The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-01

Athlete, Autocrat and Aristocrat had to
hide their diminished heads in shame.
The groom received a comfortable an
nuity for life for his device. That is
how much men care for the horse-show
prizes, small though they are and cheap.
1t is the honor that counts. The high
est four-in-hand prize is 500 in plate or
money; and to claim 800 a man viii
gladly spend $780, 900. That is the sum said
to have been spent by man named
Bourne, who went to Russia to bring
home certain strains of horses.
An interesting point arises in the drlv-
ing of teams. The point of clothes. And
no woman was ever as particular about
the style of her hat as the drivers of
these coaches are about the cut of their
coat.
This point almost lost the prize to w.
Seward Webb who insisted upon dress
ing his guard in a Prince Albert coat
and wearing a silk hat himself. The
entry was for road, rain-or-shine
coaches ready for wear and tear. A silk
hat stands very little of either of these
and the incongruity was noticed. The
Webb four-in-hand would have been
thrown out, but, unfortunately the horse
show regulations described the coach and
horses infinitely but did not mention the
get-up of the driver. So the famous An
gelica and Eric, grand old leaders, and
Hexter and Lewiston Boy, famous noble
wheelers, were allowed to walk proudly
away with their ears tied up with rib
bons.
Frank Beard, who married the daughter
of Joe Howard, Jr., appeared dressed sim
ilary. He wore full-dress afternoon cos
tune, as though decked for the altar of a
daytime wedding, even to white spats
and a button boutonniere. But he got a
prize just the same.
The gaudiest coach belongs to John A.
Logan, Jr. 1t is said that no woman has
ever driven this coach. But this is denied
by some westerners, who say that the
Logan coach was driven by lady upon
the boulevard of a famous western city.
This coach has bright blue under panels,
topped by black upper ones. Its running
gear is bright yellow and the guard
dresses in blue uniform with yellow fac
ings. The horses are bright bays. The
turnout is in good taste but whether 1t
would stand mud was debated. 1t was
finally concluded that 1t would. The Lo-
gan coach enters the ring at full speed,
makes the turns to the shouts of the au-
dience and the clack of the stable gang
and drives out in whirl Of glory and
ribbons.
Women will exhibit largely this year.
This, as a rule, means that pet horses
of fine strain will be brought from their
stables and tearfully stalled in the gar
den for a week. Many fine little horse
is brought here to be judged and sent
back rejected.
."Good manners, but lacking" is the gist
of the communication sent the fair owner.
This means that, though the little saddle
horse shakes hands. follows like dog,
whinnies at his name and likes street nois-
es, he Is not quite up to the horse show
standard. His mistress knows better, but
has to allow the matter to rest with her
own private information on the subject.
The great stables all bring their horses
east for this time, as all racers take them
west for the Derby and wherever horse in
terest centers. There have been larger en-
tries this year, but whether anything finer
than the magnificent four-in-hands Of last
year can be shown remains to be seen.
Albert Cameron.