The sun., 1903-11-22
THE HORSES FAREWELL BOW.
SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITION IN THE
GARDEN ENDS.

Hish Glass Competitors the Rule-H. N.
Balm, T.. u. Jordan Il. T. StOtesb''ry'
T. l.. Watt. Mrs. y. Gerken ana ". H.
Moore Big Wlnners-Championsh
The bupler sounded taps in the Madison
aouare Garden after II o'clock last night.
The hand played Home, Sweet Home, ="
and the nineteenth annual Horse ono"
of the National Association was 'hins
Of the past. The show this year from
horse standpoint has been n greater sue
cess than any of it's predecessors. The stand
ard of the exhibits has been very h'sn
I'D MANY of the exhibitors who have shown
really first class animals have had 70 DO
content with red. yellow or white riopons.
because some have had horses that sVaiio
In classes almost by themselves
The attendance during the week mas oeeh
quite large. On Monday and Tuesday
nights rain kept the general public away
and tho galleries were only spnrsely hueo'
but the members Of society were OUT IN
force every night and they really saved
the show for the association. II they hao
STAYED away because OF the weather the
show would have had black eye at the start
and it would not have recovered during the
week. From Wednesday the attendance
has been very large afternoon ana even
inq. and while the receipts have not come
ND to last years show, there is large mar
gin of profit for the association.
There has been little fault found with
the decisions of the Judges. The winners
are naturally pleased and the losers have
taken their defeats with good grace and
generally admitted that they have been
beaten by better horses.
The cadets Of the graduating class at
West Point visited the show yesterday
afternoon. AS usual, they were made
great deal Of. Some pronienaded around
the board walk and others had seats in the
boxes. They dined in the restaurant as
the guests of the association.
Horatio n Balm has been the biggest
winner in the trotting horse classes during
the week In the hackney classes +. ID
Jordan, who OWNS the Plymouth Hackney
Stud, captured almost everything, and some
of his horses were successful in the harness
horse classes With roadsters Z. T. Stotes-
bury won everything. He captured the
two championships yesterday afternoon.
With ponies Thomas l.. Watt, Mrs. John
Gerken and Mrs E. +. Hawley divided the
ribbons pretty well between them. With
saddles horses the biggest winners were
Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock. Mrs. j. NJ b.
Grosvenor, Mrs. John Gerken and w. A.
McGibbon.
The competitions in the classes for
harness horses were very close. William
H. Moore, the wealthy Chicago horseman,
was the most successful, his Forest King
winning the Waldorf Astoria cup as we'll
as other prizes. This horse cost him
$4,000 in England He was bred in this
country by the late George Green and is
by Rufus-Forest Green. When young
he was taken to England and in the last two
years has won everything there in the gig
horse classes. Mr.. Moore purchased him
to win the Waldorf Astoria CUP and sue
ceeded in beating Lord Brilliant, twice
winner of that trophy Reginald Wander
bilt, G.. Trowbridge Hollister and the De
Cerrea Stables were also winners in the
harness classes. With tandems, f. d.
Jordan and Mrs John Gerken divided the
ribbons. In the four-in-hand classes L. L..
Bddle Of Philadelphia. William H. Moore
and Mrs. j B. NJ. Grosvenor and H. T.
Hollister took the prizes. In the jumping
classes the successful exhibitors have been
Adam Beck, Charles Hurkamp. Mrs. Thomas
Hitchcock, Hart Bros, Crow d Murray and
Richard DonneHy
The attendance at the show yesterday
was very large. Among those who were
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
g. Vanderbilt, Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Van
derbilt. Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Hollister, Mr..
ard Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr, Mrs.
Burke Roche. Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. vatable.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jules Bache. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cornelius Fellowes, Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry,
the Misses Gerry, Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Dyer.
Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Hanan, Mrs.
Oliver Hartman, Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton
Cary, George Drakeley, Mr.. and Mrs. j. N.
Ceballos, Mr.. and Mrs. d. G. Reid, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. B. Leeds, William Fl. Moore, John
G. Heckscher, James 7. Hyde, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Gould, Col. Delaney A. Kane,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. X. Sturgis. Mr.. and Mrs.
F. Ambrose Clark c. 4. G. Billings. Com
modore and Mrs. Frederick G. Bourne,
Mr.. and Mrs. James ". Gerard, j. NJ Water
bury, Morton F. Smith, Allen Forbes, Mr..
and Mrs. E. d. Jordan. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Newbold Morris. Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Carman,
Thomas L. Watt, Augustus W. Mott, P. F.
Collier, E. T. Stotesbury, A. A. Housman,
Adam Beck, Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Ladew,
Jay F. Carlisle, H. X. Bloodgood, Marion
Story, John E. Cowdin, Victor c. Mather.
Harry w. Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E.
Nidener, and William S. Ellis.