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Valley's Home-News Weekly
Vol. XXVI. No. 37.
SEWICKLEY. PA., FRIDAY. MAY 31. 1929
Price 5 Gents.
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A WINNING HUNT TEAM
In the Allegheny Country Club Horse Show, which opens next Friday, this
group of handsome mounts will be observed with special interest; they won
first honors in the hunt team'class at the' Cleveland Horse Show earlier this
month. They are: Dictator, owned by B. F. Jones III., and Flashlight and
Bingo, both belonging to H. N. Van Voorhis. In the Cleveland show J. 0.
Burgwin, (M. F. H.), tho Huntsman, and H. C. Bughman, Jr., (whip) were up;
in this picture we see Mr. Jones, the Huntsman and Mr. Bughman.
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Numerous guests at ihiouse parties on
Sewickley Heights over .the horse show,
June 6, 7 and 8 at the Allegheny Country Club, the many attendants necessary to caro for 150 or more horses
which aro due to arrive in Sewickley a
few days before the show, and the
horses themselves ■wliieh will crowd the
stables in iSewickley and on the Heights
promise Sewickley a very busy week.
The show is to be ibigger than ever,
with close 'to 300 hoirses entered, the
out of town ones representing six states.
Thoy aro coming from the East, Canada, and aa far west as Oklahoma City.
This year for the first time there is
to be a class for horses owned by farmers located in this vicinity, in which
much interest has been manifested and
a largo list of entries. This class is
for farm horses, to be shown in hand,
and will be judged on ihe last morning
of tho show, Saturday, Juno 8th.
The judges, of which there are six,
represent Kentucky and Virginia, associated for generations With horse culture, Canada, and -the East. Judging
saidclo horses and ponies will 'bo Charles
N. Handier of "Wheeling, West Virginia,
and Qua A, Thompson of Paducah, Ken
tucky; five gaited saddle horses, Mr.
Handier and Mr. Thompson; hunters
and jumpers, S. J. Macy of Warrenton,
Virginia; Lewis E. Waring of New
York and-Harry Sifton Of Toronto; harness horses and iponies, Mr. Hanciher;
farm horses, Thomas W. Clark of Edgemont, Pennsylvania, and Mr. Handier;
breeding classes for saddle horses, Mr.
Handier and Mr. Thompson, and breeding classes for hunters, Mr. Macy, Mr.
Waring and Mr. Sifton. Most of the
judges will bo quartered at the Allegheny Country Club. With Mr. Sifton
will come his son, Clifford Sifton, who
is to ride in some of the children's
classes.
Othor children who will make their
horse show debut, Susan Burgwin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Burgwin; Marjorie Brown, daughtor of Mr.
and Mrs. McOloane Brown; Macy Louise
"Flinn, 'daughter of Mr, and Mrs. A, Bex
Flinn; Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, William Boyd; Elaine Darlington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Harry
Darlington Jr., and her brother, MeCullough; 'Eleanor Goorgo, daughter of
Mr, and Mrs, W, D. George; Stolla
Coulter, young Greensburger.
The trophies are both valuable and
different. The conventional large silver
plate has been donated by the Alle--
gheny Country Club for the hunter
championship and a large silver urn won
last year Iby Torrence ' Miller in the
Corinthian Class, is the John C. Oliver
Memorial Challenge Cup, one of the
coveted prizes. A cup presented by W.
C. Eobinson will reward tho Shetland
'pony ©lass winner, and a similar silver
vase was donated by T. A. MeGinley
for the farm team Winner. W. B, Schiller contributed a cup for the children's
saddle ihorso class winner and W. P.
Snyder Jr., gave a cup for -tlio second
prize winner in tho ladies' saddlo class,
Tlle cup for tho first prizo Winner in
tho same class was presented by H. N,
Van Voorhis, A largo silver bowl, for
the champion saddle horse owner was
given by the club.
The cup for tho saddlo pony class
was donated by Mrs. W. P. Snyder, and
a silver plate for tho ladies' hunter
class was (presented by "Richard K. Mellon. Harry Darlington, Jr., presented
the silver bowl for the farm liorso class.
But *ho novelties among the prizes
aro iii tiio other classes.   Mass Gretchen
V. Schoonmaker gave a silver group
consisting of a large and Small horse,
Saddled ready for riding, which will reward the .parent and child' elass winner. 'The novice Intnter class Winner
will get a silver model of a hunter in
'hunt costume, the trophy presented by
J. D. Lyon, going over a silver fcn.ee.
Iu tho open jumper's elass 'the reward
will be a jade cigarette tray, with a
■silver liorse on tho rim, the itrophy presented by J, Frederic Byers. A mounted huntsman, with dogs, surmounting
a heavily ornamonted cigarette box, tho
whole dona in silver, is the prizo for
the hunt team class.
The general committee includes H. 0.
Bugl-man, Jr., chairman, "R. K. Mellon,
W. B. Schiller, H. N. Van Voorhis, W,
P. Snyder Jr., W. C. Eobinson and T.
MeKoo Graiham. Mr, Van Voorhis1 is
chairman of Alio ring committeo; Mrs,
W. 0. Eobinson, chairman of tickets and
boxes; Mrs. H. 0. Buglimian Jr., chairman of trophies; J, F. Byers, chairman
of entertainment; Mrs. T. MeKoo Graham, of refreshments; Mrs. W, B. Schil-
Ict, 'of music; T. MeKee Graham, of the
stables anld T. A. MeGinley, of advertising 'and' printing.
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