Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14
JUDGES HAVE THEIR TROUBLES
some Close Decisions called for by
Horses Presented Friday.

Some Close Decisions Called for ny
Horses Presented Friday.
Popular prices did not prove a magnet to
MI the Auditorium at the Friday matinee
with the best seat In the house TO be had
for 80 cents only about 1000 people were at
the afternoon performance. SO it has been
all week, the best seats always going first
and every one crying for better and higher
priced seats and being compelled to take
those of lesser value because the higher
priced ones were gone. The card was OF a
high class and deserved all the patronage 1t
received and more.
AS Jim Murray was seen working out his
hunters in the forenoon Friday he was
asked how one OF those Jumpers was
trained. He said: I'VE must use our judg-
ment in buying green horse and then
train him to jump We pick horse with a
long neck and good head. showing intelli-
gence, a short back and strong loins, with
big fiat bones and tail well set up He Is
ridden for a couple of days and then bar
riers two or three feet high are placed In
the way. which he must jump. These are
gradually raised to four feet and II he
knocks them down the bars are tied so that
II he does not jump them In the clear he Is
thrown. II he keeps on knocking the bars
after two or three falls we give him us as
useless II takes about a year to develop a
good jumper. Confidence, the pride OF my
heart among the jumpers Of my stable,
takes to the Jumps like a duck to water.
During the FIRST five days OF this show 1
jumped him four times and he never licked
bar, and this with horse which has been
jumping but four months. In fact, he has
seldom knocked a bar down for me. / do
not try him on the higher jumps but just
on the jumps on form. II is essential in a
big horse show like this that there should
be Judge in the jumper class, as there are
many points about a jumper that an ordi-
nary horse judge is not familiar with"
THE sporting tandem is a reminder of
the way that the tandem team originated
said A. e. Ashbrook of Kansas City, editor
of the Bit and Spur, the leading horse
show journal in the country. when the
old English lords formerly went for a hunt
they took the horse they we're to ride in
the hunt along behind the rig, not wishing
to ride or drive him to the hunting grounds.
so that he would arrive fresh. This was
inconvenient, as some of the spirited
horses would not lead well, so he was
tied alongside of the cart horse, but this
was also inconvenient as he ofttimes would
get his legs knocked up against the cart
and so the idea was conceived of driving
him in front of the other horse and thus
was evoked the tandem, one of the pic
turesque sights at horse show"
BrnndeSs' Clean sweep.
A. d. Brandeis owned all three entries in
the opening class at the matinee, Sugar
! old stations. The Judges gave the blue
ribbon to Pat Mac Avoy, the red to Jim
and the blue to 30 Harry.
Plagiarist of the King Hill stock farm
took first in the 2-year-old stallion class
with A. D. Brandeis' Preston l. second
Patsey, yearling, vas also led into the
ring, but was not properly entered and a
yearllng besides, so but two prizes were
awarded
In the roadster class for stallion, mare
or geldlng, appointments counted 40 pei
| cent, and these helped Thomas c. Byrnt
| to win with Alice Wilkes over Sadie N
| F. A. Nash's fast mare with a record OF
2:17 oil the half-mile track. Pat McAvoy
handsome stallion, was given third.
Four were entered in the ladies' saddle
| horse class, and Miss Louise Peck wor
with her Commodore. Miss Helen Cudahy
rode her new horse Contralto into second
place, and Mrs. J. H. Parker, jr., OF st
Joseph. took third money with A. G
Smiths. versatile Pepper.
The park class brought out the first o.
the foreign cracks of the day and Murra,
COPIED the persimmons with The President
mis- new high stopper He had hum newt!
shod and locked so that he presented
much better appearance and had better
action than on any of his previous appear
ances. Creighton jr. was awarded secon,
and Storm Queen third.
| Margery McCOrd's victory.
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class for the best boy or girl rider, and /
the judges have rendered a popular decision
this week they surely did when they CAV
the blue ribbon to Margery McCord. Sh
was the last to enter the ring and when sh
did come In on her new Who'da Thought /
the whole auditorium resounded with ap
plause. The pony was most fractions, an,
the judges, who did not know the llttl
maiden, ordered the attendants to have tn
horse removed, lest Margery should b
hurt But they were wrong for the pom,
had a rider who could handle him. Russell
Imam took second with May, and Ailc
Cudahy. who rode DR.. Allsons pretty iittl
black pony Dixie. was awarded third.
w. w. Mace was given first with Arm
in the pacing roadster class while j. S
Imam, with Nebraska, wes awarded second
Floyd Campbell drove the favorite hors
with the spectators and there was a sigh
amount Of Kissing heard when the Captai
was awarded but third The horse belong
to c. +. Davis, a grain man OF Missouri
Valley and was purchased for him by MI
Campbell on one of his trips to Iowa. II
was a beautiful black and easily caught tn
attention of the crowd.
Local Heavy Horses.
Three local entries faced the judges 1
the class for the best collection of thre
heavy harness horses. w. II. McCord too
down FIRST money and Z. p. Peck, wit
Bessika and a new mate for her. which DI
Steiner brought from St. Joseph, with Com
modore as the third horse was given tn
red ribbon and Ward Burgess third.
Plenty OF excitement was furnished in tn
sporting tandem class but the decision o
the judges was not popular. Murray
second team, consisting of the beautifl
Prince Royal behind and Kilmarney I
make the jumps, ridden by Fred Bourkt
was first over the jumps and made a pei
feet performance and still the decision wer
to Peppers Glendale. who missed the firs
jump and was last over the bars.
winners of Awards.
Stallion. 3-year-olds, class 49-First So
Pat McAvoy, A. D. Brandels; second 50
JIM A D. Brandeis; third 80 Hone,
Stallion, 2.year-olds. class 5O-First s.
Plagiarist, King Hill stock farm, s.
Joseph; second 81 Preston l., A.
Stallion, s-year-olds. trotting stallion
| mare or geidinE class Rs-First $50 Ali