The sun., 1894-11-18

| In the first trial John II. Shuts. Jr.. knocke,
showed deficient form. People expected grea
things of Reginald Rives when he mounted tn
The hub OF one OF his hind whees the ps
post d 50 sPinhninE his off, leader % tramped second
spd
them catching under q wheel and, after draj
Of s, twenty yards bringing the coach tS stand nd
he had poor control OF hrs horses.
Certainty rather than speed was the policy o.
ing with characteristic deiiberation, shovel
beautiful control. and brought his four through
third narrow touch Of Wheel sent one Of The h,
posts tottering down amid cries of regret. but
through the fifth and sixth at pace cons era.
bly, faster than that of the start. As he climbed
down from the coach very knowing railbird
He's the first first one to come down facing the
TGa G to t6s for hm
wheelers;" was the criticism OF another expert
on John l.; Conaway's start of. II Mr.. Conaway
with him, and his coach got a bad shaking up
the only contestant 70 exhmine his horses and
harness before mounting, performance which
| horsey. Finding the bits not to his liking. he
altered them. It made the four trife nervous.
ed his first passage in clean style, as we'll as the
pull outi pull out!" shouted an enthusiastic
partisan In the crowd as the coach rolled toward
the fourth, but the wheel just touched the post
and. and sent sent It over: BY clever turn and bit Of
the driver cleared the fifth obstacle, but he
overturned the last. Still, II was a fine perform
York represented by him and Philadeiphia in
the person OF Mr. Gamer. The posts were
figures of 8, Mr.. Carman showing the best form
and winning to the sound OF great applause.
enough arose s or ssd mot 20
cause much amusement, concluded the after
noon list. 1t was said yesterday that Kensing-
at the hurdles under w. stanton Elliott on FRI
day night. 10 the great surprise of the hunting
ready jumper was taken from the Garden suf-
ferinR from pneumonia.
=, With the opening OF the doors for the evening
the crowd began TO arrive. The early birds made
straight for the second gallery, Then began
Wodsn sns Walk 'hs np The e
ness. but the people kept moving and there was
little Of that congestion which forced the stop
ping OF the sale OF admission tickets on Thurs
day night. For this the good work Of the police
was largely the officers as
under way. All through the police work has
been excellent, and the detectives from Head
erooH very few Of oss OF Sones a5es
orjewelry have been reported; The management
At meeting Of the. Board of Directors just
held i was resolved that note Of thanks be
passed you for the very able and efficient man
ner In which the erduous duties In connection
with the police and detective force have been
attentive and polite. and have given every salts
faction. We therefore sincerely thank you for
the very effective protection you have given us.
John G. HEcKsHER. Secretary"
Latest OF all the arrivals are the box holders.
The parade OF the prize winners and the judg.
,hg ,hg SI the private haps0ms was all over before
out. and that Of John sSuis JS Mas same nas
second TO the fine turnout of J. Dickman Brown.
SIX pairs OF high steppers hrnessed to hand
son some pnaetons and carts created u very favora-
Then the audience drew along breath as the
only pSns the rhi sho% the
with the hve-f9ot jumps, the hunters went on
Two jumps Were demanded over each hurdle.
Most & OF the jumping was poor few OF the horses
The feature Of this % number was was ''t the jlmpiRe
OF Ontario. who IN approaching the jump, went |
AZ tit y sldeTise with a mineng step. then sud:
the crowd, who had expected an ignominious
failure. sailed over beautifully.
the horses peculiar method for they knew that |
Ontario is blind OF one eye and always must be |
Another sidewise "mble and another her jMs jSmp took
the good horse over the next fence. and chorus |
the second trial OF the iive-and -one hal f.foot not
Jump Ontario prefseed his trial by twirllng |
s59SGd in wel1 land and Jus, tipped on the top bar
=. Perhaps this ratified him, for he carried away
the r toR bar at the first six foot and added two
LA
sun he had done well. and the crowd was mani
Next came Perfection. a green hunter. who,
lack OF condition. gave a wonderful |
exhibition. number of times he baked, but
when he did jump 1t was 10 such good purpose
that he wore the blue ribbon, while Ontario got
second. All OF the others were so poor that the
Judges declined TO give out yellow or white
Perfection was called on very soon again fer
yhs nnal y Tana al 1GmPng contest in which the
or heavy weight were To contest, the judging 10
be half on conformation aud quality and half on
jumping. Perfection was tired, and although the
OF II; Countess in this class bucked viciously,
but nnding herself unable 20 unseat her rider put
her surplus energy into her jumping and leaped
the hurdles at headlong pace. |
Escetic showed ine form, amblinR up to with
n an easy DISTANCE, then epurting and taking
the leap finely. Headlightdid rather poor work,
was Of a high order, and almost ali the horses
Jumped cleAnly.
Gerina took the obstacles easily and Vraoa-
Lady Bird went over the neld as II she didn't
know there were any hurdles there and Just
Jumped because she liked the exercise. Ii was
matter OF regret 70 the crowd that little Joie,
-ew days ago, did not appear.
The awards went 70 GerinA, ridden by Thomas
Jr,s IN the lightweight class; Lady
heavy weight. The fastening on OF these rib
0ons Terminated the programme.
Lines Of hooded and blanketed horses had
he evening The attendants and grooms were
'1sily making preparations for departure.
Through the capacious exit. surrounded By |
leferential coachmen in livery and batches OF |
iowling hackmen, filed the crowd. The electric
tars in the great girded roof disappeared. The |
leepy ushers threw overcoAts over their liyeries |
A belated attendant plOdded across the dark |
med arena From below came the Whinny Of |