The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-19
SMITHSHOULDWIN
His Riding Of Sure
Pop at the
Horse Show
DECLARED SUPERB.
Coveted Blue Ribbons
May Come to
Worcester.

George A. Stevens, whose pair of
coachers, Gas and Gaslight, are at
Boston horse show, when seen by the
Spy man last night had nothing but
praise for the show and its appointments
as the greatest tan bark event ever
seen in the country, not excepting the
big Madison square garden show of
last winter.
Although his horses have as yet been
behind the ribbon contingent Mr.. Ste
vens will show them singly and in dou-
BILE hitch a half dozen times before the
end of the week and has a well ground
ed belief that he will bring one of the
coveted blue ribbons to Worcester. To-
day Gaslight will be shown under the
saddle in the class for the fastest walk
ing saddle horse, lope and singlefoot
barred. Gaslight moves at square
walk and if beaten will be doWned by
good one. In this class Gaslight will
enter into competition with Col. Samu-
ell E. Vinslow's big chestnut saddle
horse, The Baron.
Mr.. Stevens was enthusiastic in his
praise of the superb riding Of Harry w.
Smith in the hurdle class and believed
the judges could do nothing but ties
the blue ribbon to the bride of Mr..
Smiths bay mare Sure Pop. IN
class of 20 entries Sure Pop was the last
to appear to take the five foot hurdles.
Her jump created an outburst of en-
thusiasm. The mare cleared the four
hourdles without touching a bar, and
was the only horse shown that did the
work in clean and finished fashion. She
drew the applause of the evening and
her rider set her like a part and parcel
of her being.
Although the mare, and in fact all
of Mr. Smiths horses are entered in
the catalogue under the name of the
Grafton Hunt Club, Mr.. Stevens says
that Harry w. Smith was at once rec
ognized by followers of the show ring,
and the name of the rider was whisp-
cred among the boxes until Mr.. Smith
was as well known as the rider of Sure
Pop, as though his name had appeared
in the program. Mr. Stevens has seen
the work of Sure Pop, Sweet Briar and
the Shrew at Mr.. Smiths home in
Grafton, where for a month he has
had the horses in training over hurdles
and across country. He predicts that
Mr.. Smiths string of horses Will lana
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Of the show in it's entirety, Mr.. Ste
vens spoke enthusiastically. The entry
lists in all classes are far and away in
excess of any previous show in Boston,
and the horses are of unusually hlgn
quality Although he was not among
the lucky winners, he declares that ne
was defeated by remarkable pieces OF
horsefesh. In the runabout class, IN
which he showed Gaslight in single
hitch, he was in the same class as
Fatty" Bates with his many times
winner. 1.-THE Whirl of the Town,
which captured another to add to ms
long string of blue ribbons.
In the high stopper class for pairs,
Mr.. Stevens Gas and Gasllght We're
considered long by the judges pelhg
one of the last teams under inspection
after many of the good ones had peeh
bowled over. Bates remarkable pair
of steppers, as familiar to the snow
ring Inadvertently hammered for the
fan bark. were winners, and Mr.. Ste
vens maintains that it is no disgrace
to be defeated by horses of national
reputation.
Boston, April 1S.-Breeding classes
occupied the ring during the early
hours of the horse show today. Inc
crowd was as large as that of yester-
day. and the condition of the ring nluch
better.
The following were among the morn
ing awards: Pony stations and prood
mare, class POP, Shetland brood mare
not exceeding as inches, in foal or win
foaI at foot: First prize, $50, Thomas
L. Watt, New York, B. M. Gladys; Sc
cond, $25, Thomas l.. Watt, blk. m. Jew
ell (Pattisons).
Hackneys Glass 20: Mare, yearlings
foaled 1898, height not to be consider
ed: First prize, $50, f. c. Stevens, At
tica, N Y, oh. Victoria; second, 49,
Eben D. Jordan, Boston, Bell Royal.
Glass .27: Mare, years old or over,
IA hands and under Is hands: First
prize, 500, Eben d. Jordan, eh. Noun
tain Maid; second, $50, Chestnut hin
stock forms, All Ablaze.
Trotters, breeding classes, cHsss D,
stallion, four years old or over, Kept
for service: First prize, 800, J, Nal
colin Forbes, Hamilton, Miss, b. Blngen'
Glass 6, stallion, three years old:
FIRST prize. 500, Frederic c. Sayles,
Pawtucket, r. l., b. Handspring,
Hackneys. Glass 22-Stallion, three
years old or over, Is hands, one inch
and under: First prize, 800. Eben d.
Jordan, ch. Prince CrOmpton.
Glass 21-StaIlion over Is hands high,
one inch: First prize, 800, Eben D. Jor-
dan, b., Lord DENLY II.
Thoroughbreds: Running horses,
class 1-Stallion. three years old or
over: First prize. 500, DR.. Burton C.
Russell. Keene, n. H, B. Marcus Au-
relius.
Glass 2-Stallion, first prize: DR.. Bur
ton c. Russell. b., Marcus Aurelius.
Trotter, driving classes: Glass Is
Colt. illey or gelding two years old:
First prize, $780, ]. Malcolmn Forbes,
B. Vidal.
Ponies. under saddle class-94 pony,
not exceeding 13 hands. one inch, three
years or over: First prize $50, John S.
Bratton, East st. Louis, H., blk. g.,
Imp, just-intime.
Trotters, breeding classes, class IL
Yearling, FLY: First prize. $50, j. Nal
colin Forbes. b., Dehesia.
Glass 9-Brood mare. four years old
or over: First prize. 500, Frederic c.
Sayles. b., Kincona.
Ponies. under saddle, class 95-Over
Is hands. one inch, and not exceeding
IA hands. one inch: First prize won by
John S. Bratton's CHI m. Scarlet Let
ter.
Horses in harness, class 41-Over IA
hands / inch. and under Is hands: First
prize won by II. c. Heskier's oh. g.