E. B. Jacobs
Horseman whose entries took three silver cups at the Blue Ridge Hunt Club's show at Carter Hall in May 1922, and who won the silver cup for the Clarke County hunter at the Berryville Horse Show that August.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of June 1, 1922, reporting the Blue Ridge Hunt Club's horse show and races at Carter Hall, says E. B. Jacobs' entries took three silver cups in the jumping events, and its issue of August 17, 1922 reports that Ed. B. Jacobs won the silver cup for the Clarke County hunter at the Berryville Horse Show and Fair.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of June 1, 1922, reporting the Blue Ridge Hunt Club's horse show and races at Carter Hall, says E. B. Jacobs' entries took three silver cups in the jumping events, and its issue of August 17, 1922 reports that Ed. B. Jacobs won the silver cup for the Clarke County hunter at the Berryville Horse Show and Fair.
What the source supports
That E. B. Jacobs won silver cups with his horses at the Blue Ridge Hunt Club show and the Berryville Horse Show in 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The August item prints "Ed- B. Jacobs"; reading it as the same man rests on the matching initials and the horse shows. The items do not say where he lived.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The June 1, 1922 report.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 1, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-06-01 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report of the Blue Ridge Hunt Club's horse show and races
Relevant passageA big crowd witnessed the horse show events from beneath the trees of Carter Hall grove The- jumping events attracted the greatest attention. Mr. E. B. Jacobs’ entries and Mr. B. O’F. Randolph’s Chilton and Lucky Strike won the laurdls [laurels], the former taking three silver cups and the latter two.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The August 17, 1922 report.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 17, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-08-17 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, report of the Berryville Horse Show and Fair
Relevant passageEd- B. Jacobs gathered in the silver cup this year for the Clarke county hunter.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources
Also indexed as: Ed. B. Jacobs. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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