New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-04
OPENING THE HORSE SHOW.
PROMISE OF A SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITION.
SCENES AT THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-THE
WINNERS OF Prizes.

WINNERS OF Prizes.
The horse show and the elections were aoou'
equally popular as subjects of conversation among
those who were gathered in DelmOnicO's and the
Hoffman House Yesterday. The orange-colored
pamphlets containing the official programme" OF
the show were in everybody's hands, and comments
upon the opening day were generally favorapie.
At o'clock the show opened its doors TO the pup
lie. But yesterday morning the public was IN no
mood for early rising. 1t was Election Day ana
legal holiday. Consequently during the morning
hours the attendance at the show was not large.
There were many persons there whose appearances
bespoke an intimate acquaintance with the curry
comb. and there some early risers VINO Were
interested in the judging of the thor0ughoreds. Dut
that particular class of visitors whose atendance
makes the horse show a social event dld not De-
gin to appear until the afternoon houro. hf9n
then their numbers smaller than they VIII De
on the days when exhibitions of dOg-cart horses,
f0ur-in-hands and hunters shall appeal TO their
" hen the show opened all the horses, entered
were in their places There were the thorough
lrcds the aristOcrats OF the equine race, with
their fine. silky coats, their slender limbs their
small heads their speedy build, and their delicate
nostrils which seemed to be continually diIated
with for their plebelan brethren There were
the heavy dray horses and ClydeSdales, the soma
men" of the tribe in their bullying muscles, their
heavy necks and their thlck-set limbs theTe
seemed TO be the strength of giants and the resist
ance of steel. There were the trOtters and road
stcrs gay Lotharlos, with long flowing taiis.
banged carefully as the front hair OF uudei
there were dOnkeys with expressive ears and qulu
we're diminutiye ponies which excited interest
chiefly because there was so little OF them. UP,
stairs there was exhibition Of carriages ana
harness. zach class had Its group OF special adj
mirers Those who knew something about horses
expressed their opinions reservedly. Others tired
to supplement their knowledge by loud talk, winch
made them pass in the eyes OF the crowd for slap
'Tho most interesting exhibition of the morning
was the Judging OF thoroughbred stations.
There were eight entries IN tins class, including
little gray pony, with flowing name and tail. lie
hrst saw the light In AndaluSia, seven years ago.
and Yesterday frlskel cOmplaCenty around the
ring with true Spanish assurance. he other horses
were beautiful animals mos OF them bay or dark
chestnut, with all the pecu lar marks OF their hOod
strongly accentuated. HaneS " Browns wood
stock made tue showing ana delghted an the
spectators by dragging his leader about the ring
unceremonousy and nearly tTampiing Oh him.
Woodstock received at the hands of the judges the
red rOsctte which indicates the second pTIze. The
blue Ioscttc and the first prize fell to the lot of
| A. j. Cassatts Bend OR Red Bird received very
| high commentator and Thomas Hitchcock, jr.S
| Barrett - high concentration The ponies in
! harness made handsome exhibition III the after
! noon. Most of them were haTuessed to village carts
tllbuTys and trotted around the ring az proud as
peacocks with their STUD names and locked tails.
They were divided into two classes. In one class,
including mares and ge'dIngs not exceeding thur
teen hands two inches. the first prize gwen to
| Prescott Lawrence's Racket. In the other class
! including mares and geldings not under thirteen
! hands two inches and not exceeding fourteen
! hands one inch, August Belmont jr.s Plush
received the ribbon. While the pony exhibl-
| ton was in progress one of the saddle
| horses stabbed on the south side Of the ring sud
| denly discovered that the crowd which was con-
! stautly passing To and fro behind him was becOm-
! ing too familiar. by way of asserting his dignity
/ he began with bis hind legs series of operations
which would have done credit to sullivan. Every
/ body within his reach was " knocked ont i'm
/ mcdatcy and hero were no further liberties taken
/ with the headquarters Of this particular animal
| At 3 p. NJ three classes of carriage no ses were
hand .lfafF.
