170. Patton, George S., Jr. Lieutenant Colonel George S. Patton, Jr., won this sterling silver cup at the 1934 Tuxedo Horse Show held in Tuxedo Park, New York, 1-2 June 1934. The Sterling silver Cartier cup has a 3.5 in. (89 mm.) diameter opening and stands 6 in. (152 mm.) high. Engraved on the side: “Tuxedo Horse Show 1934, Officers Mount, won by Hukupu.” Hallmarked on base “Cartier” Sterling 8158”. Cup exhibits expected patina with mild tarnishing.

Lieutenant Colonel George S. Patton, Jr. rode to victory on his Hawaiian-bred chestnut gelding Hukupu at the 1934 Tuxedo Horse Show and won this Cartier engraved sterling silver Officers Mount Cup.

The 7 April 1934, edition of the Washington Post wrote about the third annual Riding and Hunt Club hunter trials to be held that day at Bradley Farms, Potomac, Maryland. In part, “Most prominent among the exhibitors are Lieut. Col. George S. Patton, M.F.H. [Master of Fox Hounds] of the Cobbler Hunt at Delaplane, Va. … Hukupu, Lieut. Col. Patton’s Hawaiian-bred chestnut gelding, will be a hot contender for the Riding and Hunt Club plate for hunters owned by members of recognized hunts and Army officers. The Hawaiian carried off the championship trophy a year ago at the West Point Horse Show, and last Monday won the Marshall Motor Co. cup at the Cobbler trials. Plenty of competition will be given the chestnut by [daughter] Miss Beatrice Patton’s Keanakolu, bay gelding that captured the Joint Master’s Cup at Delaplane last Monday, and Mrs. Patton’s Quick Silver, second in the same event. Lieut. Col. Patton also has entered his Little John and Egoist, both of which are good hunters…”

Originally from the family of George S. Patton, Jr. $4,000 - $6,000