New-York tribune., 1899-11-18
LIVELY DAY AT THE SHOW
p1ows ARE DEALT. A CAB UPsETs AND
A HORSE is UNMANAGEABLE.
ATTENDANCE LARGER BY SEVERAL THOU
SAND THAN ON ANY OTHER FRIDAY
SINCE THE SHOW BEGAN.

ATTENDANCE LAtNIr@N %
SAND THAN ON ANY OTHER FRIDAY
SINCE THE SHOW BEGAN
The Horse Show at Madison Square Garden
wos enIvened Yesterday by several unusual
incidents not down on the programme ohe "a
these WAS A. vigorous exchange OF hsucuns oe
t,raen two we'll dressed men and woman On
the promenade about $50 o'clock IN the even
ing Another was the upsettins OF rap-'
driven hanson cab in the arena. dashihs '"e
driver against the barrier ana stunning '''''
= third was the vicious plunging Of morse
while heing exhibited, which endangereu 'ne
lives and limbs Of the judges in their s'"ho
and ended In the fall Of the animal ana 'he
wreck Of a vehicle Still another was the mag
nifcent attendance. larger In NUMBER py ee'-
oral thousands than on any other FRIDAY since
the annual Horse Show began. flfth was 'he
breaking of the worlds record In making
.,,,o,, change OF four horses to a tally-ho
coach The last was an incident Oh "'
dinerent nature the withdrawal Of all OF COLO
,el Lawrence Kips entries because OF MS ap-
preaching death
THE Aeht began so quickly and was over so
ouicklv that the names Of the participants coulu
no, he nrocured. They buried themselves in the
throng as soon as possible and no arrests were
made Several versions of the affair were given
nv those near by The most authentic one
seey,ed 70 he that the woman In applauulhs
knocked off the hat of q man In front OF hei'
WIN turned about and. being full OF new "lhe'
b,t her The womans escort hit back. cutting
the first mans face. The first man hlt oacA'
Then the woman came TO her escorts assistance
with hatpn, and after one Jao from IL 'Ne
first man turned to climb over the barrier INTO
the arena Bystanders and Garden ofhcias IN
terfered then and the combatants were husueo
out Of the building.
The upset occurred when twelve licensed han
som cabs were whirling around the arena
Patrick K Egan's cab and horse Wonder were
in charge Of William Fitzgerald, of No 10 west
Sixty-fourth-st. In order TO make his hansom
steady especially when turning corners fitZ-
gerald had it ballasted with paving stones IL
was noticed when he came into the ring that the
horse had a hard time connecting with the ear'h'
II was probably this circumstance that caused
the horse take fright when going along 'he
south side Of the oval after he had made few
turns. He started to run, and before F1tzgerald
could stop him he had cut across the ring and
struck the opposite fence There he reared ana
the cab upset Fitzgerald thrown off and
caught between the hanson and the fence. All
the grooms in the neighborhood came to his
was lifted off the man. Fitzgerald was found to
he hurt how badly Il could not be learned before
he was taken away. 1t was thought that his
collarbone had been broken. but later 1t was an
nounced that he had recovered.
Charles F. Bates won the special prize Of 500
offered by Brewster & Co. for the best pair
shown before the finest demi-mail stanhope or
spider. for park use HI and High Tide were
the horses. The award was received with en-
thusiastic applause all over the house.
The usual jumping exhibition ended the show
OF the night. This was the class Of high jump
ers. with the bars raised from five feet to six
and half. Mrs n. K Hayes's Chappie took
first prize. He was ridden by S. Holloway.
George Peppers Dude. riden by H. Wilson,
took second: Hart Brothers Richmond, ridden
by c. Hart, took third.
FIVE CLASSES OF HACKNEYs
1t was hackney morning" at the Horse Show
voted TO that breed; and although hackneys at
present lie under the tickle froWn Of fashion,
their faithful admirers had no reason TO blush
for the exhibits. The first lot, four out Of the
FIVE yearling stations entered, brought F. G..
Bourne, Frederick c. Stevens. A. J. Cassatt and
E. D. Jordan. their exhibitors, into competition.
The judges took considerable time TO make up
their minds. but finally awarded first honors to
Mr. Jordan's Diplomatist, OF His Majesty,
out Of Cartons Birthday. Mr.. Stevens's Fan
dango II. son of Fandango, out Of Pop. with
neither the size nor substance of Diplomatist.
though with more quality" got second; Mr..
Bournes Tomahawk, third.
COLONEL KIP'S HORSES WITHDRAWN.
When the class Of stations mares or gedngs
bred for road purposes came on shortly after
roon in which Colonel Lawrence Kip had three
entries, it was announced that all his entries
had been Withdrawn, he being at the point OF
death. His horses also entered for three
classes to-day, but they, too. have been with
drawn. The withdrawal Of Colonel Kip's entries
leaves no pairs eligible for the champion road
ster class which to be judged to-day, and
leaves the winner of the class of roadsters and
rigs singles. the only entry for the single road
ster championship. Instructions were sent to
the judges a few days ago to withdraw Colonel
Kips entries if he should die. Just before the
roadster class came on, at noon, a messenger
was sent from Colonel Kp's house with instruc-
tiOns to withdraw everything. 1t was said that
Colonel Kip very low.
FIVE FOUR IN HANDS IN THE RING
The show of road teams brought FIVE four II
hands into the ring dragging five road coaches
Richard F. Carman drove team Of handsome
blacks Charles F. Bates came in with his coacl
Defiance all decorated with evergreen. and Will
yellow chrysanthemums on the horses brides
Two chestnuts were at the pole and two whit
horses as leaders. big gray cockhOrse FOL
lowed him John S. BrattOn had a team h.
made up from his stable-three brown horse
and a white one as one of the leaders. He ha'
bay cockhorse. George F. Gilman had tw
white leaders with chestnuts at the pole HI
team was driven by Harry Lee Albert c. Bost
wick drove into the ring from Fourth-ave. afte
the others had all had a round Of the Garden
He was received with much applause from tn
boxes Three beautiful light chestnut horse
and white made IN his team. He had new
coach the Vergemere. finished in black. deel