The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1897-10-15

and VIM. o. Blanding's getting the other
decisions in the order named. The prize
offered by Howard P. rockingham for
tandem, wheeler to be any height, owned
in Morris, Essex, Somerset or Union
counties, was won by G. F. Lawton's
team Spiecher and La Poupee. Charles
Hathaway's Chris and Rex were second.
Leslie p. Wards team was third.
Neither team was worthy of
more than passing notice. After
an exciting contest in the competition of
sporting tandems for a prize offered by
Chas. Phizer Jr.. the leader having to be
shown over the jumps, L. 7. Martins
Grayson and Hollywood, exhibited by
owner won. Rob't l.. Stevens team was
placed second and F. L. Van Ness's
third. The first four-in-hand class,
horses to be 10 hands or over, had 7.
T Wyman Porter's team and four from
the Florham Farms for competitors, the
awards going as named. The prize was
handsome cup from J. M. Quinby &
Co., of Newark. For road tours Chas.
A. Sterling's exhibit, two bays in the
lead and bay and a roam in the wheel
and the public coach ''Falcon" easily got
the verdict. G. FL. Wilson drove the
team and Harry Mawbry in scarlet coat
was the guard. The teams were driven
around the half mile track at fast gal
lop, making novel spectacle. Many of
the spectators thought that Mr.. Porter's
which was second. should have been first,
but his exhibit was more of park than
road team, showing too much style fer
the latter requirement. J. w. Ogden's
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team easily carried off the first prize in
the other class for four in-hands park
teams, Mr.. Phizer's being second, The
performance of the hunters and Jumpers
was especially clever, the timber toppers
negotiating the course which was in the
intield, in fine style and providing an en-
joyable feature of the show. Chas.
Phizer Jr's., Sunbeam and Diana were
respectively first and second in the class
offered by E. 7. Fl. Talmadge for weight
carrying hunters and the former horse
also won the championship Jumping con-
test the reserve ribbon adjoining l..
T. Martins Hollywood. The prize offer
ed by the Essex Hunt for the Corinthian
class, horses to be ridden by owners,
brought out splendid lot of flyers
Mrs. A. Alexander's Iseult, ridden by
another of his owners, Robert L.
Stevens, was the winner. Rallywood
got second and W. M. D. de Peyster's
Patsie was third. Eight or nine middle
and light hunters competed for the Ber-
nardsville prize, Mr.. De Peyster's Patsie
winning in grand style. Iseult was sec
ond and Hollywood third. The latter
again secured another ribbon in the
jumping contest open to all, but this
time it was a blue Second and third
were respectively Miss Spofford's Briar
and Richard Newton, Jr s Sir Torn,
who was first in the consolation contest.
Second award in the latter event went to
George NJ. Sidenbergs Wildwood. With
few exceptions the timber toppers were
ridden by amateurs. There was a
special class offered by J. w. Ogden for
stations suitable for getting high-class
carriage horses. But as the two exhibit
tors, Matthias Plum and Nathan Case,
misunderstood the conditions, Mr.. Plum
showing his horse in hand and Nathan
Cases horse in harness, the purse
was divided. An added feature and final
contest the last day was championship
competition for single harness horses,
Adonis winning and Mr.. Gagnon's Cat
securing the reserve ribbon.
The last exhibit was the four -in-hands
owned in Morris, Essex and Somerset
counties. The first prize in this class
was awarded to G. Ledyard Blair,
second to J. w. Ogden and third to
Leslie D. Ward.