The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09
P0LO AND noRsE sBOW MOTIFS
4 nay Of sport in the sadie IIannsd At
Lakewood.

Instead Of stretching out over three days
the horse show OF the Lakewood Country
Clubwlll be run on in one afternoon this year.
Saturday, April 3D. but In addition there VIII
be gymkhana races and polo, The poio
match Will be at II clock In the morning on
the Georgian Court field, between teams
selected by George Gould. and the horse
show and burlesque races will be on the
Country Club grounds In the afternoon.
Only exhibits owned and used by amateurs
In Ocean or Monmouth counties may be entered
In the horse show. appointments TO count
In the harness classes. The polo ponies ana
hunters will be judged In competitions
the latter over the regular Jumps with
amateurs doing the riding. Much sport
Is expected from the gymkhana races, Nmch
have very novel conditions. multiple
cation race is for women riders. At the
start an envelope containing a card on when
Is written seven figures and multiple Will be
handed 10 each This Is to be carried
to any chosen friend at the opposite END Of
the field. who lie to do the sum. The card
first returned TO the judges correctly multi
piled wins
In the thread and needle" race each com,
petitor rides down the field at Rallop ana
dismounts before woman, TO whom he hands
the thread and needle to be threaded. The
fingers OF the fair aids have to move quickly
and after receiving thethread and needle DAck
. iue COlhpeNtOTs lace 10 tne sldi tlbb I",Ii y.
The needles must remain threaded 70 the
finish. The other gymkhana events Viii
he a saddltng race, ladle and polo Dali race
potato race and somebody else's morse race,
In this the competitors ind their mounts 1y
drawing a number, for owners, cannot roe
their own entries Whips and spurs arr
barred and the owner OF the last horse N VIII
win the first prize. The race must be hnlshed
| IN five minutes and is only the length Of the
| field II Ia Herbert L. chairman, "; Ross
! Proctor secretary and Henry = Nearby
/ treasurer OF the horse show committee
| Horse shows are already ctOwdlng each
/ other closely and the season Is TO be even
I stronger than last years sequence. The great
! event, the National Horse Snow ASSOCIATION 3
I xhibi.lon, will be AZ Madison Square Garden
/ Nov 1918. Next after Lakewood VIII come
/ the second annual horse fair at Madison
I square Garden in Easter week; the Durhnd
/ show will be on May 2-5 Brooklyn Riding and
/ Driving Club, May sill; Orange, May lI-lO'
/ and then lapse as TO local shows until pam
The Long branch show will be on July
! 29-N and the annual event at Atlantic Guy
/ about the same time, The Bay Shore assoca
/ ton has claimed Aug3 10 S, which completes
! the local dates announced. with the south
/ amptOn, Nassau County and WestchesteT
shows 10 follow and still to be announced
! Shows at places further away viii INCLUDE
! Show Associat ton on May 23-2s The, club
! house and stands at WEsahckon Heights
| which we're burned down last fall have been
! rebuilt and enlarged for the spring event
| Same dates and the Baltimore show will be
J May 1920
canadians and New Workers will as usual
decker for cross country horses at the To-
| ronto show, hXed for April 2o.2s, and three
| shows that have become noted as trial
| grounds for the New York show and in recent
| years have furnished many Of the winners
! in that event will be in October. at Louis
| vile, -, Kansas city. 1921, and Chicago
1920.