Evening star., 1941-10-18
Performances in Horse Show
Reveal Excellent Morale
Of Fort Myer Cavalry

thlngS that men OF military age
were doing to make living before
Uncle Sam called them. OF the
original entry of 219 horses. 96 sur
vived the eliminations, showing in
the finals.
Capt. Boyle Barely Wins.
In the opening class which was a
hunter hack limited to mounts that
had only been in the service since
December 81, 1910, Capt Boyle,
riding Amen. barely won the blue
over Sergt. Titus, who was up on
Anxiety, taking second. Other we'll
hammered mounts to place were
Sheer Silk, ridden by 1t. Foster and
MacDuffy, piloted by Sergt. Fay.
In the remount jumper, Neptune,
a 6-year-old chestnut gelding, rid
den by Sergt. Bylan Of I'd So. Hq,
showed the way to the other rockies
with a clean performance TO take
the blue. In jump-of for second
place Frieda, ridden by Sergt. Wen
ner of F Troop. placed ahead of
Fatty, ridden by Remley Of Troop E
Fourth went to George, riden by
Corpl. Mays of Troop G.
In an open jumping class for
enlisted men with less than one
years service, Pvt. Mullins of Troop
F gave Fulton a grand ride TO win
over Pvt. Shilling on Black Beauty.
Until his enlistment Shilling was
one of the Nations top professional
riders. Third ribbon to Pvt. Scan
lon on Clipped Wings and fourth
place to Pvt First Glass Smith of
Troop B on Beatrice.
Pack Jumping Thrills.
The most exciting event of the
evening was pack jumping, in which
one horse of each team carries a
full pack over a course of eight
jumps. To guide two animals, one
with a pack, over eight obstacles
without fault was the surprising
performance of Corpl. Lowden of
Troop G with Big Duchess and
Abadaba. Fairfax and Fireball,
ridden by Pvt. First Glass Snodgrass
of Troop F, placed second; third
went TO Quaker and Tanglecrest,
ridden by Pvt. First Glass Leonard
of Troop E, and fourth to Fill and
Diana, ridden by Pvt. Barnard of
Troop F.
In the enlisted mems open Jump
ing class the stiff handicaps blasted
the hopes of some of the men
mounted on some of the regiments S
greatest fencers. This featured
event was won by Fred, ridden by
Pvt. First Glass Bennett of Troop F,
who placed ahead of the veteran
Clipped Wings, ridden by Sergt.
Dobrozensky. Third went to Black
Beauty, ridden by Pvt Schilling, and
fourth to Roffe, the scratch horse
ridden by Sergt. Hague.
1t. Perrin Open Winner.
1t. Perrin, riding Roffe, won the
open jumping class for officers with
less than one years service, from a
large field. 1t. Thrift on Pagan re-
ceived the red ribbon.
The ladies' horsemanship class,
open to wives and daughters of serv-
ice personnel, was won by Miss Suth-
erland, who can write to her father,
Brig. Gen. Sutherland, now in the
Philippines, that her chestnut mare
Virginia Jedan is smooth per-
performer.
The second ribbon went to Mrs.
Boyle, riding Reno. Third place
went to the only Navy entry in the
show. Mrs. Forrest Sherman giving
her My Lass a good ride, and fourth
to Mrs. Frazier on Powder.
The officers open jumping class
furnished some spirited competition,
regardless of the handicaps. The
fiery Rusty, superbly ridden by 1t.
Alfano, took the event with a per-
feet performance, winning over
Clipped Wings, ridden by 1t. Dod-
deridge: Reno, with Capt. Boyle up,
and Black Beauty, the scratch horse
ridden by Capt. Boyle, who finished
in that order.