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The Horse Sho w
Cham pi 0)!ship
Lucie DuBois
Sunshine, green turf, shining white palings, and the Hash of bright habits—all combined to make the eleventh of May a truly perfect setting for the Hartridge Horse Show. Slowly the spectators arrived, and soon
the ring was completely surrounded by cars full of eager participants or fond parents and friends. The judges’ stand, in the center of the ring, was already a center of great interest with its shining cups and bright ribbons ancl the three most impot;tant people of the day. Colonel Edwin
G. Babcock, Mrs. Edwin G. Babcock, and Mrs. L. H. Gates, our judges. As the bars were let down to admit the first class, the buzz of con­
versation ceased for a moment, and all attention was focussed on the entrance. 1 he toots of the car horns were loud and long when Denny Underwood, riding Fleetwood, was awarded first place. Immediately the second class rode into the ring, and after some difficult judging it was an­
nounced that Margaret Morse, on Grand Parade, should receiv^e the blue ribbon, hollowing this, came the last class, in which Helen Butterfield carried off first place. Then the red and blue ribbon winners of classes
I, II, and III competed for a cup given by the Cross Country Riding Club,
and Lucie DuBois rode off with it amid many cheers and the clicking of
movie cameras. The fifth class, for Saddle Horses, was also won by Lucie DuBois on Highland Belle.
A short intermission ensued while the bars were
jumping. Then the crowd cheered enthusiastically as awarded the cup.
being put up for Doris Laing was
Everything was over. The horses were led off to their stables; the happy riders were bundled into cars; and the spectators departed.
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