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^VOLUME 43 CAMPEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1932 NUMBER 50
lul l Y RIVER" CROWNED
| AS THE HUNTER CHAMPION
Hrge Gallery Defioa Wintry
Blast to See Horao Show?
H Harry D. Kirkover Sports
Brown Derby in Ring?Roy
Donavon Takes Sweepstakes
I^Kirby Tupper and Edith
Wills Give Fine Equestrian
;l Performances. ^
(By John W.. Lyman)
\vo blasting' cold days of winter
Bather failed to put a crimp or
Hnpen the ardor of the Camden
Bsc show folks who flocked in
go numbers on Friday und Sat ay
afternoons to attend this
Hiity-seeond annual event. At
^ o Field N'o. 2 all Camden assemHj.
There was a full turn-out of
cottage ljst, all the guests from
hotels and from the town and
ts of the county came large dele ions
to pay their respects to
Hug Horse" und sec a new hunter
mpion crowned. This year's
mpion was Liffy River, a hand-j
e and beautifully performing aged
Hk gelding, owned by Ernest L.
jHodward, of LeRoy, N. Y., and ]
city. There is no question on |
H decision of the judge, for J
^Wv. River not only gave some J
fine performances but also j
^ every class put up the most conHmt
performance of i*ny horse en^ d.
Roscommon, who was the re^ c
champion and last year's
Hmpion, gave some fine exhibitions
Hch was greatly due to the expert
^Riner in which he was ridden= by
by Tupper, one of the finest and
H' finished horsemen in the south.
David R. Williams' entry natHlly
attracted considerable atten'^B
with Tupper up.
i Br. Woodward's prize entry took
j Hhrst blue in the middle and heavy
^ ht class Friday aiternoon, close'^pres-ed
by both Roscommon and
^Harri K. Mellon's bay gelding,
B.y. trained by North Fletcher and
H Waller, of Warrenton, Va. Dal
although a green horse, gave an
Hlh-nt account of himself and uo
H before the horse show season
will add several blues to his
iHiing-. vLiffy River really 'and
y >howed his class in the Cor|H:an
event in which he was pushed
[Hhe limit to gain first place over
Hry l>. Kirkover's Athlacca. Mr.
'Ht?n,r> horse was in fine fettle,
winter weather seemed to be to
liking for he was hopping the
Hades with keenest delight. Snow
Hie, owned by Mrs. Francis RodH.
wa- third, and the Mellon horse
Hth. In the handy hunter class,
By Ih.tr took the red ribbon, bei
be.i'- n out by Mrs. Dwight Part^ e'
M:; Cap, as classy a handy
there is in this neck of
^B" I?m:i\on The Surprise Horse
-how without a surprise
B' a f.il. . rather a dull affair, but
H- that happened with the
"<' -.v. In the jumper sweep:
B^. R y honnvon, a strong brown
tftir c?lding, belonging to L. H.
-f the Kirkwood hotel
h'. -a.led his way to victory in
;,r!".' that was really thrilling.
I D ; .t' on was staked against
ft jumpers, among them bel^ar.iy.
'fop Gallant, Barry and
W.th Alden Hall up and
properly tuned for this performance,
having taken a red in the touch-undout
on Friday, the Bramlett entry
was in fine jumping fiddle. He sailed
over the bars with ease and grace,
leaving plenty of daylight. Roy
Donavon is the prize horse at the
Kirkwood and on Saturday afternoon
everybody front1 Manager Karl
Abbott to the smallest stable darkey
wag on hand to cheer the big gelding
on to victory. In the juvenile
class first and second honors went
to Fletcher and Waller with Bozaza
and Bam. Rose Mary, belonging to
Burwell Boykin, Jr., was third and
Ellen Knapp's Delilah was fourth.
Mrs. Gerard Smith Wins Two Classes
Mrs. Gerard Smith, formerly Miss
Alice Good, took blues in the model
hunter and road hack classes. The
former, the largest class of the show,
was divided in thorough and half
bred classes. In the thoroughbreds
Quentin Durward, aged brown geldj
ing and winner of scores of blue ribI
bons and several championships, such
as Fairfield, Rumson, Newport and
other shows, was given first place.
