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Horse Show\\To Draw ManyOver WeekendJObechevwiehExpected To AttendAnnual Event HereCapacity Crowd Isorlt;xtl op, wiThe biggest and best i io« horse show in the 26 year u' history of the event will be Ec staged this weekend by the ijjf, Fairfield County Hunt club y« beginning tomorrow (Fri-day) morning and extending tethrough Sunday afternoon. u] During the course of the three dav show, champion- ^ship trophies and ribbons ^will be awarded in each ofseven divisions. ;stThe entry list, which closed ^ over a week ago, broke all records for the Fairfield show and the advanced ticket sale indicates that more people will attend than ever before. As an added attrac-tion this year, Fritz Stecken, in- ^ ternationally known dressagerider, will give exhibitions both Saturday and Sunday.Five challenge trophies will be up for competition in addition to the divisional championships. . Chief among tlmse is the Bedford ^ Challenge Trophy for conforms- ^ tion hunters. This cup. donated in j; 1932, goes permanently to the ^ first owner winning it three times. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hale, winner of the event last year with I “ “Blackbird” and winner in 1945, ° have two legs on the trophy. lstsieiPnaE(£COther trophy competition in- .eludes the Professional Horseman’s Association cup for open jumpers, the Carleton H. Palmer Challenge Trophy for cqnforma- ‘ tion hunters and the Greenwich, Ox Ridge and Fairfield and John Cavanagh cups for working hunters.stThe P.H.A. Trophy competition ® is part of the program at all of v the major horse shows throughout . the season. Points are awarded f at each show and the horse ac- j cumulating the greatest numbersof points during the season be- , comes the P.H.A. open jumper\champion and receives the trophy.The Palmer Trophy has been in competition sice 1939 and has also been won twice by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hale. Hunters in this event must be ridden by amateurs with scoring on a basis of J performance and way of going 50 percent, conformation 25 percent and manners 25 percent. Mrs. 1 M. E. Whitney’s “Safety Call” won the event last year.The Greenwich, Ox Ridge and Fairfield Challenge Trophy is competed for in all three of the shows, from which it gets its name. Richard Robinson was the winner at Fairfield in 1943. Miss Patricia Kelley’s “Lnnikia,” which won the working hunter championship at the Ox Ridge show in Darien last weekend, is defending the Cavanagh trophy this! year.Six of the seven championship trophies—in the working, voung and conformation hunter, jump-, er. horsemanship and junior divisions—will be awarded Sunday afternoon, along with the Bedford Challenge Trophy. The championship trophies and re- | serve championship ribbons are determined by the number of 1 points won in the various classes of each division. Also scheduled for the fingl program are four | $500 stake, events. IThis year’s show is being man-j aged by Herbert E. Ingram with Ira F. Warner as chairman, i Judges include: hunters, Hum- j phrey S. Finnev, Towson. Md.. j W. Brock, Fuller, Milwaukee.Wis., Christopher Wadsworth, ,Kcnmore, N.Y.. and Miss Emily L. Stevens. Bedminister. N.J.: jumpers, Lewis M Gibb, Old Westbury, L.I. and Lt. Col. Donald W. Thackeray, Chatum, N.J.: equitation, Mrs. M. B. Hewlett,T.T and Mrs. J. SehllV-
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Westport Town Crier
Westport, Connecticut, US
Thu, Jun 23, 1949
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