New-York tribune., 1905-11-18
PRINCE AND HUNTERS.
attractions Of Afternoon-Co'dem"
AscGrd to 4. G.. Vanderbilt.

miro and enthuse over at the afternoon session
Of the show. Eight classes were judged and
to the credit of the judges and the rellef OF the
spectators and exhibitors, the programme was
over with before o'clock. In view OF the
fact that earlier in the week the classes nave
dragged along until nearly O'CLOCK thlS was
a most pleasing innovation.
It is hard to say which class proved most
attractive to the big crowd which focked to
the garden to see Prince Louis Of Battenberg,
who attended in civilian garb, but was none
the less the cynosure of all eyes The per-
fornance of the hunters over the "in-and-out'
In the "pig-pen'' class caused conslderapIe
amusement and likewise drew forth sincere
commentator from those who know how diff
cult are the "stunts" asked of both riders and
horses in this hard test.
This is the class which was added last year
at the suggestion of Thomas Hitchcock, Jr.,
and proved a great success Last year Mr..
Hitchcock exhibited and several ribbons.
This year he had no entries, and the class was
somewhat of a disappointment 1t is said that
the reason why Mr.. Hitchcock did not show
this year was because there were insinua-
tions last year that his horses knew the game
better than those of the other exhibitors. This
unfair idea a good sportsman like Mr.. Hitch
cock would naturally resent.
At any rate the horses which competed this
year were not up to the mark of 1904, and few
were able to show clean bill after essaying the
gruelling feat. The contestants were required
to jump in and out of a rail fence inclosure
and then to take rail fence jump after first
slipping out the top rail. Most of the horses
knocked the pen pretty much to pieces. Rapi-
dan, the good bay gelding which has won rib
bons at the show for Eben NJ. Byers, of Pitts
burg, the well known golfer nasty crop
per, Jumping out Of the pen. and Mr.. Byers
| was unseated. He took hard fall. but, like the
| man in the song, "bobbed up serenely'
When # came to making the awards, the
Judges decided that the brown gelding Wirnble-
| don. entered and ridden by S. Taber Willets
| was best. The red went to imp. Wildhower
| Charles E. Mather's bay mare ridden by Victor
Mather. This horse has been consistent per-
former throughout the week. John Hamilton
Crow and Murrays bay mare Sweet Brier
third, while the white went to Dick Dom
nelly on Giraud Fosters bay geding Front
Royal. The outcome of this class showed an
utter failure the part of most of the exhib-
itors to school horses to the pen jumps In ad-
vance of the show. The idea is good one, and
those who intend to exhibit IN the class next
year will do well to devote a little time to
schooling in advance. The show ring is GER
tainly not the lace for breaking a horse into q
new game
William K. Moore in class for harness horses.
evoked long and loud applause. The winner of
the Waldorf-Astoria Cup and the Hotel Mar
Unique prize never in finer fettle and there
was no horse in the ring TO say the bay gelding
nay. 1t did not take the judges long to pin the
blue Forest Kings bride The red went to
J. w Harrimans brown mare Laughing Water,
with Jack Donnelly driving. and the yellow to
Eben D. Jordan's roam mare Laodamia, driven
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entered and drove the bay mare Rollicking Girl
received the highly commended.
The harness tandem class made q. brave show
ing with such we'll known whips as William
H. Moore, G. Ledyard Blair, Eben D. Jordan
Otto H. Kahn. Alfred G. Vanderbilt, w. P
Snyder and John S. Bratton sending teams into
the ring. This class always popular with the
spectators, was loudly applauded. The decision
of the judges met almost universal condemna-
tions when they gave the blue to Oakland
FARMS bay mares The Youngster and Rustline
Silk, driven for Mr. Vanderbilt by Charles VIII
son. The mares did not move together and on
the whole made poor showing. Senator and
Diplomat, the bay geldings of William H
Moore, driven by the owner, showed much bet
ter, but had TO be content with the red. The
yellow went to W. p. Snyder's bay mares VII
pin Belle and Wilpin Beauty, fooled by Jack
Donnelly. The entry of George Pepper &. Co
took the white.
The women's prize class for pairs to q Iadv,s
phaeton with rumble brought on the tanbarl,
six hashy teams. The crowd was with Mrs
John Gerken, who drove Newsboy and Shopgrl
the veterans but the judges placed two pairs
ahead OF the Gerken entry. Women of course
drove, and the scene in the ring was a pict-
uresque one. Dainty and Poetry the bav rnaras
entered by Miss Helen Frances Fargo which
Were driven by Miss Gladys Bloodgood. took the
blue over Eben D. Jordan's crack pair Kitty
Gray and Norma, faultlessIy handled as always
by Miss Belle Beach. c. w. Watsons chestnut
mares Maize and Sue Kearsley driven by Mrs.
Blaisdell were highly commended In this class.
in the women's prize for single horses to
phaeton which was decided in the morning ap-
pointments counted so per cent. The judges also
considered whether the entry came up to the re-
quirements Of woman's ideal park horse
In class for trotters to harness Advance
Guard repeated for E. T. Stotesbury which. OF
course, pleased the Philadelphia contingent. +
T. Bedford, Of Brooklyn, won the red with King
Axworthy Thomas c. Plants Ebony Boy and
Harry L. Toplitz's Judge Boardman were third
and fourth respectively. The entries in this class
had TO have record Of 2:3O OF better
a class for ponies under saddle gave blue 70
James C. Marshall. who showed the bay mare
Lady Jean. Mrs. G. Baumanns Jaquine was
second George Watson picked up yellow with
Welsh Girl and Miss Vera Gordon Bloodgood
entered and rode the chestnut mare Paula
which received the highly commended
IN class for saddle which had fv-,~r