The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-07
SOCIETY AND THE HORSES.
BRoOELYN,s SMART sET ON HAND
AT THE EQUINE PARADE.

Another SueoessruI Might for the Horse
Bhow-Monnrch Hesteu By Golden star
Holly Takes Mis Third Biue nibbon-
Miss Pirie Rides the winning jumper.
The attendance at the Brooklyn horse show
last night was perhaps not quite 80 large as on
Monday and Tuesday. but the big club house
on tho Park plaza was we'll filled In every
part with tho ~prettiest women and the
best-dressed men Of Brooklyn who were
there TO watch tho Judging Of the horses
and incidentally to show of their best bibs and
fuckers. Gen. RuGer and staff from Govern
or's Island were there. Mayor Wurster occu-
pied a box In the balcony, and many other
prominent persons saw the hiRh-steppcrs
parade on the tanbark.
The fashionablos, as usual, were late In put
ing In an appearance. and nearly half Of the
seats in the house remained vacant when the
first class of the evening was shown. Five gem
tlemen's road horses logged around the ring
TO road wagons in this event for a special
prize OF $50. offered by John d. Adams.
David Bonner. Gen. q. =. Field. and S. w.
Taylor acted as judges. and they awarded the
prize to w. VI. v. Hoffman's Orange Blossom,
2:281f. q handsome bay gclding by Victor Bis
marck. foaled in 1883. T.. r. Bedford's fast
marc Black lde. 2:l7, whose defeat in double
harness with Gillette, 2:11A. caused n good
deal Of criticism on the first night of the show.
was plHCeu beCO0us INC yellOW TObeJJo ROlUk W
L. II. harness chestnut mare Trix, one of tho
winning pair in the double-team competition.
Only three OF tho six pairs of high steppers
entered in class IA competed for the special
prize OF $50 offered by f.. Ii. Litchfeld. Ray
monR HoaRland drove q grand pair In Le
Grand and King Oscar, but the of horse
had received a kick in the stifo while
being harnessed, and he moved distinctly
lame in the ring. MIR. Hoasland there
fore withdrew from tho contest, leaving
only II. ii. Salmon's IGighfyer and Lady Sap
phlre and II. w. Rouss's High Roller and Reu-
ben to compete for first honors. The first
named pair outpointed the others clearly, and
they were awarded the prize.
The magnificent black geldlng Bonapartc,
owned by &, W. Seamans, was a popular favor
na q m 1 no ha5 c "a =, mn lnaan eap n1.n neN ~ " 'ho
Janison's Gray Eagle. the latter horse being
the choice Of the iulge. J; H.. WaloridGo's
DIXIE and Holly, had a walkover in the class for
the other two entries making their appearance
in tho ring, Holly was shown in single
$50 s56" offered by f f.A +. e Bcdfor 1% and p he won on
first honorS easily over a very fair lot of harness
H Ron,h was R sscana ap ho IS Spro S59wf bag Eei mnrs
Nora was third. The winner landed his third
blue ribbon Of the week. He was driven by J.
in The class which followed; for carriage horses
of the larger type. John r. Talmage's noted
pr:1e winner Monarch and the briilinrt
Brokaw, coming together for the first
time. Monarch was driven by !. II.
shuts. Jr. while Fred Ashenden handled
Golden Star. The latter horse. q thick-sct,
short-necked bay. fairly out-acted the more
noted animal. and won the prize amid great APP
plause. Mrs. Erhart's unnamed gray gelding
was third.
In the class for ladies' saddle horses Charles
b. Van Nos,rapa's gray Geldins Blue Point;
prize offered by col. j.. y. Partridge. Henry
Bowers's brown gelding Modesty, ridden by
Miss Amy Bowers, was second. and Miss
Adelaide Doremus's grand looking but bad
hammered chestnut gelding Chester was third.
Hamilton II. Salmon's well:Enown team lligh-
flyer and Lady Jess easily defeated A. j. Nut
ting's Holly and Little Duke in the tandem
class, Little Duke, the leader of the Nutting
team. being green at the business and faulty
of mouth.
The programme ended with n jumping compe-
titton. in which women were to ride, for w. Ed
win Thorpe's special prize. Five horse-show
hunters took the three-tcet fences in clever
style. Miss Prize riding the chestnut mare Mod
esty and winning first prize. Second honors
went to Miss Ethel landee. who rode q. Herbert
Pottcr's Loki. and third to Theodore +. Miller's
Merrylegs. ridden by Miss Ethel Moore.