carts. COupCS and I-cartS. TIL" knee action of the
hoiscs was extremely fine, ana with their heavily
/ mounted harnesses they made Ole of the most at
tractlye exmbul 'ns OF the day In one class OF
mares aud geldings. not under fifteen hands two
inches and not exceeding sixteen hands, -FOUR years
old aud over the first and second prizes were awarded
90 f. Ashcadcn's SKY Scrapcr and W. l.. ID. >'oGes'5
Wheeler respectively. In another class for mares
and gcldiugs not under >lX'ec hands four years
first prize and II. Mex. lwomb ey's Darkness
second Prize. I'm the third class for matched pairs
of mares 'nd geldIngS not under sixteen hands
iour years oi and over the i't pllzr was gwen 70
cyrus Bpsworths Iogue and Prince. and the second
To g. ID. Kings Monday and TUESDAY.
In the evening there was fine parade of stations
OF yarOu, classes, ponies cObS dray horses, CydcS-
dalcS NurmIus and trottcr-. The exhibition closed
with some practice Jumping By the hunters. Zach
horse allowed To make the circuit OF the ring
three tunes The practice gave rise to much amus;-
! m"ut. and there was frequent aughtcr At the eX-
pnIse of the riders whose horses baked at the
hurdles.
Parole, the hero Of 50 many victories, who was
recently presented 10y Mr. Lorlllard to Dr. James
Green, the first horse listed upon the catalogue
he Is not. however, in the show. ne veterinary
surgeons found that he sick, and as only sound
and well horses are admitted, il was necessary to
exclude Parole. The other puzes were distributed
a, follows: Class No. %, mares or geldungS not
exceeding thirteen hands-FHst prize. Clarence
S,agIsrs Daisy; second prize, Peter Dodgers
CdaIhe. Class No. ID, stations four years old
FIRST prlze C.. }. llamns Silver King; second prize
t. Is. Nallacc's General Putnam Class No 49,
stnllIous three years old and under iOur-Flrst
prize, G. +. Barretts Expectation; second prize,
W. ~ BURGESS Four Aces. Class No. Il. stations
two years old ana under threc-flrSt rrize, Guy
MIllcT'S Mexican second prize, c. j. lamlIns King
of Wales. Class No. Is, stations one year old and
under two-Frrst Prize King Cossack second
FIRST pre-, X. CadHgans tmliy g.;
second prize, Alden GoidSmlths Godiva.
Class No. %. mares or geidings four years old or
over ] sprz .iflaGk lie guson's Gener second
prle RcWnau Frys Belle. Class No
81. mares or geldmgs three years old
wood. Class No. 81. mares or geIdings two
years old and under threo.llrsta prize prize
Il. b. ConEIm's Anna Wilkes. Class No.
33. mares or geldIng one year old and under two
First prize, Il. b. COnkIin's Lucy Wilkes; second
przc Alden Goldsmith's Emile. Class No.
fifteen "'' hands and not exceeding
fifteen hands two inches four years old ami over
First prize, H. K. c. Watsons Queen second prize,
II. 4. Borrowers Nedette.
Among those who visited the show in
inc course OF thc uay were secretary w ultHcS,
+. Mexican, 4. Taylor the Misses Hewitt. \. NJ
Dodge. J. G. Ileckscher, Heller r. Bishop, ). d.
G,heeveri, WV p Douglass Il j. Mich, Nich-
A. Lawrence. f. A. Adams. +. L. Tn
derhill. Prescott Lawrence. W. X. Vanderbilt
Charles LauIcr, j. Bowers Lee II. b. Hyde, Mr.. and
Mrs Sidney Dillon Ripley. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Hartman. the Misses May. of Baltimore;
BraytOn Ives Mrs. Stewart Robinson, Il. IL. lioad-
ley DR.. James Green, G.. Redmond, II. Durand, f..
5. Chaplin, Mrs. DE Wolf and Elisha Dyer, jr. The
show continues to-day.
CONDITION OF THE OBELISK.