New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-20

Devil Whir Of the Town, Sporting Life. Rich
mond. Chappie. Fayette McCord. Sampson. Slgs-
bee High Tide HI, Prince Compton. Cadet and
a score or so others. 1t pity that the
parade could not have been left until evening.
when thousands more spectators would have
beer present to the animals to whom the
honoIs Of the show had fallen.
one OF the most interesting features OF the
afternoons programme was the saddle-horse
championship for horses over II hands inches
Here L. T II. Talmages Ornamme carried off
the championship, with Emile Gautiers Dia-
mond in reserve. In the championship for the
smaller saddle horses Mrs. Jacques Ballin's Fay
cite McCord first honors. with II. S. La
dew's Lady OF Quality in reserve. Fayette Nc
Cord is relative OF the old-tme high-school
horse Patsy McCord. Colonel Kip's Ernoleta
was adjudged the best roadster in the show,
but no reserve ribbon awarded, no COMPETE
tor appearing. for some unknown reason Emo
leta Is bay mare, eleven years old. and has
record II 22lii. With MambrinO Belle, Emo
ieta won tho championship for pairs OF road
sters. In this case. too. there
petition.
Seventeen tandems responded TO the call Of
the buge In Class e., and il took long time
TO weed them out. At last Coxey came to the
front again, winning the blue ribbon with Whirl
OF the Town for Charles +. Bates. George Il.
Hume's Lord Brilliant and Lieutenant Wilkes,
getting the red ribbon and A. j. Nutting's Duke
and Holly the yellow badge. Mr.. Bates came
TO the fore again by winning both the cham
pOnship and the reserve ribbon for champion
carriage horses. Whirl of the Town and Coxey
dong the trick. The same owner took every
thing IN sight in the championship for pairs OF
carriage HOSES Whirl Of the Town and Sporting
Life and COXey and Brown Donna being the
chosen instruments. whereat there Yves much
glee among the stable hands at the eastern end
Of the Garden. for il meant another neg for them
from the hotel across FOurtl. ave.
THRONGS IN THE EVENING
The rain stopped falnng about dlnner-tme,
but the streets remained wet and sloppy. These
little tribes however. did not keep the throngs
away from the Garden. They remained stead
fast in their allegiance TO the end. The even
ing's attendance was not as large on the 'hree
preceding nights. but it averaged well with most
Saturday nights in the history of the show.
The first class on the evenings list aroused
much discussion. 1t brought out fouf confess
ants for the championship for the big carriage
hOrses-Charles F. Bates's Eebert, Crow Mur-
rays Butcher, O. H. p Belmonts Uncle sam
and Albert G.. Bostwicks Chesterfield. Inc
Judges long time in making up their
minds. They had so much difficulty in making
the awards that they even stripped all -FOUR
horses Of their harness and examined them IRE"
of all impedimerta that could conceal any defects
in conformation. Then they pinned the champion
ship ribbon 10 the headstall of Mr. Belmonts
Uncle Sam and the reserve ribbon upon Blucher,
a handsome chestnut The award brought out a
deal of Kissing Neither did ii please the horse
men. They found fault with Uncle Sans IONS.
and they expressed dislike of his head and
neck. but he got the championship Just the
same.
The championships for the jumpers finished
the programme and the Horse Show OF lS"N
As the horses hOOfs clattered upon the Moor
outside the ring the crowd sauntered lelSurelv
toward the big gates and gradually found It's
way TO the carriages the cabs and the hansoms
that were lining the Garden for blocks IN every
direction: to their homes all over the city, 10
the big hotels crowded to their full capacity with
visitors from ALL over the country. The erooms
in the stables gave their charges last rubbing
The blue ribbons were all awarded. The bugle
had blown its last.
The electric legend on the tower twinkled a
few minutes longer and vanished into darkness
and the fourteenth Horse Show had come 10
brilliant close. Up above IN the darkness ana
silence bronze Diana swayed easily with the
fresh crisp breeze that chasing the clouds
from the face Of the stars. and made another
entry in her fragile memory.