For most spectators the climax of the National Horse Show's Golden Jubilee in Manhattan began on the next-to-last night with the finals of the international individual jumping championship for military mounts. Eight jumpers out of 15 had astonishingly come out of the first round with perfect scores. Since some of them probably could do as well in the jump-off, it was stipulated that performance plus speed would decide the winner. That gave the U. S., the Irish Free State and Czechoslovakia, with two finalists each, a theoretical edge over Sweden and Canada...
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