The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-06
ROILlCKING Fun on PONIES.
ruE ROCK4WIf HtNIiN" Gu w IN
rRODUCIS GIMkHINI RACES.


n...,De Nvhne EnclnR-riohinG Up Man.
,Lips-IIEbting Cigars ana HniSlnE I'm
s..,,as - Carrying EERs In wooden
S,oona for silver Trophies.
nh, nockayAy Hunting Club is the flrst to
,.,rodncs n line OF snort, said to have been OF
~ Fast Indian origin, which Is sure to
o,ovs popular. "Gymbkhana race" ID the
nnm. given to the rastime. About 900 mem-
nara Of tho club and their friends went down
10 the grounds at Cedarhurst yesterday after
noon to SEQ the sport, and they came nome Win
soro rILs and with all their rIsible muscles
s,,,. e[hausted. The races are for ponies and
,beir riders. but the riders do most OF tho work
and furnish all the fun.
Tho frat event was called n dressing race.
7, comprised practically the same test fire.
man IA mt to every time the alarm sounds
when ho Is in bed and the horses are unhar-
rossed in their stalls. Tho ponies are brought
"a IN. starting point with only their brides Oh.
1,br snddles and drivers coats and wnistcoats
are nut upoe tho Rroond beside the ponies.
Nben tho starting signal is given each
r,Jcr must saddle and girth his pony put on
liza vajstcoat and vest, and 20 with all speed
10 Tho goal Before he reaches he must have
nj least five buttons Of his waistcoat ana tnree
of bIs coat buttoned. There we're Six entries
for this contest, but half OF them packed out
John D. Cheever appeared on Buster horne
Madougal on Cherokee. and Louis HaiRht on
Tnrmentor. 1t takes one Of New York's crack
~ oon,penies about ten seconds to get start
All when the alarm gong strikes. but tho
Or. leddies do their dressing, most OF
4, On tho way to the FIRE. and Harvesting
consis,s OF swapping together two or three
,,most automatic hooks. But ponies were
never suddled auieksr than y the three nall "a,
ad %sp sna %th Two
lions and were astride their animrls ana on
ike ButtonPps the ost 56pt T pn4t
~ IL and none OF the three was able TO pick up
lis relns until Just as the goal was reaeneuii
T"rmcntor got there first with Buster sscohu
and Cherokee in the rear. M.
HmaniIin race, the next was called. rt Each "a q
competitor rode from the stating p9ind{ e 90
st s i on sas fRS eoooaEa TsSssS
di r on Of + FrecEIc and Henry Cone on sJ Cloud
The race was lively one and tho riders rs. 6sd
6ss H S pS SaSd T sna Els to
aye. Red Cloud Was first Debeck second
third and n ae SnsFs, q pSce which
bsTs T's sts an and ns6ns points were
d eTss poio bali each bucket 10 passed
Il. tho man reaching the goal hTst 10 De tne
Snne The b, s RToSn T Us asxaGon Ir
ST. hssht on suFDrlsss er JSRn c9 T on
B!HSHSHStr' EVHsrybody except Dr. Brown
ro1 H 100 last past the buckets. made miss i, Of
Of Pss and and to o
fr"wn vi ely took plenty Of time aud didn,,
miss sqsks a asd an sasy VIII
o There was lots Of fun over tho cigar and
umbrella race. The ponies were were, brought r3gtg.a
w yiSers standinC beside them each
received cigar matches ana I'M Hm,
s As ta s ssr hs cssr saf his
post. whore he must arrive With cigar lighted
am and .ssrtsfs Mn In Pel6ssk
on Sampson, Mi, AspinTell on Red Cloud: Mr.
g. Gnass on and df H. asri
i Ins tx i I" cR to- fight cigar. They i
Jnsrt waited 5hsi'' imputienilv Tor the woot
to take III e, from The smnhnr pulled VIGOROUSLY
b Te Ga% M mounted. and were Of. Mr., Gar
msna ihe HHf its had
SO he was ru ell out. Mr.. haiCht took the frs
prize. Mr.. La Montague second, and Mr.. Towe
The egg AMI spoon rnce. which, came rext
ade the most ~ 1T OF oil bach rider received raH
sn HS rum In one hand without, breakin
the egg 10 the WI nnlnR posi-: II He utoppe,
tho egg he was allowed to replace I
in the spoon and 60 on, or II 1t was b oxen b
could return TO the starting point for a fres
egg aud try again. There, were six starteri
Mr.. Brown on HeyeGon; Slr, Tower on Rat
Mr. MacdougaI on Red Cloud and Mr.. HaiRh
PAGES. and most OF them came rapidly to griel
And the riders returned hastily for more. onl
two reached thS goal with eggs unbroker
Nessrs Tower and CLARK. but unfortunately 4
turning to go back TO the judges stand both q
them dropped their eggs. go that the perform
ance was repeated by all the competitors. Thi
time Mr. Tower lost his egg when half wa
right and won first prize. Mr.. HaiRht lost hi
egg but went back for fresh one md got owe
the course in time to take second prize. No
body else succeeded In ACCOMPLISHING the fea
Tho last ace. called q turning race, had fly
competitors-Mr. Cheever on Bar None, MI
Clark on Tu Chila. K Montague on Ginger
Mr. CoWdin on Glover. and Z. La Montague o
Freckle. The test was to start midway be
tween Two posts, go around them twice, an
finish Mt tho starting point OF the end OF III
second round, Glover won. Bar None secont
The prizes. consisting OF silver tokens. wer
provided By these ladies': Mrs. A. c. ToYe
Mrs Y. A. Blacque. Mrs. Farley Clark. Mr.,
John D. Cheever, Mrs. John Calvin. aud MR.
Lloyd Aspinwall. A polo match on hofsebrc
ended the day's festivities.
ASSAULTAD BY n NEGRO.