New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-20
BIG CRUSH AT THE SHOW
LONDON HUNT CLUB TRIO TAKES BLUE
RIBBON
LAWsON's HORSES WERE NOT IN CON
DTTTON TO COMPETE

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sides At 2 o'clock last evening with double
and in some cases a triple row Of carriages
filed with impatient persons anxious to reach
the door. where they could leave their vehicles
and enter the vast building where the Horse
Show going on So dense was the throng
that II took half an hour for a carriage 10 move
from Fifth-ave- through Twenty-stxth-st. 10 the
Garden entrance. Many persons grew so i'm
patient At the delay that they left their car
rfages and went on foot the rest Of the dis
lance The promenade on the Madfson-ave. side
NJ the building was SO crowded with a throng
curious n watch the arrival Of well known peo-
PIE that the police had To take hand in the
proceedings and withdraw . part Of their at
rertion from the plunging coach horses and the
cuarreIIinE .coachmen and devote il 70 the multi
rude that was obstructing traffic Seldom has
ne press outside the gate 70 the Horse Show
been 81 dense, and when +he evenings pro
srar-r= was at its height the attendance
reached The climax Of the week SO far
The managers Of the Horse Show were in
diE1anr lasl evening AZ 4 report printed in an
afternoon newspaper that there was great dan
ger os an epidemic Of influenza among the
horses stalled IN the Garden. D. William
Sheppard. the veterinarian Of the show denied
the report vigorously. adding mat there vas
TOT 0ne sick horse in the Garden. The report
doubtless found its origin in the fact that since
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Capital Boy who exhibited in a harness
horse class on Monday and won blue ribbon.
has died from pneumonia. The horse was not
stabbed in the Garden, however. and he con
trscted the disease in St Louis, whence he
came 10 Nev-Tork last week William 4
3Ioores valuable horse Bugler who was in
;ured in the ring on Tuesday by the antics Of
member of another team. may never recover
from his INJURIES sufficiently 10 be shown again.
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horse, which was one OF a four-in-hand said 10
be valued al $4,000
= PROTEST SUSTAINED.
Considerable talk was caused among the
horseulen by decision Of the judges regard
ing Class -. for pairs Of horses shown by
dealers the animals 70 exceed l. hands =
inches IN this class John Spratley originally
gor The blue ribbon with a team entered as
White Oak Maid and Wonderland. It was pro
tested that instead Of White Oak Maid. Sprat-
ley mad shown High Life. and the protest was
sustained and H. Tervaeke's pair. Snowflake
and Diana, were placed first instead Of Sprat- /
ley's pair
SinguIarly enough. members Of both these .
teams figured IN the harness horse for dealers I
class that opened the programme last evening, t.
and the decision in this same class was more |
unpopular than any previously made at the (
present show. The competitors were finally .
sifted down TO British Lion, Diana, SearchIight I
and White Oak Maid. the last being the mare
that spratley had entered on Tuesday but did .
not show. Almost every horseman who saw
the competition picked British Lion TO win. and /
Il is certain that no more truly remarkable /
animal has been seen in any harness horse class
At New-YOrk show in years. r F. Carman, /
one Of the judges in this class, took the trouble
70 drive British Lion himself. and round after
round Of applause greeted the black geIding as
his tremendously powerful and snowy strides
took him about the ring. Great was the amaze
nent when British Lion got nothing but the
high oommendation," or the fourth award.
White Oak Maid being named for the blue rib
hon, WIKI Diana and searchlght in second and
third places. The decision was roundIy Kissed.
and unless il was based on something invisible
from point outside OF the showing, the choice
was quite indefensible.
HUNTERS THE MOST POPULAR
There Is no question that the hunters are the
most popular animals shown in the Madison
Square Garden ring. If anybody had any doubt
on this point a casual look about when the four
teams Of hunters representing hunt clubs ap-
peared for Judgment yesterday afternoon would
have convinced him. Each horse was ridden by
2 member OF hunt club. clad in the scarlet
coat and other Uniform Of the chase When
other classes are being judged there are always
many persons who pay no attention TO what
Is going Oh IL the ring, but continue 10 devote
their attention 10 the human exhibits. Not so
when the hunters are at work. The hundreds
OF strollers in the promenade suspended their
strolling when the jumping was going on. and
al eyes were the ring. The three hunters
from the London (OntJ Hunt pleased the judges
hes- and took the first prize of $500 500 Of
which was in plate The Chevy Chase Hounds
Tepresentatives were placed second. the War
Tenton Hunt Clubs three were third, and the
Overland Hunt Clubs horses last Of all. The
Overland trio undoubtedly showed the best
jumper O. all. powerful gray but inferior
black hunter spoiled the average.
The four-in-hand competition Of the afternoon
again resolved itself into d struggle between
the Moores. and again the Chicago Moore James
IL who is making the most noteworthy ribbon
record Of the show, had triumph. Herbert
ooppelIs four were once more sources Of trouble
and got the gate" promptly for their nisbe-
haFlour- Il is strange that exhibitors expect to
win such closely contested competitions with
insuffcently schooled animals. Alfred Gwynne
snderbilt handled Harry Payne Whtney's
four. but DESPITE his clever driving they did
lot score c. K. .. Billingss entry was placed
third, after the two Moore teams. The Moore
family seems TO have the four-in-hand contests
al 10 itself
The pony classes of the morning and early
afternoon brought out many OF he little folk,
no often oheered for their favorites as they
showed their PAGES in the ring.
FIVE handsome and powerful hackney stations
appeared late in the afternoon. and il Was no
easy task - pick the winner. but Robin Adatr
u IN imported four-year-cld belonging to the
'hestnut Hill Stock Farm. was at last selected
ol-r Nr. Jord1n's Lord DENLY H.
MSS Alice Roosevelt again visited the show
~ me afternoon with q party OF friends. and
q leared 70 Le much entertain ed.
here have been several gueSses TO Thomas
". Lauson.s reasons for not entering any Of
-rfe cir of