Evening star., 1941-08-04
Black Coddy, Hughes Up, Sets
D. c. Jumping Record With
Leap of 6 Feet 6L2 Inches

formation hunter championship went
to Mrs. M. E. Whitney's striking
chestnut gelding, The Bear, with 40
points, one point over Troop, U. Is.
Randles great hunter. The Bear
was ridden throughout the show by
Norman Haymaker, and Troop was
piloted by Shirley Payne.
Ridden superbly throughout the
two days by Mercer Fadeley, Head
rock, Fenton M. Fadeley's reliable
bay mare, won the working hunter
championship. The daughter of the
famous st. Rock had total of l7la
points. Reserve went to Trail Bird,
owned by Capt. and Mrs. j. G. Min.
niece and ridden by the Captain,
with q total of IA points. 0-t
Mrs. D. N. Lees Glamor Man, a
4-year-old chestnut gelding by Bril-
liant out of Hidden Star III, won
the novice, hunter championship
with a total of II points. ODoc. a
3-year-old son of Polydor-Marka,
owned by Ruth OKeefe, took the
reserve with 10 points.
The Fort Myer horse show team
won the jumper championship and
reserve. Capt. C. B. McClelland1s
Smacko took the tricolor with a
score of 16 points, with Lieut..
Hughes Black Caddy in reserve
with IA points.
Glamor Man Wins Trophy.
The Bobby Roby Memorial Trophy,
awarded to the owner of the horse
scoring the greatest number OF
points at the show, was won by
Glamor Man, owned by Mrs. D. n.
Lee. who amassed total OF 33hz
points. U. S. Randle's Troop also
had 33l2 points, but as Glamor Man
had won more blues than the
Randle horse, he was given the
award.
In topnotch performances over
a demanding course Capt c. B. Nc
Clelland's Smacko. Peggy Simpsons
Hi Ho Silver and Margaret Cotter's
Rocksie staged triangular oatte
In two iump-offs after they had out
pointed Is other outstanding fencers
in the $500 jumper stake. Newten
Mavo riding Hi Ho Silver and Capt
McClelland on Smacko staged a
duel of jumping wits after Rocksle
giving one of his rare Indifferent
performances was forced into thlru
place. and in another round 1t was
the Army horseman who had taken
his mount over the course with the
least faults to win the blue and the
big money over Hi Ho Silver.
That grand performer Trail Bird,
which his owner-rider Capt. j. O.
Minnice has trained so perfectly
that the bay gelding's Judgment
of pace. timing and painstakinely
careful jumping is the wonder OF
the hunting set. won the s200-work-
ing hunters stake with plenty 70
spare. The bay son OF sullivan
Trail-Bonnie Bird took the meas
ure of Fadelev's honest Headrock,
Mrs. M. E. Whitney's Spring Hope.
and Randle's Troop which finished
in that order.
The equine elite of the local con-
formation world all were striving
/ for the big money in the $500 hunt
er stake which was dominated by
Strong Tea and Spring Hope OF the
Whitney Stable which finished one
two in that order. Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Bryant's Red Haste, Mrs.
DIN. Lees Glamour Man. Whitney's
The Bear and Randle's Troop came
in for the minor awards in that
| order.
Jumps Against Himself.
The Fadeleys. father and son, with
the son. Mercer, topping his fathers
| performance. we're in the local
| hunters to take that event and the
K. of C. Challenge Cup. Mercer
won with Headrock; the second rib
bon went to Skippy, Fenton's mount.
In the junior jumpers, Mickey
Magill had four-phaze jump-of
with himself. The clever young
horseman was riding Mrs. Lee
/ Counselman's Kristie and also had
leg up on Dorothy Lee Counsel
mans Way. In the first jump-of
/ Florence Fitzgeralds S Dan Rocksapd
and Mrs. Whitney's Blue Eagle were
factors. but they couldn't match
| the performances of the daughter
of Black Cradle or the spectacular
Way as Mickey rode them without
fault. With the bars up both ami
mails again had clean performances.
Again they raised the bars; again
! faultleSS rounds. In the fourth
jump-off the pint-sized Kristie had
half-fault. Then came Way with
Mickey giving the chestnut geldirg
great ride, but Way had one
knock-down so Mickey Magill's duel
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