Evening star., 1947-11-06
Portmaker Is Leading
In Race at Show for
Conformation Title
By Angelina J. Corobe'li
stor SioH Correspondent


Stor StoH Correspondent
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-The battle
for conformation hunter champion
shirs iaonors began taking a familiar
turn at the second days showing OF
the eight-day Madison Square
Garden National event as Port
maker, owned by DR.. and Mrs. Alvin
7. Kay of Washington and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Maloney's Prompt Pay
ment started their chase for cur
rent honors.
In their first meeting of the
show, Portmaker, present nation
al champion, turned in perfect
round under the handling OF Earl
Phelps to win over the Warrenton,
Va. entry, expertly piloted by Ellie
Wood Keith. Prompt Payment Is
reserve champion. In third place
was this pairs chief Northern COM
netitor, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Haie's
smooth campaigner, Golden Hill,
from Greenwich, Conn.
The capable. hard-riding Mexican
Army team outclassed the efforts
of the Irish, Canadians and the
Americans as they emerged VIC
torious in the first event OF the
international low-score competition.
The Irish team finished second, the
Canadians third and the United
States Army team fourth.
Crowd of $4,000 Attends.
Col. Huberto Marbles gave splen-
did exhibition Of riding skill and
brought a cheering audience OF 49,
900 to its feet as he piloted the
Mexican teams Resorte to win the
Dakota trophy in the international
military jumping event. The United
States Army teams Swizzlestick,
ridden by 1t. Col. Charles A. Smy-
roski, and Easy Do, under 1t. Col.
Andrew H. Friarson's handling. were
close behind as these teammates
tied for second place. The Cana
dian teams Chamorro was in fourth
place.
Victory Lad, Why Stables Long
Island entry, given sfaultless rloe
by Katherine James, was winner OF
the important working hunter
class. limited to amateur riders.
This victory carried with 1t a leg
on the coveted Frank Melville
Challenge Trophy. Sprlngsoury
Farms Flying Dutchman was given
a fine ride by Jane Pohl to place,
Betty Jane Baldwin rode Brandy
wine to a third and with Betty
Bosley in the saddle Donald Suth-
erland Ills Hole 10 was fourth.
Washington area entries were shut
out in the $1,000 Rocket event
shown over eight consecutive OBJ
stacles at S feet. Twenty horses
survived the eliminations for this
event and in the final entries from
Canada accounted for three OF the
six places as W. r. Ballard's Poppy,
1872 chestnut mare, won over Mrs.
Don J. Ferraro's Black Watch,
Sterling Smiths Happy Landing
and Sun Beau, Ballard's Wings and
Vernon C. Cardy's Prince Tex.
Good Performances.
Among entries turning In good
performances we're several horses
trained and bred in the Washing
ton area. Included were Star
Climber, formerly known as Mrs.
John Curry's steady performer
Smoky Miss and now owned by the
Seven Star Stables, Southern Pines,
N. c.; Chamorro, last years ma
tional jumper champion, and
Joker, formerly owned and trained
by Morton w. Smith, Middleburg,
Va.
Tanas Bill and My Bill, also for
mer Smith campaigners now show
ing under Mrs. Hank Greenberg's
colors; Frances Grouse Lees famil-
lar HOLE 10, now a part of Donald
Sutherland Ills Brooklyn Stable,
and Fred J. Hughes, jr.s, we'll
known stallion, Black Cady, per-
forming for the second year at the
Garden as member of the Mexi-
can Army team, also showed up
we'll.
Also under new colors are Mean
der Farms Transportation, now
owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Correl,
Scarsdale, N. Y, and Mountbatten,
formerly owned by Mrs. Stephen
Clark, jr.. performing for his new
owners. Mr. and Mrs. John c. Ke-
hoe, jr., Tunkhannock, Pa.