New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
PONIES IN THE RING.
4lfred &. Vanderbilt Takes Ribbons
at the Horse Shoe.


The horse has dominated the community for
Eve days now ana as q result its lay citizens
can speak in the horse tongue with far more
assurance than a week ago. Yesterday. at the
Garden. for instance. the woman who Monday
oisapproved of one Of the Canadian hunters
because his cheek bones were 50 prominent, re-
ferred TO him easily and contemptuously as
''that blockheaded brute from Toronto" She
also could distinguish between a phaeton ana
q roadcsrt. and she was immensely pleased and
proud She was typical of the Horse Show
patrons yesterday. They talked horse Voubiy.
and az times almost intelligently.
So versatile must be the American show horse
20 satisfy the ambition Of his owner that he
is compelled TO play many parts and TO appear
IN the ring sometimes as often as four or nVe
times a day. The result is that the regular
patrons have come TO know great many OF
the fourlegged celebrities almost personally
now. and they referred to them as famiharly
as they did TO the other celebrities in the boxes
With the nimble polo ponies and the spectacu-
lar high jumpers dividing the programme the
evening offering was the best of the week The
ponies OF Alfred G. Vanderbilt were conspicuous
IN both classes and were ridden hard by their
young owner who seemed to look on his work
as q rather serious business. Allan FORBES
from the Dedham team. outrode all his rivals.
and in three races around the flags he beat Van
deTbilt three straight times.
In the team class in which there were entries
from Squadron a, from the Dedham Polo Club,
from the Rockawa, Hunting Club and a post
entry from A G. Vanderbilt, there were all sorts
Of action, and the crowd forgot for moment
that il was at a horse show, and really watched
the performance with signs Of interest The
Dedham team. ridden by Allan Forbes. was first;
The ROcl.away Hunt second and A G. Wander
bits team third. The highly recommended went
20 the squadron's ponies
FOCR-IN-HAND SWEEPSTAKES TO-DAY.
This afternoon a number of amateur whips viii
compete in a four-in-hand fancy driving class
for a private sweepstakes Of S25 a corner and
q cup valued at S100 offered by The association
Those ugho have already entered are John A
Conway. Of Philadelphia; W. c. Dulles. Phila-
delphia; II. w. Smith. Worcester, Mass. and
Louis Haighf- of New-York- The driving viii
begin al O'Clock.
OF the high jumpers best known TO the public
Eeatherbloom. the greatest Of them all, was
the only absentee Chappie. Lord Mimic, Tim
Der Topper Rupert. Pearl, CoQuette and Rife
sll Of the sensational ones. responded to the
bugle. The jumps were placed first at feet
next al feet 6 inches. then at 6 feet and g
feet 3. and finally at 6 feet 6 inches
At the first height each Of the eleven perform
ems made a clean score. although Lord Mimic
tricks. When the OLD fellow. however. finally
made up his mind to jump he cleared the top
bar by all OF a foot and brought down the house.
Storm Signal was the first to meet with seri-
Gus mishap, when, with the hurdle at five feet
six he endeavored to crash through. instead OF
jumping over He went down and put Meredith
into the tanbark-
With the bars at six feet three the trouble
began. Chappie, Lord Mitno. Pearl and Storm
1s-a ~
mated Timber Topper. Rife Rupert and
Myopia were the ones left in. Dick" Donnelly
sent Rife at il full tilted. and the geldng took
st almost in his stride. clearing it by an inch.
The Others either raped or knocked of the top
bars. Even old Rupert who had walked into
the wings and then popped over six feet found
the task too much for him. The judges gave the
blue to Rife. the red to Myopia and third to
Timber Topper.
With the supply Of blue ribbons visibly dirnin-
fishing with hopes shattered and Horse Show
dreams that have not come true the exhibitors
had frequent need Of the petition TO be deliv-
cred from envy and its attendant evils. Every
one cannot win may be logic. but it is pretty
poor consolation for an owner who has devoted
weeks Of his time and thousands Of his dollars
IN fitting exhibit for the ring.
In their decisions the judges IN the various
classes have been remarkably consistent
and where the same animals have come to-
gether IN different classes. but under practically
the same conditions. the tribunal has seldom had
10 reverse Itself. This was emphasized in a class
for the best road team where the judges select
ed from the nine four-in-han6s shown L. L.
Biddle's solid bay team with which he won the
American Coaching Clubs Challenge Cup the
previous afternoon.
In DR.. Wentz. A. @. Vanderbilt. William II
Moore and ". E. Woodend competing against
him, Mr.. B'ddle met much the same company
he had defeated before. His Scranton rival had
lis Lords Creystone, Chesterfield, Amherst and
Penn TO road coach. and Mr.. Vanderbilt mere
~ substituted Rioter for Raven 10 complete his
team
One conspicuously had break in the ethics OF
road coaching was committed by the owner of
the Oakland Farm in permitting his guard to
cornet instead OF the regulation brass.
Mr. NanderJilt's musician, TO be sure. played his
keyed instrument very well. and his selections
embraced classics and ragtime with sweeping
impartislity. Nor was Mr. Vanderbilt the only
guilty one. There seemed TO be a singular ig-
norance. IN fact what was good or bad
form. and one exhibitor came in with no horn
at al, which worse than the cornet
A c. VANDERBILT THIRD.
DR.. Wentz succeeded In Wrestling he red rib
bon from Mr. Vanderbilt. who received the
white over ". L. woodend.
William H Moore and w. +. Wooaend were
the only two coaching men who went in for the