The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-22
4 MllLLIONAIRES WIN.
Gould and Vanderbilt Polo
Ponies Earn Ribbons.
A BLUE FOR H.P. WHITNEY'S PAIR
Women Display Their Skill in
Driving and Riding Classes.

Trstting stallion championship Won BY
the stony Ford Farms Austral-Mrs.
Dick Donnelly Drives Lord Brilliant
and Lord Golden TO victory for DR..
Weutx-W. A. McGibbons French Park
Gains Another Blue Ribbon Guided
by Miss Marian Holloway-James Ho.
bart Moore Turns the Tables on Dr.
wentz in the class for Road Teams
Rifle Captures the High Jump After
q SHOW or Temper Before warming
Up-Directors Take Action on Protests
Society Gathering More Brilliant.
twas not the elimination for the apogee
will be tonight. when the championships
are to be judged, but yesterdays three
sessions OF the National Horse Show were
30 thronged with onlookers and the classes
presented such a diversity Of interest that
to surpass them would seem almost i'm
possible-a gliding of refined gold. In
4, the ring, barring only few classes, the
contests were fought out between the
horses OF millionaires and the millionaires
themselves, who drove pairs and fours,
rode polo ponies and hunters. revealing
a. the occasion required the skill OF the
old.time coachmen on the box seat, or the
seat and hands OF an Archer or Danny
Maher Women. too. had a chance to show
their skill with reins and in the saddle.
The dazzle and richness Of the evening
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this great fashionable function. That the
week has been one Of great success was the
talk on every side. The scraps Of con-
versation caught up in a round Of the
promenade made this plain, perhaps better
than any other means would have done.
DO not fancy it is not for the love Of
the horses we have been here all the week
remarked a society matron as she con-
voyed a party Of debutantes TO a box.
Fine gowns are such a mere incident Of
20 many affairs that I am quite angry
when people say We only attend to display
our costumes"
wish Lawson was here said a horsey
partisan OF the Chicago Moores. we would
make those Boston nags stretch their necks.
Did you ever see a quicker jockey than
Kingdom Could this from -railbird,'
he could turn polo pony on silver dime.
Canada for me, that's where Pepper gets
the peppery jumpers FROM
You all are more hoity-toity than we'uns
in virginny, this from old Purcell, but
you'uns are good-hearted, after all"
And so the talk went along, winners and
losers. society folks and horsey -railbirds
all well content with the show and the
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tanbark
morning. the eyeopener for the judge s
II was for trotting stations with records OF
2y20 or better, shown to harness. and there
was but one entry. The meagre support
Of the racing class and the light interest
manifested in it would signify that the
modern horse show has broken away com.
pletey from the traditions Of the country
fairs and is most valued as the display
place Of driving and riding horses. skill In
handling and Of the breeding stock hes,
adapted to produce them. The races anc
the stud farms are the places to show on
speed and speed producers.
Judge Gooch made short shift OF tn,
ponies, other than Shetlands and under
~ hands, that were trotted in under saddl,
to open the afternoon proceedings. Hi
ideal riding horse. as demonstrated in tn,
classes OF the week, must have length befor
the saddle, with strong shoulders ant
we'll set up neck, a type he found exem
pliAed In Doncaster Model, Mrs. Johr
Gerken's unbeaten imported stud, al
though for park or country riding mos
parents would prefer to put their boys o
girls on a geding or mare as being NOR
docile. But IN judging equines the scare
for the ideal will not brook consideration
Of utility.
Women held the reins In the next elias,
for pairs shown to phaetons, and the
proved az adept whips al their husband
or brothers OF coaching and tandem fam'
Incidentally the class brought out all tins
Ia latest in tailor-made driving suits an
wraps; the graceful drivers. neat stopper
and well appointed traps presenting on
Of the most picturesque Of the weeks pane
ramic tanbark scenes.
The next scene In the ring panoram
brought in Col Charles G. Treat. U. $.
to inspect a field entered as suitable fc
chargers or officers mounts. There wei
long-tailed and docked horses in the 10
although the latter would be barred in II
service except when raided in an enemy
country. To-day Col. Treat will pass G
hotsee suited for the cavalry no docked on,
being let in. Other things being eQua
substance counts most for the charger
adaptability and quickness for the cavalr
mounts Charles l.. Railey, the consun
mate Kentucky horseman, rode the bll
ribbon charg To-day when Col. Trei
Judges the horses suitable for the Cavalr
a detail OF cadets from West Point, ninet.
eight in number, will stand at attention
the ring to get points on the knack. Ate
ward, II precedent is followed, they wi
lend the bravery of their braid and bra
buttons to the display Of the boxes each
very earnest talk with pretty girl
tour-in-hand men now held poesessic
OF the brown tract. The class was for roo
teams and again brought out Judge W
Moore's four dapple gray Orlofs fro
Russia, IN fact 1t was about the same fe
that competed for the American Coachir
Club cup on Thursday, but this time Il
judges reversed their former dccisio
putting James Hobart Moore's four ov
DR., VENTS team, a. the latter did n
show as well ar on the previous occasion
There were three entries in the olo-tu
coaching class, in which there Was 20 hay
been rial Of quickness in changing team
in the ring. an Incident 10 be Witnessed
perfection any day in the season along II
route OF the Ardsley or any Of the roc
coaches out Of the city, but not pur of Il
entrants put In an appearance. The recO
Tor a change at tho show IL ~ secont
made by the late Charley Bates. and la
year {. lcdyard Blair's team won. hand
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