Next came Peacock, owned by Blue
Mill Stable, followed by Dalby, the
Mellon entry, and Mrs. Paul I). Abbott's
Fireglow. Lady Sears was
winner for the half breds, with Roscommon
second, and with Mr. Sam- ,
uel Russel's The Rabbit and Bay Boy.
third and fourth. |
The victory that no doubt brought
Mrs. Smith the most joy was when
her newly imported Irish hunter, Corbally,
a brown gelding five years,
took the blue in the road hack classj
over 15 hands. Corbally had already
won the lightweight hunter championship
at Dublin last summer and
later was grand champion at the Belfast
show. This was his first appearance
in an American show. David
R. Williams, with Sky Raker, was
second; Ward C. Belcher's bay gelding,
Emperor, third and Mrs. Abbott's
Fireglow, fourth.
One of the most interesting classes
of the show was that of the lightweight
hunters, of which there were
eighteen entries. First honors were
awarded Mrs. Donald McClave's Sandy.
Miss Edith Wills took second
with Scamper Joe. Pairs of hunters
were captured by Lizduff and Barney
Ogden, owned by Wayside Stables
and Mrs. Dwight Partridge, respectively.
Mrs. McClave's Sandy and
Ward Belcher's King Cole were second.
Liffy and Athlacca, owned by
Mr. Woodward and Mr. Kirkover,
third. .
Big Brother II, owned by W. C.
Clyburn, took the blue in the saddle
class for over 15.2 hands, and Samuel
Russell won with Gilpy in the
class for under 15.2 hands.
Brown Boss Is Polo Champion
There was much interest taken in
the two polo classes. Brown Bess,
owned by Richard S. Allison, was
given "first place over Gerard Smith s (
The Little Man. Both ponies performed
in excellent style and it took
all the keen judgment of young Billy
Post .to decide upon the winner. In
the heavy-weight class "Denny" Baldwin's
Wasseon was the winner, with
Ebenezer, second, for the championship
Mr. Post names Brown Bess
champion, and The Little Man, re- (
served. In the pair class to be rid- (
den by a lady and gentleman and
shown at walk, trot and canter, Mrs.
Flat Race "Trys" in
Columbia Saturday
Columbia, S. C., March 18.?Some
of the best running horses in the
country now training for the Kentucky
Derby and the other big race
meets will be seen in a big spring
"try-out" at the State Fair Grounds
Saturday afternoon. The races are
scheduled to start at 2:80 o'clock.
General admission will be 55 cents
and chairs in the boxes at $1.10 each.
The program will contain six events.
Governor Ibra Blackwood, Mayor
L. B. Owens and other high state and
city officials will be present, as will
Thomas Hitchcock, 'Sr. , the father of
American stedplechasing, and the
sportsman to whom The Carolina
Cup is dedicated, the race being run
at tho famous Springdale track, a
week from Saturday, March 20th.
Other well known horse lovers from
Aiken, Camden, Pinehurst, Charleston,
Augusta and other places will be
on hand to take a look at the runners.
During the season there have been
over 140 horses in training for the
coming season. Among owners having
horses are: Walter J. Salmon, .J.j
H. Louchheim, Joe Bauer, Dr. T. M.
Cassidy, Clarence and Meirit Buxton,,
W. T. Anderson, W. C. Miller, Mrs.1
C. Oliver Islen, Baron von Nix and
others.
Some of the horses still in train-1
ing are: Universe .Economic, Air
Pilot, Bourbon Days, Uncanny, Rob-!
rock, Little Nap, Georgian, Southern
Boy, Dennon, Silver King, Carolina
Bud, Swift Boy, Calamity, Gracious
Lady, Buddy Basil, John F. Glen-j
daire, Mamus, Sweeper, Irish Hero (
and others. ;
A feature of the afternoon will be
a race arranged for the old time
"jocks" to pull some of their stuff.1
Among them^will be Happy Buxton, j
Roy Waldron, Dennis Grimes and Joe^
Bauer.
. M !
Dwight Partridge, with Barney Og-j
den and Mad .Cap, easily took the !
class.
Children's ponies were divided into'
two classes, John R. Todd's Tony;
winning one division and "Denny":
Baldwin's Spot the other class. In
tho hunt teams Camden took first,.
