Evening star., 1944-10-01
|1raumerfar, Is Besl
Ii Uppervine Show
Staged in Mire
BY LARRY LAWRENCE,
Star Staff Correspondent.

UPHERVILLE, Va, Sept. 90
Virginians take their equine sports
seriously. Lowering clouds, an ALL
day drizzle and an arena, fetlock
deep in mud couldn't keep the fans
and exhibitors of the Down Country
Of the Old Dominion from the
eighth annual Trinity horse show
here today.
Mr.. and Mrs. George p. Green
halgh's quality performer, Traumer-
tan, won top honors. Not only was
the son of imported Traumer-Sun
Burn judged the best of IL blue and
red ribbon winners of six important
classes, hut he proved his right to
the tri-color by taking four firsts.
Under the expert hand Of Mrs.
George P. Greenhalgh, jr., the big
gelding handily won the model,
made hunters under saddle, green
hunter and handy hunter.
Count Andrew Wins Reserve.
Placed Just back of Traumertan
and taking the reserve honor was
j. North Fletcher's Count Andrew.
Ridden by Sergt. Alex Calvert and
Mrs. Fletcher, the son of Reign
Count-Lady Andrew won blues in
the lightweight hunter and the
ladies hunter, took second to Mrs.
M. E. Whitney's Bitter Tea in the
Corinthian and annexed a third in
the model.
The featured hangover class went
to the Greenhalgh veteran hunt,r,
Billy Do. In this class the blue ,0as
awarded to the horse best qur.dfied
to carry a jaded friend the anorn-
ing after" with the greatest degree
of safety to his body and ease to his
nerves. The riders had to portray
mockingly the jaded friend to prop
erly display the ability Of their
mount. Billy-ameh! Mrs. George
P. Greenhalgh, jr., showed marked
histrionic ability on Billy Do as she
initiated the gryations of a Woe
begone nimrod.
Billy Do, having withstood the
rigors of the hangover class. prompt
ly took the next event, the open
working hunter.
Llangolien Has Big Day.
Mrs. M. E. Liz" Whitney's Liam
gollen stables had ribbon winning
day. Her Bonne Mutt won the open
jumper and with his stablemate,
Days. won the pair hunter class. An
other Whitney mount. Bitter Tea,
sired by Bonne Mutt, impressed the
railbirds with victory in the Corin-
THAN. a brace of seconds in the
ladies hunter and the mares suit
able to produce hunters and third
in the green hunter.
Mares suitable to produce hunters-won
ty Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Greenhalgh' S
Molhe Elizabeth; second, Mrs. NJ. E. Whit
neys Bitter Tea third. j. North Fletcher's
Three-ysar-oids suitasl. to BECOME
hunters-Won BY J. North Fietcher's
tan: third, Mrs. Alex calvert's ssndson.
oeorse P. 'orsenhaish's Tsamertan; sec
j. North Fletcher's Count Andrew.
Or; l. ". Aliens clifton,s Glory; second,
Made hunters under saddie--Won by
Traumertan; second, DR.. Rosenbergs Gee
Rae Bee; third, Balkonian.
Green hunters-Won by Traumertsn;
second: Charlatan; third. Mrs. NJ. Z. whit
pey's Bitter Tea
Lixhtweisht .hunters-won by Count
Andrew; second. Clifton's Glory; third
Mrs. M, z. Whitney's Days.
Middle and heavyweight hunters--.won
by Balkonian; second, Bonnie Mutt third.
Mrs. M. e, Whitney's The Chief
Ladies' hunters-Won by Count Andrew;
second, Mrs. NJ. e. Whitneys Bitter Tea:
third. Mary w. Davy's Best Time
Open iumper--Won by Bonnie Mutt
ssss sseond, Mrs; Alsx calyer.'s Ess Nos;
Handy hunters-Won by Traumertan:
second. Ciifton's Glory. third Best Time
Handicap hupters-won by Mrs Alex
Calverts Egg Nog; second. Best Time
Pairs of hunters-won by Mrs. M. E.
MI and Mrs. George P. GreenhalEh's Billy
Do and Portmaker; third, Mrs M e.
Whitneys The Chief and Bitter Tea
Hangover hunters-Won by Billy Do:
second, Count Andrew; third. Bitter Tea
Open working hunters-Won by Billy
Do. second. Count Andrew; third, .Bonne
Corinthian-won by Bitter Tea: second
Count Andrew; third, Bonne Mutt.