New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-19

clinging 10 the ring rail when the Shetland
ponies were brought in IL would seem that the
old notion that these quaint equine toys were
intended for the amusement OF the shows ju-
venile patrons is quite a mistaken one AL
though il was the hour generally given over to
the future horsy folks. they were altogether in
the minority
The grayhaired Shetland pony fancier seems
10 belong in the same category with the
wrinlleG scientists who used to go about with
toy boats under their arms when model yacht
sailing was the craze The fact that a good
Shetland is worth much real horse prob
ably justifes the serious interest that serious
men take in them.
The five pony stations. not exceeding twelve
hands that faced Mrs John Gerken's Doncaster
Model would have had much easier time of 1t
had the English importation been left at home.
After the blue had gone to him the Judges
placed the red on Irvington Tony. owned by the
Irvington Stock Farm: third was given to NJ. B.
Tuller's Ruby. and fourth to the imported black
pony Mars. owned by T. l. Watts.
BREssAY OF PITTsFoRD's BLUE.
In class for registered Shetlands, not ex-
ceeding for;y-six inches in height. Mr.. Watts
owned three of the four entries. and was beaten,
the Judges fancying Bressay of Pittsford owned
by Mrs. E. F. Hawley.
Dilham Prime Minister. from the Plymouth
Hackney Stud Farm. beat G.. H. Davison's
Eclipse in a class for pony stations other than
Shetlands. TO be shown with three of their get.
on points the Prime Minister'S family had
Eclipse's offspring clearly outclassed
Anna Held's two ponies Jack and Jill, which
have been before the American public almost
as long as their owner. and which have retained
their vivacity in the same buoyant fashion. won
the blue ribbon again. beating Grey Girl and
Bay Boy. snowstorm and Winters Night. all
from Mr.. Watts's stable. and Dixie and Excel
lence owned by C. II. Dawson.
The afternoon programme was as varied as
that Of a vaudeville and the performers in
GUIDED everything from Shetland ponies to
green middleweight hunters. The class how
ever, that attracted most attention and caused
a tremendous craning and straining of necks
was that made up OF pairs OF harness horses to
be driven by women and shown to phaetons.
one OF the entries was Harry Payne whitney's
pair Kitchener and Kopelia. and it was a long
time before the crowd could disabuse itself of
the idea that It was Mrs. Whitney who was
driving them. There were some fifteen or six
teen pairs shown, but nearly all of them were
driven by professional horsewomen.
MRS. GERKEN's SHOP Girl. FALLS.
One exception was Mrs. Gerken's Shop Girl
and Newsboy that were handled by their owner.
In attempting start her pair. Mrs. Gerken
hcked Shop Girl with her whip. and the mare
reared and fell in a heap. 1t looked for a mo-
ment as though there might be serious trouble
ahead for every one in the ring, but Mrs.
Gerken calmly alghted, ordered her servant TO
cut away the harness and stood by quite i'm
perturbably while her orders were being exc
| cuted.
The great snowy pair OF chestnuts Kitty Gray
and The Baron. owned by Mr. Jordan, finally
added another blue rosette TO their long string.
| They were driven by Miss Beach; second prize
was awarded to the Whitney pair. which were
| handled by Mrs. ". Z. Kitman. Mrs. Gerlxen
had to be content with the highly commended"
Next to the waldorf-Astoria Cup. the per-
| Torrance of hunters or jumpers over six con-
secutive jumps five feet high was the most at
tractive speciality put on. OF the nineteen that
had qualified for this class earlier i'm the day.
! Charles Hurkamps Amaret finally won, with
Sweet Lavender second and Rupert third.
Highly commended went to Timber Topper
RUNABoUT FOR LADY GAY.
/ Lady Gay had TO be a rafting fine example
! Of the runabout type TO take the blue from the
nineteen performers that WED with her for the
| honors in this distinctly American class. She
| finally outdid such old timers DR.. VENTS
| Lord Golden and Lord Scranton, Mrs. Gerken's
| Richmond Boy and Mrs. Edward Ladew's
| Buster Brown. The mare is owned by William
| II. Moore. G. Trowbridge HOLSTERS Elevation
was second, ". c. Woodend's Gold Leaf third
and the Elm Court Stables Carman fourth
The animals that had qualified I'm the morn
/ ing preliminaries as horses suitable to become
hunters were tried out over easy jumps in the
! afternoon and although there were a great
many green ones among them. the majority
showed that they had been well schooled. The
| Canadians won again. with Onerious. a breezy
/ young horse whose conformation was even bet
/ ter than his performance. This also true
| of Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, jr.s, Confederate
| Gray. San Toy. another Canadian, owned by
George Pepper. took his fences like an old
stager, but was not quite UP to his fellow coun-
tryTnan. Onerious.
/ Five herds Of Shetland ponies turned loose in
/ the ring at once had the time Of their lives and
| evidently rnistook the brown tanbarlx for their
| native moors. They frolicked around for almost
an hour. and the judges found the task of as
sorting them worse than pigs in clover puzzle
The Monte Carlo family. represented by the
| old campaigner and his mates. Gladys, Prim-
rose Lady Primrose and Thursday, battered
out with first honors.
/ A handsome bunch Of saddle ponies included
Master Albert NJ. Billings's Persevere. which
won in the same class last year. and Ernest G.
/ billiards. Miss Belle which second the
same occasion. Persevere had to be content
with the third ribbon this time. so high was the
class, and Miss Belle got nothing. The winner
turned up in Cardiff. bay gelding owned by
Charles Holloway little beauty. George Wat
SON IRIS Tommy bod was second
when Class No. los for heavy draught horses
was called. three heavily laden wagons. drawn by
four horses apiece, numbered into the ring. Two
were brewers wa CONS and the propert,
Of a hay and feed store The brewers wagons wer,