New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-14

e,. Mo-. M. ,hrouph dinner Then came the
competition between hanson cabs and horses' ."o
rigs supposed appear exactly as they are let io'
hire The competition resulted In the appearance
of ten rigs such az will be let for hire 10
the public this side the Promised Land But TOT
all that and possibly because OF that II was Vastly
interesting and the railbirds Interested themse'es
personally in the awards. appauding the'r iaVor-
ties as they sped around the ring. The tanoems
succeeded IN getting themselves tied up several
times so that the Intervention Of the grooms was
necessary TO get them Strengthened out again.
feat which accomplished In spite OF the APP
parent prediction of one or two OF the leaders
for proceeding with their faces TO the wheeler.
The class was another duel between o. II. =. Bel
mont's tandem and the one driven by Fatty
Bates and the Belmont team again won the blue
ribbon.
CHAMPION SADDLE HORSES.
Four horses appeared in what proved one OF tho
prettiest features Of the week. namely. the cham
pionship class for saddle horses. To this class
only those horses were eligible who had taken
first prize In the saddle-horse classes at this or
any OF the associations previous shows. The en-
tries were c. l.. Railey's Patsy McCord. ridden
by her owner; Chester Miss Doremuss chestnut
gelding, ridden by Miss Beach: +. II. Weatherbee's
chestnut gelding Spark. ridden by Captain Turner
and Z. T. II Tainages bay gelding Moabund
ridden by McGibbon. The torses looked the cham
pions they were. and their progress around the
good allowance of applause. All the PAGES were
tried and then eacn rider had chance to show
what the horse could do In the way OF handling Its
feet Patsy McCord led of. and under the skilfu
riding OF her owner cut all sorts OF dadoes on the
tanbark She cut figure Fights around two grooms
and did what skaters call the grapevine and
picked her feet up and put them down as II they
were shod with light. The little mare got rounds OF
applause for her dainty work. Moabund was not
much behind her at that and everybody put him
down for second prize but he didn't get a thing
from the judges. Miss Doremuss Chester took the
reserve ribbon, and there were many who were
mean enough to say that he wouldn't have got 1t
had he not been ridden by a woman. But nobody
questioned the right OF dainty Patsy McCord to the
championship and the $780,
THE JUMPING CONTESTS.
The high Jump. which has been one Of the Incl
dents that people have been looking forward to all
the week came last night with the tail-end Of the
days programme. There scene OF busy
preparation in getting the trial fence In position.
A small army of grooms rushed into the middle OF
the ring and carried the judges platform ana
naraphernaIia OF to side. Unlike the previous
jumping contests. there was only one fence put up,
and that was placed In the middle OF the tanoark
well down toward the Fourth-ave end OF the Car
den leaving a good distance for the horses TO get
into motion before jumping and not any too much
for them to bring up m after the leap. When the
bupIer blew the call for the horses the biggest
crowd vet seen In the Garden STOOD SILENT 4he