The Portland daily press., 1897-11-17
NEW YORK HORSE SHOW.
Rain Made the Attendance Rather Light
Last Evening.

New York, November 16-Notwl6nsrano'
ing the fact that the sky looked threa1en-
ing this morning the weather To-Day was
all that could be desired by the managers
of the horse show and the crowds OF
people that docked to Madison % uare
garden. Tonight a..heavy rain fall caused
many of the fashionable patrons 20 re-
main at home and the crowd was accord
ingly much smaller than that OF last
night.
1t was announced in the official pro-
gramme today that horses might De
driven or ridden for exercise in the ring
between 8 and 10 o'clock, but long before
these hours number of exhibits in all
classes came out to take the stiffness from
their legs.
A pretty pair which made the rounds
o. the ring in the early morning were W.
IL. Clark s exhibit in class 81, Last Coup
and First Choice. They are well
matched pair of brown geldings and made
pretty showing. Other horses out at
early exercise were those of M. Hillyard' q
harness mare Delight, the trotters Alta
mont and Rival, owned, respectively by
James W. Cook and e. III. Hartman and
I'll. M. Baines trotting stallion Warner.
one OF the earliest classes to be judged
todayEWere the pigny Shetland ponies and
these were put through their PAGES before
their crowd of admirers arrived. Some
OF the tiny brood mares were accompanied
by foals and for the moment the ring
looked like a playground for toy horses.
The ribbon was secured by Mr.. L. L..
Watt, Jr. Kelpie.
During the schooling of the hunters Mr..
j. Holloway's bay gelding Chappie,
ELECTED much applause by the clever way
In which he cleared the six foot high
Jump several times. This horse gave one
of the finest exhibitions of fencing yet seen
in the garden.
hurricane, in the same class, also showed
himself to be clever performer over the
high hurdles. 7
In class "a for two year old hackney
hllies, Lady Valentine, a chestnut FLY by
Grand Fashion, out of Lady Lillian, bred
by +. Penberton in England, but now
the property of F. G. Stevens, carried of
the blue honors by very large margin.
beating Pride of Pembrook, Dainty Lady
and many others.
In the yearling FLY class. these shown
were on the big side, some of them look
ing more like two year olds than yearlings.
The winner turned up in Senorita.
She was bred by her present owner at the
Floorham farm.
Seven two year old stations were shown
in class No. Z. Outside of Amby, the
winner, there was little to choose.
In the three year old tilly class for trot.
ters, Messrs. Hamlin had comparative
walkover with American Belle.
Fourteen spanking teams were trotted
into the ring in class 4S for pairs in har.
ness. AS q whole they were above the
average in this department., many o
them being prize winners heretofore. Tbs
general opinion, however, was that the
pair shown by G. T. Bates, Coxey and
Brown Donna, showed more style, quality
and conformation than any other.H pail
and they were given the ribbon.
The exhibit of roadsters in pairs, showr
to road wagons was little different from
that OF previous years. Col. Lawrence
Kips, Champions Enoleta and Mambrine
Belle, being the stars as usual. Lawrence
Kip had another pair entered in Miss
Mary and Chere Ami, but they were moi
shown. Chas. M. Reed hitched up Alice
Leyburn and George M, and they were
just good enough to beat his second team
Silicon and Siluran.