Genessee second and Warrenton,
third. |
I In spite of the arctic weather!
everybody came to the Camden show
for a good time and such a little
thing as low temperature had no effect
on those present. What was
cold without made folks all the warmer
within. There was Mr. Harry
Kirkover acting as ring master and
sporting his brown derby in true j
democratic convention style, "j Mr. i
Samuel Russell never lost sight, of j
the prizes which he presented-as soon i
as the judge had declared the win- J
ners. Then there was Carroll Bas- j
sett, acting as both secretary and j
jockey. Miss Edith Wills, wher) not!
rid:ng her own mounts, was trying;
to win ribbons for her friends. Mr. j
David Williams never kept his eyes
off Kirby Tupper's performances,]
and there were others with him. |
"Aunt" Kitty Foot, who never fails]
to have a shilling up, was caught by!
the camera chatting with "Gerry" ]
Smith. Of course Mr. Ernest L. ]
Woodward had his eyes peeled when
his entries were performing. Mrs.
Dwight Partridge was busy with her^
own entries with Mr. Partridge j
checking up on the ribbons. Denny j
Baldwin and others were not hard to !
(Continued on I^ast Page)
Large Crop of Lilies
Grown in Camden
One of the prettiest indoor scenes
in and near Camden?for that matter
anywhere in the south?is presented
to visitors viewing the fifteen large
greenhouses of the Camden - Floral
company, prior to Easter of this year.
They have under cultivation sixty
thousand feet of "Camden Grown"
Easter lilies and other potted plants.
Their slogan is "Camden Grown
Lilies, Just a Little Better." And
the slogan must be having its effect
for last year they sold twenty thousand
pols and this year they have increased
their output to twenty-five
thousand pots?representing a total
of one hundred thousand blooms.
Owing to the late cold snap their
lilies are in greater demand than ever
before and the company expects to
sell out earlier this season than usual.
The cold weather has boosted
their trade, not only locally but also
mail and express shipments.
This company began on a small
scale with one greenhouse a few
years ago on east Laurens street.
Later they expanded and purchased
vacant lots on west lgiurens street
and gradually increased their plant
from one to fifteen greenhouses, and ,
their trade has grown to such an extent
that it reaches from beyond New
York to the extreme points of Florida
on the Atlantic seaboard. They
have their own packing and refrigerating
plants. Lilies that bloom over
night are cut in the early morning
and put in cold storage where they
are kept until orders arc received,
then they are carefully wrapped and
iced and always reach their destination
as fresh as when cut from the
pots.
They have the lilies growing in
various stages and by their forcing
process have been enabled to furnish
lilies at any season of the year?in
fact they tell it without contradiction
that there has not been a day
in four years but what you could
buy Easter lilies from this plant.
Growing in these fifteen greenhouses
besides lilies is an assortment
of carnations, roses, snapdragons,
sweet peas and other varieties to a
minor extent. But their specialty is
Easter lilies and they are known to
be the largest growers in the southern
states.
This local floral company is a member
of the South Carolina unit of the
Florists' Telegraph Delivery association,
an organized group of bonded
florists, with more than six thousand
members throughout the civilized
world. An order for flowers from
Camden to a point in California can
be delivered the same day. W. L.
Goodale, president of the Camden
Floral Company, is chairman of the
South Carolina unit; Charles L.
Sligh, of Columbia, vice chairman;
and Hal Kohn, of Newberry, is secretary.
Th?- Camden Floral company is a
large industry in Camden and is said
to be the largest patron of the pareel
post and express service operating
out of this city.
N. K. Godale. Jr., is really the
brains behind the big enterprise so
far as the. planting and rearing of
the plants/ and it is no small job
to Ik- able'to bring so large a quantity
of lilies to bloom "on time" ???d
have them ready for shipment at
Easter time. "Say It With Flowerx"
is a national slogan and this local
company has done much towards putting
Camden on the map.
Carolina Cup Race
To Be Big Event
(By John W. Lyman)
Steeplechase lovers throughout the
country are looking forward with
much interest to the running on The
Carolina Cup race, Saturday afternoon,
March 26th, cn the popular
Springdalo track, two miles from
this city. For severul weeks the
training tracks in and about >S<pringdale
have been busy with trainers
and horses getting ready for this
event which opens the third steeplechase
meet, under the sanction and
rules of the hunts committee of the
National Steeplechase and Hunt/Association.
The committee consists of
James Boyd, Bur well H. Boykin, Jr.,
Robert llaynes, Thomas Hitchcock,
Sr., Harry 1> .Kirkover, T. Skiddy
von Stade and Ernest L. Woodward.
