already
illustrious son of Redbug Mildred C.
scored a second blue toward the
young hunter championship. Pappy
is now leading with two blues and
1t will take terrific upset to keep
Mrs. Primes splendid youngster
from the championship. Later, in
the hesuitable-to-become-hunters class
Pappy only garnered a third, but as
this class was not factor in the
championship, the defeat of the
best youngster in the show was OF
no particular moment.
1t was Democrat by a narrow ma
jority that won the International
Military Special Challenge trophy
to increase the United States Army S
Teams lead over its Cuban, Peruv-
ian and West Point opponents. The
trophy, for which some 40 steeds OF
three nations competed, was donated
by Whitney Stone and open to all
nations and all branches of the
service, including the National
Guard, Reserve officers and State
or city police. Thirty of the top
military horses at the Garden were
entered in this event and in the first
round, 10 had clean performances
In the jump-off, six survived, the
Peruvian horse Ayachucho being
the only one outside Of United States
and West Point horses. On the
second jump-of. Democrat of the
United States Army team ridden
by Capt. Franklin F. Wing was the
only one to negotiate the raised bar
riers faultlessly.
The second award went to that
splendid West Point entrant, Tiger
Lily, owned by Maj. p. 8. Thomp.