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

| lions, Normans and Percherons, were
| shown in class SO under conditions that
| they were four years old or over. The first
| prize was $40 second $50. Frontignan,
| Theligny and Gaviston were exhibited by
| E. c. Godfrey, Nero by a. Prou and Raglan
| by Joseph Blondin of Livermore. The first
| prize went to Livermore.
When John l., the three-year-old stall
! lion owned by Hill & Rodehaver Of Peta-
luna, entered the ring Cassasa's band
caught the humor of the occasion and
played John l.. and His Sister Sue"
Glory. owned by E. G. Godfrey, was en-
| tered against the horse with a champions
name and carried off the blue ribbon.
There was no competition 10 class TO-
| under which head came Suffolk Punch
stations, the only exhibitor being Hiram
| Corey Of Salinas. who displayed his six
year-old chestnut stallion Winston.
An extra number, which came as an
| agreeable surprise, was the exhibition of a
splendid team of four steel-gray horses
| from Golden Gate Park. The team was
| hitched to a newly painted. snowy water
| ing-cart, and in addition to stylish trap
pings was decorated with flowers. Great
! clusters of Golden Gate Park wnte bios
| SONS were piled UPON the big barrel, SO a
very pretty and effective display was pro-
| duced. 1t was the first time in the after
noon that anything like really appreciative
applause showed itself. The team is re-
| i
! California.
A parade of pony stations and brood
| mares followed. The ponies shown are
entered in classes 4S, 40 and 30, which in
| clude animals IL hands and l inch to 46
inches in height. John Parrot showed
| Mabe. whose sire was an Arabian horse.
| The prettlest pony was Carlisle, that
| Carroll Cook imported some years ago
! from Australia and is now owned by A.W.
! Foster of San Rafael.
| Double teams of draft horses over
1900 pounds each were exhibited in class
| So. The Kern County Land Company
showed DOllie. black mare, and Mollie,
| also black mare. The Newhall Land
and Farming Company showed a team OF
bay geldings named Stanley and Prince
and similar pair named Bismarck and
| Blaine. The teams were finely bred
couples all and might easily be mistaken
| for horses of higher grade than draft
animals. The prize went to Bakersfield.
| A swell exhibition of horses, carriages
and appointments. in which the most
| elegant carriages in San Francisc took
part. There were swell coachmen and
grooms, fancy horses, silver and gold
mounted harness and the very latest in
carriages and English rigs. More than
that, there was an abundant air of sits
English, you know" about the display.
| John Parrot sported an English gig of
great height ana originality of design
| d.
! TheU Kearney's stylish carriage and chest
nut mare Arabella, with Rold-mounted
| harness, caused much favorable comment,
but when G. A. Spreckels' team, Ensign
and Jack Rose, en- cred drawing a carriage
of the style of Louis XVI the ladies one
and all declared it was beautiful. And so
it was, for it had novelty. elegance and
! beauty TO commend it.
DR.. w. S. McNutt's team and carriage.
with sllyered chains that ratified as the
dashing horses trotted around, was an
other good specimen of the best there is in
private turnouts. NJ. II. de Young's
coachman drove a handsome horse in an
imported carriage. M. COnlon. G. A.
| Spreckels, Henry J. Croker, Walter S.
Hobart. T. Kelly, John Nolan, John Par
rott and j. A. Donohoe Jr. had splendid
| carriages and horses in the parade. Only
few horses bad graceful flowing tails,
the English bobtail being the fad.
-Four imported coaching stations were
| judged together after the electric lights
were lit up. This was in class % for
stations 3 years old and over, and as a
special prize, consisting of a silver cup,
offered by Timothy hopkins, was added to
! the money prizes, considerable interest
| was taken in the contest. John Parrott's
bay Socrates. James w. and George B.
| Sperry's Young Adonis. j. d. McGregor's
Novelty and the Newhall Land and Farm
Ing Compauy's Saxon Prince were ex-
Eibited. ParrottS Socrates was put to an
extraordinarily severe test for quality,
action, soundness, ETC., but he carried off
the blue rosette-a foregone conclusion,
and the decision was greeted with cheers.
| The money prizes were 800 and $75.
! Prizes of $50 and $50 were offered for the
best pair of ponies in harness, classed AZ
| on the programme. A. w. Foster of San
Rafael exhibited Hiawatha and Jack,
dark chestnuts, that were driven by Miss
Foster. The Kern County Land Company
showed a team of pretty bay mares,
Minnie and Madge. Miss Foster drove off
proudly with the blue ribbon.