: 4 ) 4 Ll 8 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, May 29, 1996 BA ll Horse show — (continued from page 1) special area tradition. “Three generations of my fam- ily have ridden in the show - me, ‘my mother, Allie Heffernan, and | my grandfather, Thomas E. | Heffernan,” Annie said. “It was - such a wonderful experience that I'd love to bring it back to what it | was, toshare the enjoyment of the | sport with the community.” ~The show will feature under saddle classes, judged by the horses’ ability to respond to com- mands and give a good ride; equi- . tation classes, judged on the rid- cers’ skill in the saddle, and fence * classes, judged by the riders’ abil- -"ity to take their horses over fences of various heights and configura- tions along a set course. Riders will be able to earn points from the Northeastern Pennsyl- ~vania Horseman's Association for their awards at the end of the year. Annie couldn't resist adding a few fun classes — pairs, tandem - hunter and the Jack Benny class, open only to riders over 35 who must wear a hard jump hat and take their mounts through walk, trol, canter and over (wo fences. The only difference between the pairs and tandem hunter classes, entered by matched riders and mounts, is the jumps in the hunter ''elass. ~ “I made up the Jack Benny class because I'm over 35,” she said, laughing. Annie's mother, Allie Heflernan, ~ rode her pony, Dimples, in the Lehman show as a child. “My mother, AliceJohnson, had to hide behind Dr. Brown's big umbrella so Dimples wouldn't see her,” Allie said. “Mother always _ gave her a lump of sugar, so ‘Dimples. would go right over to her, no matter what she was sup- posed to be doing — whenever she "saw her.” Dr. Brown, “everyone's doctor” in Lehman, had his own private ‘box seat in his back yard, which overlooked the horse show area. Although the fire company had ‘its own horse show grounds on the corner of Route 118 and the Idetown Road, it used the [ootball field behind the old Lehman High School (now the middle school) for the first few years. Annie's father, Tom Heffernan, recalled the show's early days be- hind the high school building. Between program sponsors, sales of box seats and admission tick- ~ ets, the fire company easily cleared $2,000. The first show had only eight English classes, including a spe- cial knock-down and out compe- tition, in which horses took in- creasingly higher fences until they knocked down a rail and were disqualified. Ahuge parade started the week- end off'on the right foot. The band gathered at Joe Mazer’s house on Route 118 to lead the procession of fire engines, antique cars and marchers to the horse show grounds. The horsemen spent the rest of the night shampooing horses, braiding manes and tails, gelling their mounts accustomed to the ring and visiting back and forth. Few people slept. The firefighters, auxiliary and friends helped out, manning the food stands and working in the ring. The auxiliary also held a big chicken dinner in the high school cafeteria during the show. The ring was on the football field. “One of the jumps was right in front of a concession tent which had an advertising sign from the Bronson Funeral Home on it,” he said. “We often hoped the riders wouldn't need Bronson's services before the weekend was out.” One of the crowd's favorite classes was the scoop shovel race, he added. Kids would sit on large shovels and be pulled by a horse and rider in a timed race. “It was a bit dangerous, but the crowd loved it,” he said. L.C. Sutton always collected the tickets ($1 each) and Bob Hoover pulled more than his fair share of the work, Heffernan re- called. For many years Gil Tough was the announcer. The show was very well-at- tended, which was rather unusual in those days, he added. “Most horse shows on the cir- PHOTO COURTESY OF ANNIE HEFFERNAN ROOT Thomas E. Heffernan and his hunter World Pool (Whirlie) neatly sailed over a jump at the Irem Temple horse show in 1948. cuit had [ree admission and very low attendance,” he said. “Ours was one of the Back Mountain's main social events and kicked off the summer season. Everyone was there — even congressman Dan Flood, who always awarded a tro- phy and gave a speech during the lunch break.” Heffernan also recalled some of the famous names of the show's early days. Greenberg and Senator Andrew Sordoni always gave a good dis- play. Excellent riders from the Bogdon family’s stable, Highland Acres, and the Malig family's stable, Borrowdale Acres, made the English competition keen. “Many old-timers from the early days come back to the Lehman Horse Show just because it's there,” Annie Root said. “You see parents riding with their children ~ U's great!” Nora Gibbons Keyhoe from Carverton had a huge gray hunter named Mango, one of the best jumpers in the area. She com- peted against the men -and taught them a few lessons. Fire company president Ed Hartman had a huge horse - 17.3 hands, or nearly six feet tall at the shoulder — named Drill. “I thought it was a giraffe the first time I saw it,” Heffernan said. “Mr. Hartman was a bit short, but he sure could show Drill who was boss.” The old show also had several classes for gaited horses — the graceful American saddlebreds who seem to float when they trot — and the high-stepping Tennes- see walking horses, ridden by Bill Sgarlat, Frank Roan, Mary Hosey, Harold Rose and Clarence Naylor, who took the competition quite seriously. The American saddlebreds shown by Sam ‘DOUGLAS B. STEVENS RELIGIOUS SHH RATA of §5 BACK MOUNTAIN HARVEST ASSEMBLY - 340 Carverton Rd., Trucksville. 696-1128. Pastor, Daniel S. Miller. Sunday School for all ages, 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wed., 7 p.m., "Out of Bounds" youth serv- ice. Midweek home groups; call for days and times. Weekday prayer 6:30-7:30 a.m. Visitors welcome. 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