V Mr. Kirkover, acting secretary of
The Carolina Cup meet, announces
that The Carolina Cup race, three
^nilos over timber, has an even dozen
entries. In certain circles, and those
who follow the steeplechase meets
throughout the country, the favorite
will no doubt be Troublemaker, owned
by M^s. T. 11. Somerville, of Montpolior,
ViL Troublemaker, although
a young horse, proved his worth on
two notable occasions last summer
by running second at Grassland and ;
Meadow Brook, Long Island, New i
York, lie will, it is claimed, have
the leading runners at the Monmouth
Country Hunt Club meet last November.
He will, it is claimed, have
plenty of stiff competition in Mrs.
W. Austin Wadsworth's Hotspur,
winner of the Washington's Birthday
Plate, two miles over timber.( Emerald
Isle, owned by Ernest L. Woodward,
third in last year's race, and
who was second in the Washington
Birthday event, has been entered.
Sunset, Harry I). , Kirkover's healthy
looking bay gelding, will have no few
backers. V^Moblaw and War Mist are
also being figured by those who have
been watching the morning workouts.
Sparius, owned by Victor Emanuel,
of I?ng Island also has many admirers.
Mrs. Frances P. Garvin, who always
has entries," will start Lord
Rowland and Rubble. Word comes j
from Glyndon, Md., that Chester ,F. :
Hockley has a promising entry in J
Waltham and is likely to prove the j
dark horse of the race. Besides
Moblaw, Mrs. Paul D. Abbott has
another entry in Rhythm. Fairbanks
is the entry of Mrs. Geraldyn Redmond
and King Oxford is the late
entry of Mrs. Garvin.
This will be the third running of
The Carolina Cup and every owner
is looking forward in hope of bring-,
ing out another Sea Soldier, winner
of last year's race. Sea Soldier today
has several experts who believe
he has a chance to take the Grand
National.
Springdale Brush Next- Important
Next in importance to The Carolina
Cup is the Springdale, 2 miles i
over brush. Tereus, winner of the I
Cherokee race three weeks ago, will
no doubt be a favorite. Tereus is
owned by Mrs. T. II. Somerville,
owner of Troublemaker. He is an
imported French horse, and until
Washington's Birthday meet, had
never . raced over brush. All his races
in France were on the flat. His
win here in February came as a big
surprise in every way. Since then
Tereus has shown so much improvement
in his workouts he will possibly
be a big favorite when they go to the
post. Other horses entered are:
(Imp.) Whiskey, owned by T. B. Gay,
of Richmond, Va.; King Oxford,
owned by Mrs. Francis. P.. Garvin;
Peacock, owned by Carroll Bassett;
Gun Boat, owned by J. Temple
Gwathmey; Netta Run. owned byMr--.
R. B. Leans and War Mist,
w - <! by Victor Emanuel.
The Kershaw Steeple base, 2 miles
o-e: brush, ar. added event, and is
for maiden-, and non-winners of $.*>00.
There are nine entries. Netta Run, J
\Y MM, King Oxford are also en-j
ered in the Springdale. The new
? : v ,e are Fairy I^>re, owned by
Nor! I.ning. of Virginia; Star Piaster,
.wned by Marcel De'.porte, of Glyndon.
Md.; Kyber Pass, owned by Carr
11 Bassett; Unfair, owned by W. L.
Saunders and Warlow, owned by Ernest
Thompson.
The Camden Plate is six furlongs
on the flat. There are a dozen ent-ios
in this event: Fairy Lore, owned
by Noel Laing, Virginia; Dr. Rankin,
owned by J. W. Y. Martin, Baltimore;
Rubble, owned by Mr*. Fran
Horse Show Event
Brought Many Here
The moat important event of last
week was the twenty-second annual
horae ahow which was held on Friday
and .Saturday afternoons. Ten
classes ?were shown each afternoon
and a large gallery followed with
greatest interest the performance of
the jumpers, nolo ponies, saddle
horses and children's ponies. Many
out-of-town gueata were entertained
in the homes and hotels and the occasion
was one of the high spots in
the social calendar. Among the outof-town
visitors at the horse show
were Mrs. Paul Abbott, of Warrenton,
V'a., and New York; Mrs. Frank
Gould, of New York, who were guests
of Miss Ruth Richards at Green Txmf
Villa. Mrs. Abbott has visited Camden
three times this season and has
recently been the guest of Mrs. Gould
on Jekyl Island,' Ga. Mrs. William
Peterkin. Jr., of Lang Syne Plantation,
Fort Mott, S. C.," and her guest,
M iss Katherine Rauers, of Savannah,
attended the show on both afternoons
as did Miss Mary Wilder and Robert
Young, Jr., of Savannah, who were
the guests of Mrs. Willis Wilder, at
the Kirkwood.
