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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1911
Page
7
A high jump over a five foot gate caused chaos as a horse and rider charged through the crowd. Guards and mares, many owned by notable figures, dazzled in a day of classes from heavy hunters to pony shows.
Ring committee named for judging seven pony and horse classes at the inaugural show. Winners include Red Bird polo pony owned by Hugh Legare and Ta conite ridden by E. H. Weatherbee in heavyweight hunter division, with top honors also awarded to Virginia Girl ridden by Melvin C. Hazen in ladies hunters.
The show list names a range of class champions with owners. Ponies under saddle won by Paint Pot owned by John A. Detrick. Norcata and Ruby by E. T. Stotesbury. Gallant Lad ridden by Col. R. M. Thompson. Albion owned by Capt. J. R. Lindsey. Red Bird owned by Hugh Legare. Headlight owned by Glenara Stock Farms. Taconite owned by E. H. Weatherbee. Chiswell owned by Capt. Guy V. Henry. Dilham O. K. owned by Senator C. W. Watson. Confidante owned by Julian Morris. Lady Dilham and Starlight owned by J. H. Harriman. Adolphus Busch 3d won four-in-hands. Devisor owned by Bell Air Farm. Grangell owned by Senator C. W. Watson. Snapshot owned by Edward B. McLean. Grand Slam and Roustabout owned by Dee Heching er and Leighton Stables. Virginia Girl owned by M. C. Hazen.
Leighton stables owned team won red ribbon and Sunlight gelding with his mate placed third. Algoma ridden by Martha Hazard won the ladies hunters event, Willow King, Yellowstone Regent, and King Edward followed. Eighteen events featured polo ponies army horses Shetland ponies and big Irish hunters among others. Officials include Henry T Allen president Edward B McLean vice president and J William Henry treasurer with directors Beekman Winthrop and Leonard Wood among others. Executive committee includes Henry T Allen chair and Edward B McLean. Board of judges List incomplete.
Paint Pot owned by John A. Detrick of Dumfries Va won blue in Snidel class. Stotesbury entered Noreate and Ruby in 3 year old and over light harness pairs. Headlight from Glenara Farm Va upset Chigwell, with Confidante and Snapshot earning top placements. Grangell from Senator Watson’s string and Chiswell government rider horses also won blue in their divisions. Virginia Girl, a hunter mare bred by Mr. Hansen, crowned by Miss Martha Hazard’s exceptional riding.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the spiny medicine par excellence claiming unequated radical and permanent cures. It promotes liquid form and chocolate tablets named Earstabats.
A Washington Post report from Baltimore dated May 4 notes an agreement in the divorce case of Captain Isaac E. Emeragon and his wife. The wife receives 28 000 a year for life plus the couple’s residence on Eutaw Place. Attorneys for both sides stand to gain 5 000 each, said to be the largest divorce fees in Maryland. Witnesses for Mrs. Emerson included her daughter Mrs. James McVicdr of New York and two maids who testified the couple have not lived together for three years.
The United States ship Puritan was floated by a wrecking company and will be turned over to the government for docking at Norfolk navy yard. It sank on the Newport News middle ground after explosive tests months earlier, valued at 1.5 million dollars with about 30 thousand spent to raise it. Divers patched gaping bottom openings and the vessel was surfaced using pontons.
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