The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-04
EVENING PROGRAMME.
How the Ribbons Fell After the
Judges Had Looked Things
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ing to the programme to have commenced
with a drill by the park police under COM
mand of Captain Thompson, but this was
omitted and the first event was the parade
of all pony classes. This was a very cred
liable display that embraced all sorts of
animals of this class from the polo pony
to the Shetland not larger than a good
sized Newfoundland. There were animals
of this description attached to vehicles,
some were ridden and & number LED.
One of the most attractive of the num-
Der was pretty little dark pony ridden
by youngster of tender years, attired in
dark beaver, whose faxen hair in long
ringlets hung down her back, making an
exceedingly attractive picture.
Then came the unicorn teams - two
horses in the pole and one in the lead
hitched to light vehicles Respondent in
gay colors. One team was driven by ". s.
Hobart, the owner, and the other, owned
by H. J. Croker, was driven by coach
man.
Both attracted much attention, and the
gracefulness with which Hobart handled
the ribbons ana sent his team around the
course won him many commendatorv
words from all par is OF the pavilion. The
judges awarded the blue rosette to Ho-
bart's team and the red to Croker. By
this time the audience had hardly got well
enthused, and did not give any very
marked signs OF approval. but during the
next event it was evident that the excite
ment was growing, and before its close
tn ere was loud and frequent applause
This evtent was the judging of coaching
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entries were imp. Socrates, a bay 161
hands high, 9 years, bred by John Parrott
OF San Mateo, and imp. Ingmanthorpe
Gamester, a bay Yorkshire coach horse 1913
hands high, years, and bred by William
Atkinson and BrusoI Matheson of York
shire, England, and exhibited by w. F.
Drake of Vallejo. Both animals are fine
specimens of their class, and their points
otsTnerit were so nearly equal that it
took the Judges more than half an hour to
reach a determination.
The animals, after being halted before
the judges stand, were ordered out several
times, and those who were to pass iudg-
ment on them watched every movement
with very close eye. Their get was also
paraded several times. The proceeding
became somewhat tiresome, but when the
blue ribbon was affixed to the headstall OF
Socrates there was a loud clapping OF
hands, in which the fair sex took an active
part. The stallion with the red rosette
was also led off amid the plaudits of the
assemblage.
Then came the parade of seven stations
for exhibition only. This was a display
. that seemed to engross the attention of the
many horsemen present. At the bugler's
call they were led out to make room for
thirteen roadsteTs in harness. This was
an event that awakened lively interest in
q nor Tn4 u
to the order in which the colors would fall.
The entries were: Wanda, bay mare, ex-
hibited by Frank H. Burke; She, brown
mare, ". S. Hobart exhibitor: Prince
Dexter, black gelding, exhibited by A. B.
6pre ckels; Hazel Wilkes, chestnut mare,
exhibited by w. S. Hobart; Nellie, brown
mare, Williaml Nelson of Half-moon Bay
Stern; Liddie. bay mare, exhibited
by J.. W. Wissinger; Lady Indigo,
black mare, exhibited by James g. Ches-
ley; Gay dawn, bay gelding, exhibitor
Agnew stock farm; Maggie, bay gelding,
exhibited by Kern County Land Company;
unnamed, bay gelding, exhibited by Ira
Barker Dalziel; Crispol, black gelding, ex-
hibited by f. II. Pitman, and an IN
named exhibited by w. S. Hobart
The various drivers were closely watched
by spectators, as we'll as judges, and the
attention of the former was centered on
w. S. Hobart, who drove Hazel Wilkes,
and on the driver of Prince Dexter. Each
was frequently applauded in going round
the course, and for time it was the gen.
eral opinion that these horses in the order
named would take first and second place,
but the judgment of those who made the
award was different.
The colors were distributed as follows:
Blue to Hazel Wilkes, Hobart; red to Lady
Indigo, Chesley; white to Gay Dawn,
Agnew stock farm, and yellow TO I'M
named, Hobart.
There were three entries: Shamrock.
brown gelding, exhibited by c. a. Spreckels;
Highflyer, chestnut gelding, exhibited
by W. S. Hobart. and His Highness, a
black gelding, also exhibited by Hobart
One was driven to a phaeton and the others
to two-seated gigs. These were a very
creditable display. Highfyer won the
blue ribbon, His Hlghness the red and
Shamrock the white.
Alter this the spectators were treated to
an exhibition of tandems. There was one
driven by w. S. HOBART, another by Joe
Grant, third by Hermann, the magician
and fourth by coachman. At first the
different teams did not display the amount
of spirit that was expected of cobs trained
to this style of driving, but in a short
time they warmed up to their work and
became very sprightly.
The several drivers displayed much skill
in handling the animals and in making
short turns, but in this Hobart was the
superior. The wonder was how Hermann
could appear in two places, the Pavilion
and the California Theater, on the same
night. but 1t was explained by the an
nouncement that while an act in which he
did not take part was on he was driven
at breakneck pace 10 the Pavilion, went
around the course and was driven back to
the theater in time to go on with the
show.
The last and closing event was the most
exciting of all. 1t was the hurdle-iump-
ing. Two fences of bars and evergreens
four feet high were placed, one on each
side OF the course opposite the judges
stand and against each one of the side
hedges.
The entries were: Bessie 3, bay mare,
exhibited by William a. Walker; Cinder-
ella, bay mare, exhibited by w. S. Hobart;
Sweetheart, black mare, exhibited by Ho-
bart; Orrin Rogers, chestnut gelding, ex-
hibited by Edward Corrigan; Trvo, bay
stallion. also exhibited by Corrigan, and
The Lark. bay gelding, exhibited by J.
Talbot Clifton of Burlingame.
Lord" Clifton, who has always been of
the opinion that he can jump hurdles and
in his efforts to sustain that opinion has
had as many falls as he has fingers, kept
I'D his record last night and verified the