New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-16


'hey were hitched to diminutive vehicles no hie-
ger. some Of them than a servioeabla and cor,-
| modius baby carriage In most cases the re,ns
Were handled by little drivers of tender wears
Altogether 1t was most interesting class, and
was greeted by the children in the boxes and
oaiconies with shrieks Of delight William ].
SIMPSONS Pickaninny took the first blue ribbon
| or the day. T. L. Watts Dot took the red. while
Carl Broesel. a little chap thirteen years DID,
VINO drove his own pony, Bella got third place
Next came the preliminary trials of the large
class OF jumpers entered in Glass No 100 which
| was to be Judged In the evening. In order to
weed out the incompetent hurdlers the severe
test was imposed Of taking six five foot fences in
succession. Very few of the jumpers came out
| Of the ordeal with clear scores the uncertain
| light doubtless being accountable for some Of
! the bad performances In fact. some of the re-
| jected animals were looked upon likely win
| ners, and included such we'll known horses as
| Hart Brothers Baby Boy and Adam Beck's
| Westminster Belle.
When Glass No. 70 for Shetland ponies, entered
| the arena something Of a sensation was created
| by the appearance OF frisky little chestnut
| mare mounted by little girl apparently only
! about ten years old dressed In a scarlet d.
| vided costume and riding astride on boys sad
die The pony belonged to Mrs. s. A. Cruik-
| shank Of Plainfed, n j., and the young eques-
! trenne was her daughter, Helen. She rode her
| Liiputian steed with perfect self possession.
but when the judges passed her by both she and
! her mother, who was watching outside the rail-
were perceptibly disappointed The blue ribbon
went to Charles F. Batess pony Bates. A skew
| bald mare named Jessie won the second prize
for William J. Sampson. while T. L. Watts
| Montreal. oldtime winner third.
! All five of the entries in the pony stallion
/ class showed and they represented every pos
| sible variety of breeding. After long delibera-
| ton, Reginald w. Rives gave first honors TO the
! Iawsons Glorious Bonnie a pony Of rare style
and quality. Theodore c. PattersOn's handsome
| gray Kassim was placed second. and Richard +.
| Carman's Eclipse third. Stanley Mortimer ex-
| hibited Rondo. the only pony ne retained when
I he sold his stable 10 William G. Whitney but
he was not placed Rondo was too sluggish in
! the ring 10 have any chance of gaining the good
| opinion Of the judge. Two classes OF hackney
| horses followed. the small number Of entries in
! each again demonstrating that the hackney has
| lost favor in this country.
| STEVENS AND JORDAN CLOSE RIVALS.
In Glass -, for mares three years old or over
. fifteen hands two inches and over, there were
| only four competitors, three Of which came
| from the stables of Frederick c. Stevens The
| fourth belonged to F. .. Jordan II was nip and
tuck between Mr. Jordan's Bonwick Belle and
Mr.. Stevenss Lady Sutton. who before she
| imported earned championship honors in Eng
| land. 1t was some time before the judges could
make their decision, but eventually Mr.. Stevens
| won the blue rosette, and also the yellow.
! Glass Is was also for hackneys under the
same conditions the preceding class except
| that the height limited 10 fifteen hands and
under fifteen hands two inches. Mr.. Stevens and
Mr.. Jordan were again the only exhibitors, the
| former showing two mares and the latter one
! This time Mr. Jordan turned the tables his
I opponent by taking the first prize The other
| two ribbons. Of course. went to Mr.. Stevens
Another class for hackneys followed. This
was for stations two years old. Although
| there only five entries II proved a hard
/ class to judge. The stations were a nice level
| lot. and they were all Of good appearance
| and SNOWY action il was rather a spectacular
exhibit Derby Danegelt a sashing chestnut
| with tremendous action added another to the
| many blue ribbons for Mr. Stevens by his
| hackneys. Faro, another chestnut. and owned
| by a. J. Cassatt took the red ribbon. while
Latest Fashion. Mr.. Jordan's representative
| Judging in Glass :, for three-year-old trotting
stations, a mere formality. There
only one entry. The Corker. shown by the VII
| lage Farm.
So much time had been taken in disposing Of
the morning programme that when the time for
the luncheon recess came there We're still two
more classes 10 judge One Of these was for
trotting-b bred yearling colts FLIES in which
| first honors were received by William Pollock's
| brown colt Baron Born. The last Of the morn
| ngs contests was for harness horses in pairs
| open to dealers only. Charles F. Bates HI and
| High Tide brought better luck to the rotund
horseman than he has so far had He has not
this year carried off many blue ribbons as
formerly and the success Of his pair In this COM
petition highly acceptable 70 him. Wheeler
| and WheelOck Strauss & Hexter's pair. obtained
1 the red ribbon. and the Fashion Coach Com
pany's Thunder and Lightning gained the yell
1 low colors.
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT.
One Of the new arrivals AT the show vester-
day afternoon was Mrs. John Christopher Will
merdng who sat in a box with her daughter
Miss GeOrgiana Wilmerding, and Miss Euretta
Kernochan. Ms. William Carrier. OF Phlladel-