The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-05
THE EVENING EXERCISES.
Many Features Pleased the Occu-
pants Of the Boxes-Around
the Ring.

In the evening the boxes filled up even
slower than they did the night before
Troop A of the National Guard, under
Captain Sine, first interested the audience
for half an hour with some prettily exc
cuted evolutions and good jumping over
hurdles.
Captain Thomson and his squad OF six
mounted park policemen came in and
gave an exhibition of good oid-fashioned
Western riding. They sat their horses too
easily and were too natural to suit the
taste of the imported grooms from Bur-
ingame, but all the same they
pleased the audience. With three at
one end of the arena and four
at the other, Captain Thompson gave
a signal and they all charged forward
passing each others line, the first move
ment in the lancers, SO closely that their
stirrups raped. At the second passing
Tom Kennedy was hurt and left the field,
but was not seriously injured.
After giving number of exhibitions of
short stopping and quick turning they left
the arena, giving place to six high steppers
in dogcarts-three of Hobart's, one of 10
Grants and one of J. NJ. Cunningham s.
Hobart again carried off a blue ribbon
with Highfyer, Il red ribbon with Peacock
and white one with Cadet. He had only
three horses in the class. 10 Grant got
the yellow badge with Music.
Cadet became nervous and the groom
who drove him was unable to get him to
take his PAGES and Carman took the RIB
bons and gave the audience an idea of
what the first whip in America can do.
He soon had the horse in good temper and
drove him around the ring amid the
plaudits of the multitude.
a bakers dozen crack stations of class
s, including Mckinney and Diablo, the
closest rivals of the whole show, and who
divided the first prize at the State Fair,
were next paraded in the arena, merely
for exhibition.
The first time the audience has been
stirred up during the show was when the
fire engines came in Engines and u
with three-horse teams, and the patrol
wagon of the San Francisco department
came in first all finely decorated
with flags and flowers and were
cheered again and again; but when
the single Oakland engine with pair
Of magnificent grays came charging in
the audience went wild. Few knew that
they were making Oakland favorite, but
this they did, and it was all owing to the
horses, for the engine was undecorated but
ready for business. They have been for
several years the pride OF the Oakland Fire
Department. The engines and patrol
wagon went around the arena a number OF
times at business gait.
7''Judging ten tandems" was next on the
programme, but only seven showed up.
They made very pretty sight, however.
Hobart drove May Day and Highfyer, q
pretty chestnut team, each of which has
already won ribbons in other classes. A
groom drove his Peacock and Gamecock,
Herrmann's groom drove the old favor
ties Cockrobin and Addie. J. Talbot
Clifton drove his Alpha and Omega,
and grooms drove Walter Mo-
rosco's Solano and Soleto and John
PARROTS Flossie and Flora. J. D. Grant
held the ribbons over Music and Myrtle.
1t was unfortunate for Grant that grooms
did not count points in the judging.
Nothing more perfect and wooden
than his imam" has been seen in
the show. 1t never winked once
WQ1le III the arena. hODdTJ May
Day and Highflyer took first prize, his
Peacock and Gamecock second, Herr
mann's Cockrobin and Addie third, and
the yellow ribbon went to Grants Music
and Myrtle.
The evenings exercises were closed with
some high jumping, IN which Talbot Cliff
ton startled the audience by clearing all
the hurdles on Guadalupe.