New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-22
REvERSALS AT THE SHOW.
FOREST KING DEPLETED.
DIR. Wentz Wins scith Lord Brilliant
and Sells Horses.


host in Madison Square Garden have made q
triumphant retreat The nineteenth annuas
equine carnival formally came TO an END last
night with the judging Of hunters for chGi-
ienge cup offered by weekly sporting peri
csiical II ended in far greater blaze or dia-
Bnonds and trappngs than that which marked a
uather dismal opening
From o'clock in the afternoon until tne
weary bugler sounded taps the place was
crowded and If there is any one in the com
snunity stin ignorant TO the little niceties In
ysartorial science il is because he or she has
s,eslec;ed TO attend the show-an understanding
(which thousands Of citizens have come to look
son as solemn duty.
Two classes from the United States Military
ACADEMY at West Point the guests or the
association in the afternoon and evening. and
fshev gave a sufficiently martial air to the closing
hours Of the festival
FOREST KING MEETS HIS DOWNFALL.
The most conspicuous winner of the week was
sJudee William II. Moore, who almost swept the
Garden with his heavy harness horses. His
enterprise in sending to England for Forest
King acknowledged the best animal OF his
type in the United Kingdom. was not in vain
Although the horse had not been off the ship
scarcely long enough TO get rid of HIS sea legs
he succeeded in preventing Lord Brilliant from
.apturine the Waldorf storia Cup. He was
defeated in the championship class last night
however. bv DR.. VENTS horse, and didn't even
get the reserve. That was taken by DR.. Wentz's
lord Golden.
Immediately after Lord Brilliant driven by A
sa5atonyf had won the championship, DR.. wentz
owner OF the horse. announced that he had not
only given up showing horses. but had sold his
entire stable to J. Campbell Thompson for S125.
coo My horse tonight" declared DR..
zVentz because he " as driven by Mr.. BatonyL
Had he been behind him in the Waldorf-As-
fforia Cup he would also have won. He is the
best driver in this country, and If we had
not had a difference of opinion a few years
ago he would have driven my horses oftener."
Between the afternoon and the evening per
sormanoes Batonyi took Lord Brilliant into the
ring and drove him for more than an hour.
In the classes for hunters and jumpers the
Canadians made a splendid showing, and the en-
tries from the Pepper. the Beck and the Crow &
Murray stables were better lot. taken alto
pether than those shown by the native hunting
men.
-FOUR IN HAND CONTEST Is TAME.
The four in hand driving contest between a
half dozen gentleman whips for private sweep
stake OF SO corner and q prize offered by the
Horse Show Association did not develop the
sporting spectacle the ringside had been looking
forward TO. It was evident, in fact. that the
coach performance and an artillery charge It
was disappointed.
The driving no doubt was finished. and il ap
peared afterW ard that IL was technique that
the amateurs were Judged, but il was not thrill
sng. DR.. wentz kindly loaned team. ana Rich
ard Carn1an furnished his road coach. Good
Times.
Those who fooled tho outfit around the ring
were Louis Y. Haight and F. ". Stilwell, Of
Mass: Tyler Morse and J. /. Conway. Of Phil
adelphia, and ". c. Dulles. Each coachrnan in
turn took the team and executed any mauoauvres
he saw fl. None Of them set the crowd wild.
and the well hammered horses refused even 10
Kick over trace TO keep things MOVING. Louis
Haight put more snap and spirit into his work
than did the Others. and the judges finally de-
cided in his favor
The judges Of the ponies made one decision in
the course Of the day which excited no end Of
queries. After giving the blue ribbon to Mrs
=. F. Hawley's Bressay Of Pittsford. three times
in classes Ia which T l. Watts Monte Carlo
was shown they reversed the order and placed
Monte Carlo over Mrs. Hawley's champion in a
competition Tor ponies shown in harness.
% , In another class also the pony critics made A
\ decision that was good deal Of a surprise 10
The outsiders and a shock TO an owner. They
selected ". f. Woodend's little black pony
Peter Powell in preference TO Mrs. John Ger
kins Imported Doncaster Model in a class for
ponies shown in harness and driven by chill
cren- II was the first time in all his brilliant
ring career that this little chap has had to take
second place 10 any one in The honor roll
Probably the proudest horse that has gone
from the ring with the royal decoration on its
bride was Jack. a strapping big commoner. that
hauls Street Cleaning DEPARTMENTS cart
twelve months in the year He was one Of
twenty or thirty that were shown by the bor-
oughs Of Manhattan and Brooklyn. and. although
he looked like a cook at the opera in cornrari-
son with his high flown kinsfoIk he staggered
Through his part as brave as any Of them
WHITE WINGS" IN THE RING.
T Boyle. his driver received the so -hio,,
the association offered for the best ..N-bita
Wings" turnout. Harry. driven by ] F-lv,,n and
also representing Manhattan. was second Two
exhibits from Brooklyn were third and fourth
With his two mares Rhea ". and Allie Nm
r. T. StotesDury won practically everything
that 20 be had in the light harness horse
department. Rhea ". took the roadsters' cham,
pionsiip for single horses ana with her mate
Allie Nun. the championship for pairs.
TIE rivalry between the saddle horse owners
illuminated when Mrs. j. B. NJ Grosvenor,s
back gelding Petroleum was chosen in pref
renee TO Mrs. John Serken's mare Elsa The
heal horsewomans other entry. La Contributor
vrh which she has won in other shows was
- beaten.
IN another championship Mrs. Gerken's same
mare. Elsa, was beaten again by Mrs. Frederick
Y webb's aged saddler Il Queso.
crowd Of green hunters broke more fences
sn twenty minutes than all the other Jumpers
have in the course Of the week. Three OF them