The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-10
THE HORSE SHOW.
A GALA TINE IN NEW YORK LAST
NIGHT.
Public Attention Equally Divided
Between the Beauties in the
Boxes and the Beasts on the Floor

NEW YORK. NOV. 9.-IOn1ght society
in the gayest raiment turned out in force
at Madison Square garden presented a
grand spectacle.
The crush was not so great as on other
first horse show nights, but there were
few vacant seats and the broad prone
made was filled with constantly moving
throng whose members paid more at
tention to the beauties in the arena
boxes than TO the equine performers in
the evening. The boxes OF the Goulds,
Wormsers. Hecks, Fellows Stokes, Bene-
diets, Drexels. Belmonts, Whitneys, Bron-
sons. Gassetts Taylor and Stevens had
their usual horse show occupants. None
Of the Vanderbilts were present Mr.. o.
H. P. Belmont. however, was in evidence.
A HASIvY VIEW
From a horse standpoint the show was
better than its predecessors. Every class
was well filled and the grade of entries
was higher than last year.
The class for four-in-hands, Il to Is
hands in height, brought out six excel
lent teams. well-matched team of
chestnuts, owned by Louis w. Wormser
received the blue ribbon. The red went
to John Arthur's team.
In class q. for saddle horses, q were
shown and after long contemplation
Patsy McCord, Kentucky horse, was
given first In the light stopper class
first and third were captured by the new
Coach Horse and Cab company. While
showing in this class John S. Bratton.
driving his horse Peacock before a high
''T'' cart had a spill. but escaped IN
hurt.
The final event of the evening was a
jumping class over fences, five feet two
inches. five feet six inches and six feet
high. Twelve entries put in an appear
ance. Among the entries were Mrs. S. S.
Howlands Lady Bird, Hart Brothers
Richmond. P. F. Golfers Punch and
other well known horses, but all failed
to clear the six foot jump and the judges
decided to make no awards in the class.
The poor hight and unusual conditions
We're largely responsible for the failure
of the jumpers. The awards in the sew
e--al classes are as follows:
In the list of entries there are several
notable abseutees. Those of William c.
Whitney. w. Seward Webb and the mem
bers Of the Vanderbilt family will be
missed. Some of the best known exhibs-
tors from out of town are: e. A. Bar
ton. Hinsdale. Ills; Adam Beck, London.
J. Cas IS Berw sy' Pa: Horace e, n.
Crossley. Ontario, Can; W. j. Sampson,
Youngstown, o., and G. j. and II. Ham
lin. Buffalo. n. Y. The first class to be
signed into the ring at noon was jumpers
for preliminary trial.
At 2 o'clock the trumpet fared and
harness horses in class AZ came up for
judges awarded the blue rosette to c. F.
Bates brown gelding Coxey. while sec
ond prize went to George 3. Hulme's
Great Scott and the red rosette TO Bates
second string Amazon. t. NJ. billiards.
Flash was highly commended.
Glass IS brought out five French coach
ing stations, four-year-old or over, kept
for service. NJ. w. Durham Of Wayne,
Ills, swept the boards with his Indre.
Perfection and Urbin, while Partisan,
bred by the same, exhibited by e. w.
Barton of Hillsdale, was a magnificent
type of his kind.
Col Kip was an absentee from the
roadster class this year and first prize
went to c. w. Reed of Erie, Pa. for
Alice Leyburn, a nice looking mare by
Baron Wilkes. The red rosettes went to
Holmesdale, a handsome bay geiding
owned by William Pollack, of Pittsfield,
Mass. while the Village Farms entry,
King Bird, was awarded the yellow rib
bon.
John S. Bretten, of Englewood, Ills.
showed a nice pair in The Car and
The Sultan which took the crowd by
storm. o. II. p. Belmont's pair, Rock
ingham and Walsingham, got the blue
rosette, for Monarch and Performer VINO
carried all before them last year had to
put up with the red ribbon today The
winners were a snowy pair, but lacked
the conformation Of Mr.. Hobart's cracks I
G. F. Bates Aspiration and Ambition got
third and a handsome pair owned by E.
d. Morgan were highly commended
Class rs, saddle horses, Is hands and
under 1872 hands, three-year-old or over
up to carrying $50 pounds-Spark, first;
Rienzi second; Pennant, owned by John
5. Brafton, Englewood, Ills, third
Class l, stations, three-year-old or over
Favorable ten years, first; Judge
second; Lazzarone. third.
Class 1O4 jumping class, open to all
Kensington, first; Merry Boy, second;
Glass ga, four-in-hand teams, IA hands
and upwards. Louis Wormser's team
Of chestnuts Don Wilkes, Rose Mary |
His Excellency and Lady Adele, first