The San Francisco call., 1896-11-13
SOCIETY AT THE
BIG HORSE SHOW
Large and Swell Gathering
at the Madison Square
Gardens.
Drill of the Municipal Mounted
Police a Most Pleasant
Feature.
DIVIDED SKIRTS ARE BARRED
Again the Dashing Variety Actress
Is Denied the Privilege OF
the Ring.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 12.-Jupiter
Pluvius and his attendant ministers OF
rain and slush have no terrors for the
fashionable throng who for week every
year vie with each other in the display OF
pomp and beauty and incidentally pat
ronize that noble animal the horse. Con-
sequently the attendance this afternoon
at Madison-square Garden was the best
since the show began, mum bering $500
people.
At night too the constant stream that
poured in and distributed Itself through
the boxes and reserved seats. leaving the
overflow to join the eddying circle on the
floor, seemed never-endlng. Those who
came to see the horses-always heroic
minority-were ranged six deep around
the tanbark railing where they stood,
criticizing form in learned manner.
Those who came ito see and be SEEM
the great majority-paraded in such num-
bers that the making of the grand cir
cult" on the floor was feat only to be
utter disregard of time. and occasionally
attended with a decided wrinkling of
voluminous sleeves and diminished pa
tlence.
In the tan barked arena, three or four
accidents, happily of a minor nature, oc-
CURED at regular intervals throughout the
day.
The drill of municipal mounted police
under the command of Acting Inspector
McCullagh, lent q military air to the
evening performance which was highly
appreciated. The troop as usual presented
a splendid appearance, and obeyed the
commands of their leader like veteran
cavalrymen. They went through all
that provoked storm of applause at the
conclusion of every movement.
The irrspressible variety actress who
was turned down yesterday was again on
hand to-day. She had substituted divided
skirts for the Objectionable pink tights OF
last evening, but her white stallion was
again equipped with mans saddle, and
accordingly the ring committee refused to
allow her to ride astride. This was her
last appearance, as she only entered in
two classes, and after threatening dire
penalties, she departed much to the relief
OF the directors.
Sixteen classes in all were judged to-day,
and among the most interesting was the
fine display of Shetlands. The tandem
class also came in for lot of well-merited
applause, while the jumping classes, es-
pecIally the green hunters, brought out
some good performers.
Hackneys and trotting stations took up
the time of the judges until recess.
Fred q. Stevens won first and second in
the class for hackney mares, three-year-
olds of any height. A class for half-bred
hackneys required the judges TO decide
between Ham!in's Amont Jr., trotting
stallion, with four OF his get by hackney
mares, and A. ]. Cassatt's hackney stallion
Cadet with four youngsters by unregis-
tered mares. There was applause when
the built trotter- bred stock were
given the ribbon, although they showed
less OF the hackney characteristics than
Cadets offspring.
Bancroft, owned by s. II. Hunse, was
the first in the competition for two-year-
old stallion trotters and in the class for
trotters, fllies, two to four years, shown in
harness, Minneola King, entered by C. ].
and H. Hamlin. Buffalo, N. Y, was the
victor.
Saddle horses. 1872 or over, three years
old or over-Don Fulano, Brayton Ives,
first: Dandy, w. A. Jameson, second
Banjo, w. A. Copp. third.
Roadsters, pair of horses and best ap-
pointed road rig-Nutshell and Dick, w.
II. Stark, first; Alice Leyburn and George
M, mares, G. M. Reed, Erie, Pa, shown
lame. Only two shown.
Harness tandem-Aladdin and Amazon,
c. S. Bates, first; Blaze Away and Golden
Rod, George B. Hulme, second; Actress
and Cockrobin, C. +. Bates. third.
Herd of Shetland ponies, one stallion
and four mares in foal or at foot-Mont-
real II, Ruth, Jessie, Maritana and
Midget, George Green, Katonah, N. Y,
first; Keipie and herd. T. L. Watt. Sec
ond; Huckieberry Finn and b rd, G. B.
Bassett, Walton, N. Y, third.
Green hunters, light weight up to 165
pounds-Ladylike, Adam Beck, London,
Ont, first; Leith, same. second; Rock
wood, same, third.
Pairs of horses shown before victoria or
cabriolet-Su perior and Surprise. L. w.
Wormser, first; Amazon and Aladdin, G.
f. Bates, second; Ruther and Meteor, W.
q. Brokaw, third.
Hackney stations, four years old OF
over, under 1872 hands-Clifton II. F. C.
Stevens, Attica, N. Y, first; Danes Forth,
d. Fairfax, Aldie. London County, Pa,
second; Stanley. R. G. Shaw, Needham,
Mass, third.
Ponies under saddle, between 1871 and
14.l hands, three years old and over
Punch, Samuel Russell Jr., Middletown.
Conn.,, first; TIP Top, E. H. Weatherbee,
second; Wild Rose, Mrs. R. S. Cafmay,
third.
High steppers, not under 15.2-Flash, T.
NJ. Hllyard, first; Rockingham, o. H. P.
Belmont, second; Walsingham, o. II. P.
Belmont, third.
Hunters or jumpers, over six five-fooi
jumps, carrying minimum weight of LAG
pounds-Kenneth. s. ID. and L. w. Riddle,
hrst; Lady Bird, S. s. Rowland, second
Fly Catcher, same, third.