Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-13
By ANNE CHRISTMAS
Star Stan Writer

William C. Steinkraus, cap
tain of the United States eques-
trian team, won himself two
classes worth of points with a
single blue ribbon last night in
the Washington International
Horse Show, which closes to-
night at the Armory.
Steinkraus rode KSar D'Esprit
and Trail Guide in two heady
rounds to win the Smacko
Memorial Challenge Trophy
awarded to the rider with the
best score on two mounts. He
was the only American in the
ribbons, as Mexico's Ricardo
Guasoh placed second, Brazil's
Nelson Pessoa third, and an
other Brazilian, Maj. Renildo
Ferreira, fourth.
The class counted double
points for the victors, but still
did not provide a serious chal-
lenge to the still-leading United
States representative, Hugh
Wiley. who did not enter the
class because he felt his horses
deserved a brief respite from
the jumping wars. Even with
out any points last night, Wiley
still has % points for earlier
ribbons, including his skein of
four triumphs out of six inter-
national classes.
Last nights double points
gave PesSoa a total of IA,
Guasch IL, and Ferriera and
SteinkrauS. II each.
Three-Way Battle
The working hunter division
settles down to a three-way bat
tie /. for tallies, with the all
important stake class scheduled
for. tonight and apt to make
major changes in the standings.
Leading the stable division
as the show headed into its final
hours were Peggy Augustus
Little Sailor, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert.. Egan's Blue Monday, and
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Robert Motch's
Windsweep. Not far behind was
the 1858 champion, Saxon
Woods Farms Naute Mia, with
seven.
The 6-year-old Blue Mon
days most noteworthy blue rib
bon was in the working hunter
outing in which appointments
were considered, where he
turned back such f1ashy older
horses as Miss Eleanor Sears
Reno, Naute Mia and Claire
Lang Miller's Moonlight Bay
The Cad Enters Picture
There was only a slight vari-
ance in the point standings
among the open jumping divi-
sion, where riders were COM
planning rather wistfully that
they spent long hours waiting
for their single class each day.
Yesterdays whirl put Charles
A. Dubois The Cad into the
championship picture as he
took the spread-fence event and
boosted his total to eight. Tied
with him, with only the jumper
stake ahead, is the mare brought
over from England, Pats Sister,
owned by Warren Woffard.
A newcomer bounced into the
considerations for the gree
working hunter section in Air
Dome, a big 3-year-old bay
owned by Kimberton Hills Farm
in Pennsylvania. Air Dome was
the winner in a field of 43 for
the appointments class, and
earned his first ribbon of the
show.
Second went to Mrs. Henry
Obre's utterly feminine looking
mare, Gaiety Girl, who boosted
her points to eight. Mrs. Obre
journeyed to the Armory from
her farm at Monkton, Nd, to
see Gaiety Girl because she had
never seen her jump before. A
friend in Ireland sent Mrs. Obre
the filly last year as a gift. and
she arrived in this country by
boat with shipping tags TIED in
her name. Gaiety Girl now is
tied with Peggy Augustus Bit
o'Honey, who was not in the
ribbons in the appointments
event.
Things began to settle down
in the conformation hunter di-