The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-10

| ton, owned by James s. Robinson of Han
ford, which is entered among the special
exhibits. A proud set were these male
prancers. Every hair was in line, and the
fetlocks and hoofs shone like their bur-
nlshed coats. Their necks were curved
and their steps high. 1t required no sec
ond glance, even of a novice, to see they
were thorcughbr eds, marrow and bone.
The list com prised Burns d Warehouses;
chestnut Lovdale, A. B. Spreckels' chest
nut imp. Creighton; the chestnut Crescen-
do, belonging to ]. Naglee Burke of San
Jose; the imp. Artillery, owned by W. I.
Parsons of New Zealand, and j. B. Hag-
gins Del Paso II.
Then came another parade of trotting
stations, comprising ABOUT dozen, in
classes 5, 6 and T. A special prize OF a
silver cup, valued at 5000, is offered by
Shreve & Co. for class 5, which is stations
four years old and over kept for service,
IN addition to the regular prizes. These
stations made fully as credltable and
stylish appearance as those OF the previous
class This concluded the preliminary
paradlng of the afternoon and the judges
got down to business.
The first class to be judged was 38, mare
or geldine, Is hands and under 15
hands inches, suitable for park use in
gig or phaeton, the winner of tirst prize
being barred from taking pr re in classes
80 and IS. There were four entries:
George A. Pope's bay eelding Romulus,
w. S. Fl lbart's chestnut mare Friils with
Mr.. Hobart holding the ribbons). MIR. Ho-
bart's bay mare Pride, and Mr.. Hobart's
bay gelding The Sid, he making three of
the four entries in the class. The stylish
gigs glistened with new varnish and were
radiant IN their upholstery. Applause
followed the pinning of the blue to Pride.
Frills took the red ribbon, The Sid the
white, and Mr.. Pope's RomuIus the vel
low ribbon. 1t could not have been much
otherwise, but Mr.. Hobart looked pleased
with three out of four prizes, and his
friends thou.ht he started out very well
in the first day.
The ponies had their innings next. They
were very pretty; pairs in harness to
phaetons or carts. This class, SO, in
Guided pairs of stations, mares or geld
lngs, or mare and gelding, II hands and
not exceeding Is hands 1 inch. w. S.
Hobart made the only two entries: Imp.
Spot a skewbald mare, and Lightfoot, a
piebald geldlng, which were driven by
him, and the Spotted Dip and Spotted
Sparkle. The ponies were OF special in
terest to the children and ladies, the little
ones clapping their hands and crying
out their delight. Three prizes were
hung up but only one was award ed-the
first prize of $50 to imp. Spot and Light
foot. Dip and Sparkle trotted away with
out premium. The cbiloren said, ''Too
bad, )" for Dip and Sparkle were very pretty
indeed. The judges evidently thought
that Dip and Sparkle did not come ND to
the standard OF second-pr beauties or
they hesitated about giving all the prizes
in the show, right away, to young Mr..
Hobart. His steeds haG been nearly the
whole show so far.
The gigs and the phaetons looked
awfulIy small in class 81. This was for
stations. mares or geldings above -
hands inch and not exceeding IA hands
inch, three years old and over. II this