Evening star., 1942-06-21
ggy Hamilton With Miss Fox Ouscores Brother Jimmy for Warenton Title
Dunnoftar Pony Nabs
Three Firsts in Win
Over Grey Knight
Jimmy Cricket Heads
Working Hunter Gloss;
Young Riders Stor
By LARRY LAWRENCE,
Star Staff Correspondent,

WARENTON. Va, June 90
Miss Fox, a brilliant little 1914
hands pony, owned by the Dunnot-
tar Pony Farm, won three flrsts
and took minor awards to make q
clean sweep of three pony cham
pionShips at the Warrenton pony
show held here today.
A talented chestnut 8-year-olo
mare, Miss Fox was ably ridden
throughout the show by Peggy
Hamilton and her first tricolor OF
the day was the pony hack cham
pionship, with Grey Knight, owned
and ridden by Jimmy Hamilton
Peggy's brother, taking the reserve
Grey Knight, that won six cham
pionships last year. having taken
the blue in the pony hunter class
and the pony hack under l3 hands
together with several lesser ribbons
qualified for the hunter champion
ship preliminary as did Dorothy
Freds Sea Pearl and Ellie Wood
Keiths Snowfall
Sister Peggy with Miss Fox won
Knight for the pony hunter cham
pionShip which carries with it
the Temple Gwathmey Memorial
Trophy.
Keeps Trophy from Brother.
The final tricolor to come to Miss
Fox was the pony grand champion
ship and the Blanche Ortman Chal-
lenge Trophy which had been won
in 1910 and l94l by Jimmy Ham,
ilton. Peggy's victory today pre-
vented him from permanently re-
firing the cup.
The important working hunter
class, ridden in full hunting attire
which carried with it the Robert
E. Ferney Hough, jr.. Memorial
Trophy, was won by Jimmy Cricket
with the owner, Jimmy Hamil-
ton, up.
The most colorful feature was
the pony hunt team class in which
uniformity and performance count
ed so per cent, conformation %
per cent, appointments 10 per cent
and manners IS per cent. The Dun
nottar Pony Farms entry won the
event with a well-spaced, excellent
ly paced and clean jumping per-
formance The team was composed
of Miss Fox, ridden by Peggy Ham,
ilton; Gray Duchess, ridden by Eve
Prime, and Grey Knight, ridden by
Jimmy Hamilton.
Spoogie Woogie Scores.
The modified Olympic with its
course laid out in imitation of bar
riers in the international games did
not stop the pocket edition equines
that took such obstacles as the
triple-bar stonewall and oXer in
their tiny strides. In a jumpoff
Miss Primes Spoogie Woogie. rid
den by the owner. won the award
over Mary Davys Bambino and
Jimmy Cricket, that finished in
that order.
They start them young in this
part of the horse world Mere babes
In arms are put in the saddle and
taught to get the feel of horse
about the time they learn to walk
So it was not surprising to see tots
as young as Lois Leach. years
old, who rode Miss Keith's Snow
ball, triumph over 3-year-old
Chucky Church on Snow Man,
owned by Dunnottar Pony Farm
The average age of the four win
ners in the event was 312 years.
Equipage from other days were
shown in the driving class to the
delight of the spectators. Snappy
runabouts and fashionable meadow
brooks of the 1890 period rivaled dos
carts and jaunting ears with horse
power supplied mostly by reformed
hunters. The class was won by Mr.
Freckles, driven by owner Nancy
Haas to a trim meadowbrook.
Driving Class Sparkles.
The pony driving class had sc
many striking turnouts drawn by
high spirited equines that 1t was
superior to anything of its kind seer
in the East since the days of the
rough riders. Mrs. Robert Winmil
from her noted collection of equi-
pages of past days selected a pony
runabout to which were harnessec
her celebrated ponies Happy Boy
and Happy Girl The pair under
Mrs. Winmill's skillfull driving wor
the blue.
The A. S. P. c. A. horsemanshir
event was won by little Gloria Gal
ban of University. Va. The nine
vear-old equestrienne defeated
class of Is Juniors ambitious to com,
pete in the finals at Madison Square
Garden, New York. The good hands
class was taken by Sarah Lee Cone
of Richmond. Va, whose smooth
performance won over a crack flelc
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