The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-22
WINS HURDLES.
Harry W. Smiths
Sure Pop Takes a
Blue Ribbon.
EXCELLENT RIDING.
Spectacular Performance at
Last Night of the
Horse Show.

Harry w. Smiths bay mare Sure
Pop was a winner in the greatest
spectacular event of the big Boston
horse show at Mechanics building, last
night. She landed the coveted blue
ribbon in the high hurdling event, which
was reserved with other attractions for
the last and most interesting evening
program of the week. Sure Pop was
one of five horses selected in the pre-
liminary trials for green horses over
the hurdles Tuesday. In the lucky
number were j. HollowelPs Ben Bolt,
| Miss HollowelIs Chappie, and the en-
tries Of John S. Bratton and E. Goe-
let, Jr.
For the first jump last night in the
finals, Mr.. Smiths Sure Pop on the
first trial broke the bar at five feet,
but on a second attempt sailed handily
over the same distance, clearing the
bar by seven inches. The first round
bowled out two horses, Ben Bolt,
Chappie and Sure Pop remaining for
the final struggle. Harry w. Smith, in
a style of riding all his own and well
known to followers of the tan bark,
seemed to fairly lift his mount over the
bar at six feet, three inches. The per-
Torrance of the clever little mare ELI
cited the applause of the evening. The
event is one of the prettiest of a very
pretty program and the winner of the
hunter and jumper classes is the en-
Wed of the blue ribbon contingent.
Sure Pop has been trained to take
the bar by months of hard work at
Mr.. Smiths home in North Grafton
where in all kinds of weather the
horse has been sent against difficult
hedges and barways erected for the
| purpose. Sure Pop not only does the
trick, but does it prettily. Like her
rider. Sure Pop feels not in duty bound
to follow a set style. She takes of
from the ground in finished fashion
and when the bar is cleared lands
squarely on all tours almost simulta-
neously in a style as unique as it is
attractive.
In addition to his success with Sure
Pop. Mr.. Smith will return with two
ribbons. blue and q rcd, won with
his dainty mare, Sweetbriar, showr
under the saddle. In former years
when Mr. Smith appeared in the show
ring, he has been almost without eX-
ception a winner with one or another
Of his stable. This year is no ex-
ception, and stamps the Worcester
man as formidable opponent in the
saddle classes on the tanbark.
The show closed with a measure OF
success and enthusiasm far and away
beyond expectations of the manage
ment. The most interesting features
10 the general VISITOR ts the big show
were the police parade and the gen
eral display In the contest for the
Lawson trophy for finest display Of
three horses shown in appropriate
rigs, Eben D. Jordan proved concln>
sively that the day of the amateur
has not altogether ended before the
array of finery Of the professional. Mr
Jordan added to his many honors OF
the week by winning the trophy cup
the first harness event of the week II
Importance.
Many Worcester people We're visl-
tors to the show yesterday afternoon
or evening, among them being: Lean
der F. Herrick, DR.. f. H. Kendrick
Edward Moulton, Hon. Joseph u
Walker and wife, Burton II. WrlghI
Dr.. Joseph H. Robin@on, w. w. Sar-
gent. George A. Stevens and wife. M
II. Cowden and H. II. Bigelow.