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GYMKHANA AT MAGNOLIA 
Most Brilliant Out-door Event of the Season at 
this Popular North Shore Resort Last Satur- 
day. 
All Magnolia, and in fact a large 
number of people from all along the 
North Shore, lined Crescent beach, 
Magnolia, last Saturday afternoon for 
the second annual gymkhana and tour- 
nament of mounted sports. Hundreds 
of interested spectators drove to the 
beach in automobiles and vehicles, 
while everybody simply poured out 
from the hotels. 
It was the most brilliant out-door 
event of the season at Magnolia. 
The initial event of the afternoon 
was the children’s saddle competition 
for boys and for girls, a riding bridle 
presented by J. Henry Coulter being 
the prize offered for the boy, and a 
beautiful little silver cup from the 
Hesperus for the girl. Samuel and 
Isabel Wadsworth of Philadelphia, 
aged 14 and 12, respectively, took the 
first prize in the former and second in 
the latter event. 
In the potato race for men and 
women there were two divisions. Miss 
Covel won in the women’s division 
and H. C. Washburn in the men’s. 
In the final heat Miss Covel, who rode 
finely, beat out Mr. Washburn by a 
fraction of a second. Among other 
contestants in this event were Misses 
Eleanor Sears, Margaret Gummey and 
Mrs. Carleton, and Messrs. Reggie 
Bolles, H. Van Namen, W. J. Carle- 
ton and C. M. Haley. 
In the jumping class, open for men 
and women, the horses were ali quite 
nervous. R.S. Bradley, on Paragon, 
won first, and also third on Mikado. 
Miss Alice Thorndike won second on 
Iron Duke. Other contestants were 
Miss Sears, riding Hamilton; Miss 
M. A. Carleton on Maido’Erin ; Hilda 
Rice; Reggie Bolles on Patrice, and 
afterward on Fearnaught, the hand- 
somest actor of the day; Miss Mar- 
garet Gummey on Joker. The height 
of the jump was 4 feet and the prize 
was a silver cup offered by Mr. Bolles. 
The quarter mile flat race was won 
by Neil Rice, the 13-year-old son of 
C. H. Rice of Ipswich, who rode Gold 
Band. He won out bya great burst 
in the last 20 feet, the time being 
194 seconds. Nineof Hearts, ridden 
by Reggie Fitz of Manchester, al- 
though making a bad start, pulled 
clear in the lead and seemed to have 
the race well in hand, when he was 
beaten out by an eyelash. Other 
horses entered were Capt. De Jony’s 
Starlight, H. Potter; Capt. De Jony’s 
Princess, S. Vidouves ; Harry Tweed’s 
Miss Tracy, Louis Shaw; J. H. Coul- 
ter’s Slivers, J. Collins; J. H. Coul- 
ter’s Happy Days, J. H. Coulter. 
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The quarter-mile hurdle race, with 
three hurdles, was also an exciting 
event and was won by J. H. Coulter’s 
Wonderland, ridden by Mr. Coulter, 
with Apple Blossom second and Star- 
light third. Reggie Bolles rode a 
winning race on Fearnaught, which 
took the wings rather than the hurdle. 
At the last wing he shied to one side, 
throwing the rider, who fortunately 
escaped without injury. 
The Gymkhana, the concluding 
event, furnished the grotesque and 
comedy element of the day. In this 
the men wore bright calico skirts, 
started at signal before mounting, 
mounted without use of stirrup, went 
a quarter mile, dismounted, drank a 
bottle of ginger ale, picked a cigar out 
of a box on the ground, lighted it, 
went fifty yards, picked up a bright 
red or green parasol, opened and held 
it above the head and returned to the 
starting point. 
J. H. Coulter won the cup offered 
by the New Magnolia in a canter, the 
other contestants being R. F’. Bolles, 
H.C. Washburn, C. M. Haley and 
Howard Potter. 
The committee in charge was G. H. 
Desmond, R. F. Belles, Dr. E. A. 
Dakin, George Christopher, Howard 
Potter, H. C. Washburn, H. M. 
Curry, Dr.G. H. Newell, Rev. Dr. 
Charles Wadsworth, J. Collins, S. De 
Irsay. 
The officials : Judges, P. F. Roche, 
Beverly Cove; Claude Kilpatrick, 
Magnolia; marshal, R. D Van 
Namen ; assistant marshals, Capt. D. 
Jony, J. H. Coulter; starter, I. O. 
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Gymkhana Ball 
The gymkhana ball at the Oceanside 
hotel last Saturday evening brought 
toa brilliant conclusion the gymkhana 
and tournament of mounted sports on 
the beach at Magnolia last Saturday 
afternoon. It beimg the last ball of 
the season was responsible in some 
measure for the enthusiasm manifest. 
Many were over from Manchester and ~ 
along the Beverly shore for the occa- 
sion, and many very pretty gowns 
were in evidence. 
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