VOL. VIII; NO. 15.
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY TWENTY-FIFTH, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FIVE HUNDRED ONLOOKERS
The Equestrian JymMna was Most
Novel and Entertaining.
Participant and Onlooker Find
Equal Pleasure In Content Which
A ii r ur Well for the Future.
HE equestrian jymkahna,
or riding contest, which
took place in the Vil
lage riding ring Wednes
day afternoon, was with
out question, one of the
most novel entertainments ever seen here
and fully live hundred people followed
1 lie program with keen interest from start
to linish.
The participants were an even doen,
mostly young women,who found as much
merriment in the program as the onlook
ers: and taken altogether the event, is one
which augurs well for contests of a simi
lar character which have already heen
arranged.
Four events, varied in their nature, were
run oil", points being awarded to the three
Hishing first in each, and scoring live,
three, and one points. Miss II. K.Johnson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. K. Johnson,
Spuyten Duyvil, X, Y., won first with
thirl ,HMipoints,winning two firsts and one
second; and Miss Emily II. Allen, of
Moorestown, N. J., second, with eleven
points, winning one first and two sec
onds. Mrs. A. W. Mellon, of Pittsburg,
mounted on a superb bay hunter, was
one of the participants, and her finished
riding attracted much attention. Follow
ing Um' contest she gave a most interest
ing exhibition of hurdling.
Mher contestants included Miss Mar
Rwt and Miss Alice Presbrey, daughters
f Mr. and Mrs. Frank Presbrey, of New
rl, and they rode splendidly, finishing
well in several events.'
'J contest opened with a "warming
up" exercise .ma a short cavalry drill,
directed by Hiding Master Thomas W.
Mack. Tjie lirst eveut on the pr0gram
was tin. 0gg race in which contestants
''"'fM I led upon to ride across the ring
at lull gallop, and return, carrying an egg
'iiiguponu table spoon, at the same
m- A good many of the eggs were left
0,1 Ue track before the race wns half
'ait Miss Allen finished in good or-J-r,
Miss joi,llS0n and Miss Alice Pres
coming next in order. Miss Mar
ail' e 1l (,sbl'y finished second, but she
'imed to be considered ti contestant
owing to the fact that the egg dropped
into her lap during the race and was re
placed in the spoon.
The third event was the ring or lance
contest, contestants to pierce hanging
rings while riding at full gallop. Miss
Johnson won with two out of three, Miss
Margaret Presbrey and Miss Allen tying
for second, Miss Allen winning in the
ride-oil".
Next in order was the potato race, the
most ludicrous frolic of the afternoon,
and both contestants and onlookers
Mrs. Mellon and Mr. H. Nelson Kur
roughs tied for second, Mrs. Mellon win
ning easily in the ride-oft.
The last event was a lasso contest, par
ticipants being called upon to throw a
lasso over posts while riding at a gallop,
and while the efforts of the riders to ac
complish this feat were amusing no one
was "wild west" enough (not even the
member of the committee who attempted
to show what was to be done), to land
the noose over the target post.
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ALLAN LARD, COLUMBIA GOLF CLUB,
laughed until their sides ached. A bas
ket of potatoes was placed on one side of
the ring and contestants were expected
to transfer these to a basket on the other
side, by aid of pointed sticks. Naturally
the space about the baskets was hardly
sufficient for nearly a dozen horses, and
the crowding and frantic attempts of the
riders to spear the potatoes, combined
with the nervous shying of the horses,
was most amusing. Miss Johnson was
the winner of this event, transferring six
potatoes in the five minutes time allowed,
with Miss Allen a close second with five.
WASHINGTON WINNER VILLAGE CUP.
The prizes, a handsome pair of stirrups
and an English riding crop, were given by
the Management.
Details for the tournament were in the
hands of a committee composed of Riding
Master Mack, Mrs. Mellon, Miss Ilusel
ton and Mr. Jillson.
Work on the new ring is being pushed
forward rapidly, and future contests of
a similar character will be awaited with
keen interest by the guests of the Vil
lage. Another tournament is announced
for Wednesday afternoon next.
FAMOUS ELEVENTH HOLE
J. D. Foot Again Brings It Into Promi
nence With Freak Play.
Drops Ball Down Cabin Chimney
and Find it Spluttering- on the
Fireplace Hearth Inside.
VEIt since F. Y Kenyon
of Tin Whistle fame,
brought the eleventh hole
of the golf-course to es
pecial notice with his
novel tournament for
"divisible" prizes, strange things have
been done if not "seen'" at this point on
the course and it is to be expected.
There are certain associations connected
here which make the golfers ever on the
lookout for the unusual, and there is ap
parently, something in the atmosphere
which has its influence upon golf balls.
It has even been positively asserted
that the famous Pinehurst spring now
gurgles to the favored few known as the
bad T Ws
Let me ec; I won with thi'ee;
Have one on me; have one on me!
Kut the most remarkable part of it all
is the strange things which are done
here.
In these achievements J. D. Foot, of
Rye, N. Y., is easily the leader, starting
the ball a-rolling last season, and each
year doing something new. Last winter
he played a ball on the cabin roof, climbed
up and played it into the course and made
the hole in five.
Wednesday morning Mr. Foot thought
it was up to him to maintain his lead in
strange achievements here, so he teed a
ball high hoping to force it against the
wind and drop it nicely on the green,
when lo, the little sphere swung to the
left and very neatly dropped down the chim
ney of the cabin near the green.
Mr. Foot's caddy saw it and dashed into
the cabin with a cry, just in time to find
one of the occupants fishing the gutty
out upon the hearth.
"Look a-hyar honey," yelled the caddy,
"doant tech that yer ball," but the re
marks were not needed for the sphere
was burning and sputtering and emitting
an odor which was not pleasant.
A little later Mr. Foot appeared at the
door, and the condition of the ball made
him abandon the idea of playing it from
the hearth out through the door. The
ball is now in possession of Professional
Donald Ross, and will be carefully pre
served at the club house.