The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-30

put the horse through a series OF evolu.
tions, including marches and values, thai
were greatly admired.
There was no competition in class "a for
special prize of set of harness, only
Nellie. brown mare owned by William
William COrbi't who had Mary Best en-
tered, refused to exhibit her on account OF
PERSONAL matter between him and one OF
the judges.
Two active hackney stations were
shown in classes II and IS. T. 6. Berry
of Fresno exhibited Paragon. an imported
chestnut, full of good acton, in class IL,
and John Parrotts imported Green s
Rufus, a ight chestnut hackney, had nc
competitors in class IS. The prizes in
each case were $50 and S25. Each horse
took the blue ribbon.
a cheer went up when Salvador, the
king of thOrOughbreds. who ran the fastest
mile, pranced in the ring, followed by
Tenny and 1slington. The three great
horses were shown to an admiring house
and withdrew TO give the ring 10 the
draft stations. All the ponderous
Clydesdales, Suffolk Punches, Nurmans
and Percherons in the Pavilion were led
around the ring while the crowds looked
on and admired.
By far The best sport of the day was re-
served for the last. Fog excitement and
daring nothing else so good was seen at
the show, and 1t we'll repaid the ladies for
waiting. On the programme this eventful
feature was down as Judging ponies.
class 81, an lneXpressibly tame way of
announcing a splendid exhibition of jump
ing by polo ponies of nigh breeding. The
limit in height for ponies was Il hands
and inch, and performances over fences
only were taken into consideration by the
judges.
The first to appear was r. NJ. Tobin on
hic al in al al II
at the hurdles in business-ike way and
took every fence, including he water
jump, without any apparent effort and so
prettily was it done, the house appiaudeG
vociferously. GailOping Dick took first
prize.
Chang. lie struck the first hurdle ana
tumbed under his pony. while screen
burst from many ladies at the sight.
When Simpklns and his horse were pir ked
I'D and again appeared ready for jumping
the spectators applauded. Then S.mpkins
took the first fence, but lost his seat at the
second IN the air. How be regalned his
seat is hard to tell, but he did and cleared
the third hurdle. After several attempts
be took the water jump, and retired with
honor for his courage.
Lieutenant Smedberg rode the Bur-
lingams Clubs Wild Tom. taking the four
fences, with slight balk at the water
jump LIS WAS Cl6f6E cue
10 create hearty applause.
He went around second time, but
Wild Tom struck the first fence, landed
head foremost and turned a complete
somersault, pitching Smedbere on his
face. The pucky rider was stunned and
received ugly scratches that covered his
face with blood, so he had to leave the
ring.
Tobin rode H. Howard's bay. Gassoon,
and took every jump so neatly he won
second prize. He also carried Charles A.
Baldwin's ISABEL over the hurdles with
out scratch, for which ISABEL was
highly commended.
SlmpkiDs likewise carried his pinto pony.
Jumping Jack, over the fences. but with
some difficulty, as the pony SHE'D and did
not take agreeably 10 his work.
The other erformances were unevent-
ful, Ryder falling to carry c. c. McIver's
nervous Maud over the hurdles, and Siup-
kins' Punch failing to get through. Both
ponies were retired as they were fright
ened by their surroundings.