Of wide social interest was the
flower show given last week at St.
Mary's Hall by the Camden Garden
Club. Prizes were given for individual
flowers as well as for artistie
arrangement and the displays from
the large winter estates were un- 'i
usually fine.
In honor of her daughter, Mrs.
Damon DcBois Wack, of Now York,
who is her guest und of her mother,
Mrs. Benjamin Moore, of New York,
who is passing the winter at the
Kirkwood, Mrs. Ward Ttelcher entortained
with an aftornoon tea at "The
Cabin", inviting a nbmber ofvthe wihter
colony to meet them.
Mrs. Wilfred Wright has returned
to her home at Hempstead, L. I., after
spending the winter at her charming
home on Chesjiut street. During
her stay Mrs. Wright took a prominent
part in the social and civic life
of Camden. It was greatly due to
her untiring efforts that the recent
Associated Charities Drive went over
the top with marked success. In all
charitable organizations she is a mov,
ing figure and her interest in anything
for the betterment of Camden
is unfailing.
Of much interest to many in the
winter colony is the announcement
made this week by Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Chilton Keith, of Warrcnton,
Va., of the wedding plans of their
daughter, Julia Stuyvesant Gordon
Keith to Melville Henry Beams, Jr.
The wedding will be solemnized at
St. James' church, Warrenton, on
Monday, March the 28th, followed by
a reception at "Ihunnottar," the
bride's home. Both Miss Keith and
Mr. Beams are well known in Cdmden
where they spent several weeks
with Mrs. Good and Mr. and Mrs.
Gerard S. Smith, of New York, at
the Kirkwood. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
will attend the wedding at which
Mr. Smith will be best man.
Judge and Mrs. Frank L. Fuller,
of New York and Mount Kisco, who
visited their daughter, were extensively
entertained during their visit.
Mr, and Mrs. Robert Pomoroy entertained
for them with a dinner at "Cedar
Knoll," their home on Kirkwood
Heights. Mrs. Eugene Clark entertained
for them at dinner and I)r.
O. S. Wightman, of New York, gave
a dinner at "The Cabin" in their
honor.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Woodward
entertained with a dinner at their
home, "Holly Hedge," their guests,
including Mr. and Mrs. David R. Williams
and their guest Mrs. J. C. Hill,
of New York; Mrs. Frank Henry,
Mr. and Mrs. Bolivar Boykin, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry I). Kirkover, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Case, Mrs. Robert li. Deans
and Samuel Allen.
Dr. Dodge Peters entertained with
a dinner party of nine guests in the
Kirkwood grill, his guests including
a group of friends at Court Inn.
Mr or.c? Mrs. Gerard Smith gave
a card party at Green Ixtaf Villa
last week.Gilbert
Steward, of New York, Is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Campbell Steward, at their home on
Kirkwood Heights.
In honor of Mrs. Wilfred Wright
and Mrs. Rodney Jarvis, who have
been popular members of the winter
colony this season. Mrs. William A.
Nisbet gave a farewell luncheon at
Green Leaf Villa the day before their
departure.
The events of the two-day horse
show were brought to a brilliant
c !<)>( by the dance given on Saturday
evening ir. .the grill of the KirkA
r. urn her of dinners wore
given it) the gml while ethers entertained
with dinners at home later
attend.fig the dance. Mrs, Eugene
( lark entertained with a dinner in
.toner of her sen and daughter. Mr.
and Mrs. C. \. Benton, who a-e visiting
her.
On Monday Mrs. John Quinlnn. who
iy one ! i he virtT residents ? +
?Contir.a?d on Last Page>
ces P. Garvin; Gunther, owned by J.
Bowers Bond, Baltimore; Lord Britain,
owned by D. Walter Mabce, Saratoga;
Initial, owned by W. L. Saunders,
Spartanburg, S. C.; O, owned
by Mrs. Geraldyn Redmond, Long
Island; Ladala, Peacock and Kyber
Pass, owned by Rains Head Stables,
Porterville, N. J.; Annapolln and War
Mist, owned by Victor Emaaoel.
/ . Beautiful Scene From Interior of Cemden Floral Company Plant . '