The Indianapolis journal., 1903-09-23
the first prize, f. NJ. Murphy the second
and CORTLAND Van Camp the third.

the first prize F. NJ. Murphy the second
and CORTLAND Van Camp the third.
EXHIBIT OF SADDLE HORSES
The next event was the exhibition of
gated saddle horses Glass IA. In this class
were exhibited Captain Ensley, owned by
Tom Ensley. of indianapolis; Artist Rex,
owned by A. E. Ashbrook; Youvoughn,
owned by Carrick & Ward, of Georgetown,
Ky; Miss Brown, owned by Carrick &
Ward, and Dandy Squirrel, owned by T.
M. Gaitskill, of Lexington, Ky. The horses
were ridden around and around on the
tanbark and were taken through all the
gaits-the walk, the trot, the canter, the
gallop, the single-foot. the pace, the run
ming walk, the fox trot and several other
gaits. Youvoughn was judged the best
horse in the contest. Miss Brown was
awarded second prize and Artist Rex third
Next came the exhibition of tandem
teams, one of the prettiest events of the
evening. The horses in this class were
Little Joe and Little Gem, owned by A r.
Thompson, of Indianapolis; Admiral Dewey
and The Lady. owned by Frank NJ Murphy;
Mary Louise and The Crisis, owned by A.
Il. Ashbrook; Lady Flora and Little Min
1ster, owned by Frank Hogan, of Louis
vllle and and III, owned by w. b. White,
or Cleveland Although none of the local
horses in this class received prizes, il must
be said that Mr.. Thompson's and Mr.. Muir
phys horses and vehicles compared very
favorably with those that won the prizes
The first prize went to George Pepper, the
second to w B. White and the third to A
4. Ashbrook
The high school championship was the
next event There were four horses eX-
hibited in this class-Columbus, owned by
the South Side Riding Academy, of Chi
cago; American Beauty, owned by A. +.
Ashbrook; Captain Ensley, owned by Tom
Ensley, of this city. and My Surprise,
owned by George Pepper. 1t was almost
an even match between Columbus and
American Beauty. These two horses showed
better training, according to the decision
OF the judges and the applause of the au-
dience, than the other two contestants.
American Beauty could keep his time to
the music and so could Columbus. Colum-
bus is an old white horse and has been per-
forming for people for many years. Amer
ican Beauty is bay mare and is some
J what younger than Columbus. The first
prize went to American Beauty, the sec
ond to Columbus and the third to My Sur
prise.
There were six horses exhibited in the
light delivery class-Dolly, owned by JOHN
Rauch & Son; Excelsior Frank, owned by
the Excelsior Laundry Company; Don
Quixote. owned by the National Cash Regis
ter Company; Jerry, owned by the Somer-
vile Laundry Company; Kings Maid,
owned by John Grande, and Major, owned
by Armstrong Laundry Company. Jerry
was awarded the first prize, Dolly the Sec
ond and Excelsior Frank the third.
Then came the driving of the unicorn
teams, really the best event of the evening.
In the class were Big Dick. Little Joe and
Little Gem, owned by A r. Thompson, of
Indianapolis; Admiral Dewey, The Lady
and Nell Bly,. owned by Frank Nj. Murphy,
of Indianapolis; Sen Sen Sensation and
F'lirt, owned by Jack Cudahy and w. A.
Rule, of Kansas City; 1, ii and III, owned
by w. B. White, and Creighton, CARING and
Duplicate, owned by George Pepper To the
audience one team seemed to be about as
good any other. and all of the horses
were applauded. The judges decided that
Mr.. Whites horses were the best, and he
got the blue ribbon. The second prize went
to George Pepper, and the third to Jack Gu
daily and w. A. Rule.