The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-26
NOTED HORSENEN MISSED.
COL. KIP AMI MAJOR N,DOWELL
LEADERS IN IkOTTTN8 WORLD

Major mcdowell ana W. ~. Nnnuerbht.
In the recent death Of Col. Lawrence Kip Of this
city and Major Henry Clay Mcdowell Of Loxing.
ton, the uotting horse lost two stsunch sduirera
As tho Organiser and continuous President Of the
Suburban Riding and Driving Duh the Prosi-
den, Of the Consy Island Jockey Club and tho
viceProsident Of tho National Horsc SHOW Assn
citation. Col Kip was . unique and conspicuous
figure In the borss world Of New York Although
he was at tho head Of tho great racing association
which created tho Futurity and the Suburban. he
cared little or nothing about tho runncrs> Whom
he yiziod tho beautiful course Al Shccpshcad
bay IL was 70 SIT on tho clubhouse piazza with
party OF kindred spirits and talk about the trottcrs
the Horse Show and tho Suburban Club One Of
his long iimo friends used 70 tell tho story that his
ovorwocning lovo for tho ligbtharncss horse
prompted him many q umo while watching tho
horses parade past tho clubhouse before going
W the post for tho Suburban 70 point out with ad
mirstion some one Of the thoroug hbrcds that dis
played apparen, aptitude for the srotung gait
Tho Suburban Club was the apple Of his eye
After his set had lost control Of the Driving Club
OF New York. and when the city was about 70 Dust
the road riders from their muc retreat In the old
clubhouse al Jerome Park. Col Kip in the spring
Of 1894 got his friends Of the driving fraternity
toecthcr AT the Plan Hotel ono evening and organ
Newbold Morris. j. q. X. Lawrence. Capt J. II.
Coctcr. J. b. Houston. James Hudo Bcckmsn
and Pred A. Hammond In control. the club at
once became prominent rs social and sporting
organization. and within year had q member
ship roll Of nearly four hundred wel-known New
York road riders The Drake Villa, formerly
known as the Seaman Castle. on the kingsbridgc
road al 2l7th street, was leased as a clubhouse,
but was found TO he too far from the city and the
club changed its headquarters three years later
10 the present coscy place In Depot Lane, between
the Lafayette Boulevard and Fort Washington
avenue. on the heights overlooking the Hudson
ny common consent among tho club members
Col. Kip was chosen President al the outset and
the entire control of the club was delegated " him
From the date Of its organization until the day Of
Col kips death no meeting Of the members for
the election %! officers expression o. club opinion
ever took place. The power Of the President was
supreme. and IN welded II in way which made
the Suburban Club the most successful and prom.
incnt organization Of its kind in New York or
elsewhere. Not even in the National Horse Show
Association, where Col. Kip was the ruling spirit
in all that pcrtained TO the trottcrs will the dead
horsemnn be 80 kecnly missed as at the Suburban
Club
For more than ten years Col Kip was the lead.
ing exhibitor Of trotting road horses at the an.
nunl Horse Show. His entries nearly al
ways carried Oft the blue ribbons and the cham.
ponshirs in the light harness classes Year
after wear men like Congressman Charles NJ
Reed, L r. Stotesbury. James W. Cooke and
C. j. Ilamlin ransacked the continent. almost
10 find something good enough TO take the nib
borS away from the New York horseman but
they always failed. This year his noted prize
winner, Emoleta, 2:23'., had the championship
foe trot.ing roads,ers in single harness good
as won when her owners death caused her with.
drawal, and the same thing was true Of Col Kip's
splendid pole team. Gambrella and Water Maid
in ,he championship class for paira
His driving turnouts In the appointment
classes at tho Horse Show were so perfect
and tasteful in every detail that they
really came 10 bo the models for nearly all
other exhibitor, Tho color and design OF Col
Kip's road wagons. and tho trimmings and A.
tings and equipment thereof were followed, not
only at tho National Horse Show. but al other
shows and on the road a. we'll He virtually
set the style for both owners and makers Of vehi.
ces Of this kind II Col. Kip carried foot hook.
an extra horse shoe. q punch and whatnot in
his wagon when showing for the prize In the
class for correctly appointed road rigs those were
Tor pse at he Hcrss Show Or soine ing up The road
III bs AdT.s sbos ac IN S the o
Tocunnoitrlng before tho curtain went up with
q view 70 finding out what Col Kip had on boa'd
in this line
The type Of horse that he selected was like
wise the model for other exhibitors who OF pected
20 be in the ribbons al the National Horse SHOW
lie was a stickler for good manners, beauty OF
form and SNOWY action In tho trotting rad horse.
His tro,iers might be lacking in extreme speed
and perhaps some other essential factors Of the
sens sys fsy s" ss
behaved and possessed Of an abundance Of knee
sciiun
Perhaps the highest tribute ever paid to Colonel
kips taste and skill in turning out an attractive
fnad rig was the remark made by G. j. Hamli1
to q reporter Of THE SrN at the Horse Show four
breeder and turfmnn from Buffalo had soen ono OF
hishandsome tr9tteis from Village Farm defeated
In the roadster class by the entry Of Col. Kip
4 believe own as many handsome horses as
any man in America" said Mr. Hamin but am
ready to icon confess cent turn out road rig that
Col kps first notable SUCCESSES in the show
ring were scored with Mona and Ny May, nearly
his best known pair, Emoleta and Mambrino
lscii swsssPHg the hoard with them in single and
,ualiy barred from competition esccp, IN the cham
pionship classes by a recent change in the rules
Last season h" entered the lists with new team.
championship as usual This season he purchas ed
four new mares with which TO maintain the SUI
hons when lis death See csmsd , be- wthdrawa
These mares were Music, Melody. Harmony and
Gambrc'la.
Although Col Kip owned many prize-winning
trot"-.h The seldom drove them the road and never
drove them IN the show ring. Most OF his noted
I'Hrcs remained tho in hands of their trainer
from one year end 70 another. while their owner
drove some OF their under studies from his private
stable In Fortlcih street, near the Murray Hill
Hotel. up To the attractive quarters Of the Sub
urban Club on Washington Heights
In old times Col Kip was prominent road driver
who took part In the brushes on Seventh avenue
and the Vanderbilt Mile across McComb's Dam
bridge In those days he drove Ethel Medium
225'. and Birdie C., 2:2S'., with record OF 2:24
70 pole Later he had another fast pole team in
Hartford Belle aud Princess, and such trotters in
single harness az Lucky Baldwin. 2:2A the horse
that caused the death Of l. g. X. Lawrence: Daisy
Queen. Lady Griswold, Frminie, Pretty Belle
2:22', ., kntrine and Fastrada
Major Henry Clay Mcdowell was ono Of the
best known breeders OF uotiing horses in Ken
lucky for more than quarter OF a century. Soon
after the close Of the Civil War he became the
PARTNER Of Col r. Pepper In the ownership
ing stud at Ashland, the old homestead OF Henry
Clay. adjoining the city Of Lexington. and there
bred Phallaa 2:l3'., the champion Irotting stall.
hon 81 his day E1taey, e:11',, the fastest three
2ls, Eager. l4's and many other fast ones He
bought TIinket 2:l4, as q yeaIiing and owned
her whom she electrified tho horse world twenty
years ago by beating a neld Of aged horses at her
first start In public and settling the worlds record
for four-ye Ar-oldB al 2:los. In the fourth heni