Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-07
HORSE IS KING
IN ALL PASADENA
BLUE-BL00DED EoUINES ARE
ON EXHIBITION
L. v, Hsrkness' Animals surpass
Their Competitors In Many
Events-sooIety People In
Attendance


Southern California has no time for Ill
smelling automobiles, but honors its
earlier friend, the horse.
Animals of all classes and colors,
gaits and sizes, but every one of them
with the bluest of equine blood cours-
ing through its veins, greeted the eyes
of the thousands of persons at the
opening of the three days horse show
given by the Pasadena Tournament of
Roses association at Tournament park,
Pasadena, yesterday Being essential
ly a society affair, the concourse which
viewed the animal aristocrats was a
brilliant one Society from all over
Southern California adorned the grand
stand and boxes and lent to the affair
a coloring in perfect accord to a cloud
less sky.
Looked at from any point of view the
opening day was decided success.
The attendance was large and the
class of horses which paraded the saw
dust. drawing their smart squipages,
presented to the eye brilliant scene
and one which Southern California has
not had for years.
Tournament park is apparently the
ideal place in which to hold an open
air horse show. The ring, with its
judges stand in the center, was sur
rounded on three sides by the line of
carriages and horses. The fourth side
was given up to the grand stand, and
was crowded by those who knew and
some who only thought they knew the
horses in the ring.
L. v. Hardness Prize Winners
All honors in the line of prize win
ming belong almost entirely to l.. V.
pointed and met with such favor in
the eyes of the judges that they were
awarded the blue ribbon five times dur
ing the afternoon, while that mark of
second in merit the red streamer,
adorned the necks of the Harkness
entries twice. In every event in which
he had an entry Mr.. Hardness secured
a ribbon, and at the close of the af-
ternoon led the other exhibitors by
many points.
Close behind the Hardness exhibit in
the number of ribbons captured came
John S. Cravens of Pasadena. One
blue, three red and three yellow rib
bons were worn by the Cravens equines
during their parade of the field after
the various events. The other exhib-
itors had to satisfy themselves with
three firsts, three seconds and four
thirds between them, for the Harkness
and Cravens brides wore all the other
ribbons to be given.
What was probably the event of the
day was the exhibit of harness horses
in pairs. the vehicles being suitable t.
the general scheme. Even the judges
could not at once decide between Happy
Jack and Sunny Jim, drawing the
Cravens carriage; Frock and Frolic,
driven by L. V. Hardness; Cardinal
and Brown Prince, a second pair from
the Cravens stable; My Lord and My
Lady, Graham E. Babcocks well
matched blacks, and Tommy Atkins
and Club. R. T. Goodhues entry.
Happy Jack and Sunny Jim finally
were awarded the blue mark of superb
ority and the Hardness pair was
adorned with the second prize, while
Cravens' other team, Cardinal and
Brown Prince, carried off the honors
attendant on the orange ribbon.
Frock, the bay gelding which repre-
sented the Hardness forces with Frolic
In the event for teams, was awarded
the badge of honor in the competition
for mares and geldings hitched to run
abouts. Perfectly handled by Mrs
Macomber, and drawing a smart, high
wheeled runabout, Frock went through
his PAGES in the enclosure, and when it
came time to make an award of the
blue ribbon the judges Immediately
adorned Frock's neck with the azure
mark The victory was one of the
most popular of the afternoon, and
when Mrs. Macomber guided the Hark-
ness gelding from the ring she was
literally applauded. One entry in the
same event which the spectators evil
IDENTIFY thought deserving of a ribbon
but of which the judges evidently had
their own ideas of placing the winners,
was the handsome bay drawing Mrs.
T. G. Otis, jr., and her perfectly ap-
pointed runabout.
In point of handling no horse on the
field was better driven. but the animal
itself did not come up to the judges
mark of esteem and was left out of
the prizes. When Mrs. Otis left the
ring at the end of the exhibit she was
applauded nearly as heartily as was
the winner of the event.
The first honors among the trotting
roadsters were captured by another
Harkness entry, Moro, which was
thought the best, from a small field.
DR.. Edmunds' Dagworth was second in
the eyes of the authorities, while Bah
cocks Toggles was decorated with the
orange streamer.
Benjamin Blossom of Pasadena cap
'tured both first and third prizes in the
event for saddle horses, showing three