The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-08
Interesting Exhibitions at
the First Show.
Only One Incident Marred the
Work of Yesterday.
How the Judges Awarded Ribbons
In the Various Classes.


proyement Association was completed
late yesterday afternoon In every sense
it was success, barring possibly the at
tendance. Perhaps the number of spec
tators would have been swelled to a re-
spectacle size had the sky been less
threatening and the cold raw wind tenn
pered by the suns rays. As 10 was,
however, in the neighborhood of 800
persons passed through the gates To seats
on the grand stand, and the row OF pri-
yate boxes, and as might be expected,
they fully enjoyed the showSuperintendent
Harry Field has labored on for days and
nights for some time past
In the morning and early afternoon the
show was given over to the Judging of
laboring teams and bore a strong resem-
blance TO a country fair, but later in the
day when Reeves American Band struck
up the "CoL Goff' march, society began
80 put in an appearance. the boxes To fill
and the grounds TO take on the appear
nnce expected. Here and there on tho
grand stand and throughout the entire
line OF boxes many well known people
were seated, while about the track and
in the improvised paddock back of the
field were the horsemen, born and bred,
looking over the stock and commenting
on the merits of the horses entered.
Amusing and Interesting.
Taken all In all the afternoon work
amused as we'll as Interested the specta-
tors. The instance when Providence's
Finest came into the ring on horse
back. spic and span in their neat blue
uniforms and grey helmets, no two sized
alike or riding alike, the sight was anus
ing. First Deputy Chief OF Police Egan
trotted by on Prince, then came Patrol
men Mckenzie, and Munroe, and Luby
and Briggs Paine and Edwards ard
a,4I
Charley bringing up in the rear. Ring
master Mons. NignonCs took command
and ordered all hands about the ring at
different PAGES, first at walk, then a
trou then canter aud bye-anc bye gal.
lop. As the trot increased 10 a canter
and the canter developed into the gailop
IL gradually dawDed on the spectators
that they were being treated TO an exhibit
tion of rough riding. Not the kind
Buffalo Bits rough riders gave us,
though This was different This was
rough riding of n different natIre-very
rough in fact. First the fun began with
thee mounts Of Briggs and Paine bolting,
then Edwards Ike swallowed the bit and
in the tussle TO see who was boss Edwards
helmet flew off and Edwards came near
doing likewise. Verify for q few min
utes 1t was delightful and the spectators
appreciated it,
Ribbons Awarded.
Eventually the judges called the men
on the turf the horses were inspected at
close quarters and the ribbons awarded
as follows: Blue and cup donated by Mr..
James +. Freeman to Deputy Supt.
Egan's Prince; red, i. IL. Luby's
tie; @ and white, II. s, Paine's Babe.
The platoon FLED about the grounds
and Reeves struck up Hail to tho
Chief, " as they passed by, amid the APP
plause of the crowd.
Another incident that pleased the peo-
pie was the awarding of the blue ribbon
to little Miss Mather i'm the ponies in har-
ness class. Miss Mather lis diminutive,
her pony dapple gray was little fellow,
her cart was small and the combination
was about as pretty aud fetching as
one could wish to see. Miss Mather could
drive too and she did, winning her class
from n good field, in which her elders by
many years handled the ribbons of the
competing entries. 1t was in this class
that Sport, Mr.. Edward Leahy's bay
gelding hitched TO stylish tandem cart,
acted nasty. He was strung TO high
pitch and on two occasions nearly reared
completely backward Incidentally, he
knocked down and iurp ped over groom
but had ne had strong hand guiding
him his performance undoubtedly would
have been considerably better. AS II was
he captured second prize.
The FOur-in-Hand Class.
The real event of the day. the real stylish
horse show attraction was the competing
of the four-in. hands for the cup donated
by Mr. Fred L. Smith. one after the other
Mr.. John Shepard. .Ir., MIR. sWilliam
Blanding and Mr. William ii. Halls fours
and drags footed through the gate and
into the ring, Shepard's s bays, ribbon
winner at many shows, as handsome as
ever pranced about the ring driven by
Shepard s driver, one OF the best whips
hereabouts. Then came Blandings chest
nuts and Halls bays. a pretty scene they
made, for they were thoroughbred horses
ana handsome turnouts. Round and
round they wheeled cutting across the
turf in graceful curves az the command of
the ring driver and finally drawing up
near the judges stand. AS was expected
Shepard's four were accorded the blue
ribbon, Blanding's the red and Halls
the yellow. Later Mr.. shepard S four
different bitches captured two more
prizes.
Courtesy 10 opponents, Rentlemanly
manner and pleasant relations character
izcd the show up to this point Just 8s it
should any well-regulated. first class
horse exhibition, but then came the
break small one, 60 be sure, but
break nevertheless, that marred in
slight degree the pleasure OF the after