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

and geldings with gigs and phaetons.
The entries were: Dandy, bay Gliding,
16. years, exhibited by John Parrott
San Matso; Edie. gray mare, 1872, years
exhibited by F. H., Burke. La Siesta
Ranch; Sweetheart, bay mare, 1881, 6
wears. exhibited by George A.
Pope; Peacock, gray geiding, 1872
exhibited by W. S. Hobart;
Paragon, brown gelding, 1872, 5 years,
exhibited by w. s. Hobart; Madison
Square, brown gelding, 1857, six years,
exhibited by W. S. Hobart; The Gear,
gray gelding, 1913. exhibited by w. s. Ho-
bart; Fred, bay gelding, 1872, six years,
exhibited by Charles F. Hanion. Mr. Ho-
bart himself drove Madison Square, but
the fortunate first prize winner the
proved to be his brown gelding Paragon,
which had formidable rival in Mr.. Pope S
bay mare Sweetheart, the latter being
second.
The other prize-winners were Mr. Ho-
bart's Gear, third, ard his. gray gelding,
Peacock, fourth. The judges were as
before.
One OF the greatest displays of the day
and probably of the entire show came
under the head of class 81, for four-n- hand
road teams shown before coach or body
break.
The hero of the hour was undoubtedly
H. ]. Croker, who drove behind Edwin
Edgar, Prince and Dorothy. 1t would be
difficult to imagine finer spectacle in its
way than that presented by this superb
turnout. Everything was complete down
to the smallest details, even to the two i'm
ported grooms-if they are no more than
a detail-who sat in the rear of the coach
and from that point of vantage viewed the
proceedings with Anglo-Saxon stoiidity,
Charles A. Baldwin's Ruth, Demon,
Downey and His Lordship followed the
above for second place. with J. d. Grants
Music, Minstrel, Myrtle and Madre third,
and an unnamed four-in-hand. entered by
Mr.. Hobart and composed of three bay
geldings and one gray ditto, fourth.
Mr.. Hobart was not so successful in this
class as heretofore, and another four-in-
hand OF his, which also participated, was
not heard of when the judges made their
awards.
Last, but by no means least on the p ro-
gramme was the display of jumpers I'm der
class 81 This was entirely the most ex-
citing feature of the evening, the element
of danger, inseparable therefrom, adding
zest to the spectacle. The first competitor
to put in an appearance was Mr.. Hobart's
microscopical Welsh pony Tad pole, ridden
by an almost equally diminutive jockey
known as sBobby" IdaI, clever young
horseman employed by Mr.. Hobart to ex-
ercse his horses.
Tadpole is scarcely 10 hands high, and
is probably without a duplicate in Cali
fornia. His debut was the signal for every
lady in the Pavilion to rise in her seat,
and the customary feminine expressions
of admiration were heard on all sides.
But, though microscopical, Tadpole
was game, and he wentfor his first hurdle
with more valor than discretion, the
result being spill for both rider and
pony.
He did better the next time, however,
and after very interesting exhibition of
rapid cantering retired amid enthusiastic
applause. The more serious portion OF
the entertainment followed, a field of
twelve competing for three prizes. w.
Wirthle's Button made the first attempt,
and did fairly we'll. w. d. Randall 8
Idaho Chief, handsome bay stallion, was
ridden by Hermann Mass. who is &C
counted enc of the best horsemen in the
State.
This fact however. did not save him
from nasty spill. which might have re-
suited seriously. As 1t was he escaped
with severe shaking. Nothing daunted
by this failure, he pluckily repeated the
attem pit and cleared the bar without touch
ing. Charles A. Neave rode his brown
gelding Bobs, a 1924 six-year-old, and
proved that his mount was not afraid of
the hurdles. But Mr.. Hobart in person
was once again the hero of the occasion.
His first jump on Royalty nearly re-
suited in a tumble, but his succeeding
efforts on his bay mare, Huntress, and his
bay gelding, Merry Boy, were excel
lent exhibitions of horsemanship. The
brown gelding, Blairheart, of blue
blooded English ancestry, made his
second appearance during the day.
The prize winners were as follows:
Hobarts Huntress, Hobart's Merry Boy,
Wirthle's Button and Neave's Bobs.
COME nE THNCE