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


raz's chestnut gelding Norval and Mr.
Hobart's The Sid. The horses bounded
into the arena and were much admired
for their movement and style. Mousie
took first prize and Czarina third, no other
prizes being awarded.
The next was one OF the most i'm portant
events of the opening day-cIass 40, horses
in harness, pairs of mares or geldings, Is
hands high or over, for park use in I cart
or phaeton, the pair taking first prize
barred from taking prize in classes "a,
81 and AZ. These teams and outfits were,
perhaps, the SWEETEST of the day. The sill
yer chains of the harness jngled pleas
ant music TO the motion OF the trotters,
and the gold or silver mounted harness
glittered in the rays OF the sun that
slanted from the upper windows The en-
tries were: Henry ]. Crocker's chestnut
gelding Fred and chestnut mare Flea
nor; George A. Pope's bay mare Sweet
heart and bay gelding Surprise; Mr..
Pope's chestnut geldings Arlington and
Arsenal; w. S. Hobart's gray and brown
geldings Peacock and Paragon; Mr.. Ho-It
bart's bay geldings Damrosch and Seidl;
Mr.. Hobart's bay geidings The Gar and
The Sultan. which he purchased at the re-
cent New York horse show for special ex-
hibition here.
These teams were all we'll matched, and
it was apparent from the studious looks on
the faces of Judges Rives and Carinan, as
the handsome turnouts trotted around the
circle and described other evolutions in
the arena, that they considered they had
come work to perform. Mr.. Hobart held
the reins over The Gar and The Sultan.
These are certainly magnificent horses.
Mr.. Hobart's face was almost impassive.
Nearly an hour was consumed in passing
upon this class, amid the greatest interest
on the part of society people and all
others present. At first it appeared that
The Gear and The Sultan would win first
prize, but it was not to be.
The blue went to Mr.. Pope's crack team,
Arlington and Arsenal; the red to Mr..
Hobart's Damrosch and Seidi; third prize
to the New York prize-winners, The Gar
and The Sultan, and fourth to Mr.. Pope's
Sweetheart and Surprise, two prizes each
for the leading competitors. There was
feeble applause. Mr.. Hobart flushed and
did not stay to parade in the. arena with
the other prize winners.
In class 70, stallion not exceeding As
inches in light, not length, Prince AL
bert, bay. owned by Thomas G.. Klink,
was the only entry. He was awarded first
prize.
Class rs, stallion three years old or over,
exceeding II hands inch and not exceed
ing IA hands inch, the only entry was
the bay stallion Tommy, owned by Wake
field Baker. He took blue ribbon.
The next, class 20, was one of a numer-
Gus and sort of a proud amily showing.
1t was for stations, four years old or over,
with three of his get OF any age. The en-
tries were imp. Green's Rufus, exhibited by
John Parrot, and imp. Paragon, chest
nut, exhibited by F. G. Berry of Fresno.
They took first and second prizes respect
lively. The array OF equine children was
very frisky and credit TO their sires
The only entry in class u, stations, four
years old or over, was John PARROTS imp.
Green's Rufus, chestnut, which felt the
vigor of every ounce of blood under his
beautiful coat. He showed it, too in his
arched neck and graceful cavorting. He
took another first prize and seemed to feel
his double honors IN the prancing he in
dulged in with a second blue ribbon flut-
tering from his tenn piles.
w. S. Hobart's Frills, in class %, for
colts, fillies or geldings two years old, the
only entry, took another blue ribbon.
Ali Baba, John Parrott's brown colt, in
class % for year ings, and the only entry,
took second prize, no first being awarded.
In class 20 A, 3 and under years old,
there were eight entries, but none came
up to the standard OF first prize. The
entries were: F. G. Berry's bay mare
Maud, Mr.. Berrys bay geldng Dave, Mr..
Berry's bay mare Maybelle, bay gelding
Colonel, chestnut gelding Ginger and
chestnut mare Lady, the chestnut mare
Hattie, owned by N. G. KItte of Fresno,
and the chestnut mare Mary. same owner.
They looked well. Lady took the blue,
Mary the white ribbon and Ginger the
yellow color or fourth prize.
BEAUTY AS 1T