Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
Princess Jack
Captures Title
In Horse Show
BY ANNE CHRISTMAS

A 4-year-old daughter of a
famous high-jumping mare of
yesteryear is proving that when
you breed for jumping ability.
you also might be lucky enough
to get a topnotch hunter.
The filly is Princess Jack,
who yesterday earned the grand
championship of the Prince
Georges Democratic Club horse
show on Mr.. and Mrs. James
BANDS farm near Suitland.
Md. Princess Jack is owned by
Claude w. owen of Washing
ton whose horses have won
the same title on four other
occasions.
Princess Jack was bred and
developed by Mr.. and Mrs.
Gardner Mailman. The mare
is a daughter of Lady Jack,
now in her EOS and still pro-
ducing colts with fine jumping
ability.
For yesterdays efforts, Prin-
cess Jack tsired by Majority
Rule) earned Is points and
the green working hunter
championship over Mrs. M. E.
Lunn's Table Tennis, repre-
senting her Llangollen Farms
at Upperville, Va.
Among the working hunters
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray H. Norton,
jr.'s. Aetna returned to the
show ring after a years retire
ment because of a hoof injury
and won the championship
over DR.. Christine Kehne's
High Girl. Aetna won the work
ing hunter trials class and
placed second in the hunte.
hacks with Mrs. Norton riding
High Girls victory behind
Aetna was noteworthy because
DR.. Kehne's mare had won the
junior championship of the
show Saturday. Richard Zim-
norman of Laurel, Md, rode
the gray ip both sessions.
Fred Hughes rode his Hi L
to the championship of the
open jumping division over
George Di Paula's Lariat, from
Baltimore.
One of the days best classes
was the versatility open jump
ers, over a tricky course. which
went to Bobbie Gardner with
Tania. R. v. Hills On Time
scored impressively over ar
equally tough set Of jumps in
the modified Olympic class
which he won over Hi Ii.
Warm-up Jumpers Virginia Miss
/ Linky Smith; .. Hi Ii, Fred Hughes
4 ir.; 3 Miss Virginia. Linky Smith; 4
/ Uslv Ducklins Norma Gerstenfeld
/ Princess Jsck Claude W owen .. Gro.
qustte, Llansollen Farm; 3. Table Ten.
mis-. llanEollen Farm; 4. Warnita, A. 8
/ Daily
Wording hunter hacks i. Gre
Saint Martha Sterbak; >. Aetna. Mr.
/ and Mrs Ray Norton. jr: 3. Ad Lib
Mr. and Mrs Jerry Strong: 4. Rendi.
/ ton. Shirly Shower.
open iumpers-i. HI Ii: 2. Ugly
/ Ducklins 3. LsTiat. George Di Paula
I
Green working hunters. Princess
Jack; .. Table Tennis; 3, Croauette
w S,.sl hunter trsils1 I: Aetna: 2
Jinks Land HO Farm.
Modified Olympic, On Time. r. v
Hill; =. HI Ii: 3. Tania Bobbie Gard
4 ner: Laralt
-. cIoouette; Princess JACK: )
Table Tennis; 4. Turning Point, Jael
Ladies working hunters i. HiEl
S 6sn T Tinkys T IIsT s., Sheila Ora
Knock down and out. Larait: 2
Miss Furs 3 Miss Virsinia; A. HI Ii
Open green working hunters -
PPiqEys J 5aeE w. Table Tennis
Open working hunters. Ad Lib
cisn. Mrs. Williams
Versatility open Jumpers. Tania
Miss
Green working hunter champion
Princess Jack. Claude W owen, u
points reserve. Table Tennis. Liam.
golen Farms. 10 points.
Worklne hunter champion - Aetna
Nr ard Mrs Raw Norton. ir.: reserve
High Girl. DR. Christine Kehne
Jumper champion - Hi Ii. Free
Hughes, ir. reserve. Lariat Link
Smith