New-York tribune., 1906-04-18
HORSES AT DURLANHS
VANDERBILT -FOUR Wyv.
Mrs. GerkeB AIso Gets a BL,.
The BOrhOIders

Honors were easy for Alfred q vs,s.-,
night at the opening session OF the a,,.a1 Az
show in the Durland Academy on ss,n - al aoss.
Eighth avenue His horses were an bIr. bIr nesr
winners. and he drove them hinss1s a0ooa
usual skill. much 10 the satisfaction a, b..a as
in the boxes "s nsrts
In the first class Judged single ba,u..
between IA and IS hands high. NJ ao'sss
drove the chestnut mare Witchman v1s.@''0lt
won, and In the four-in-hand class - and
OF high stepping chestnuts from Oakland ssa''''
Portia and Sweet Marie pole horses, 80 am
other team entered. we ery
The academy was tastefuIlv daco-..
streamers and drapery Of lilac and wbits ra
with brass shields, making an extrar,.r 'ae1
effect. The balconies and boxes were s1,.,e ,'e.y
club members and friends The hoxho1s..-'r 'ra
cluded: asrs "a.
John Gerken.. T. Carmichael. Jotte k,..
Steel. A. G. Vanderbilt T. " Ke-,Idsea dea- " J.
Slawson, " e. Beadleston. G. ". Wstsss. A
rel Gordon Hughes W G Elliott 1s'y E,,,s9 p 2 "a.
>; Sor r. Rhoadss & e e. Tar5en J. Camg5einie Tasss'
G: E. Chopin, John D. Carroll A p = y laughs
Twigg. ana Gilbert <
Judging sixteen single harness hore..
and not exceeding 151 was the first nr,,s.. ~
the programme. The fve-year-old cba.,r,,, b,a''. %
Witchman Egiita. from the Oakland Fsr-, .ae
the blue ribbon, Fiss Doerr & CarroIrs g. s--oa Noa
old bay gslding The Spider taking the red dssas a5S
ID, King. the yellow ribbon 0y Geors
MISS Emily ~ Bedford won the blue rihbo, -.
for saddle horses over Is and not exrsasis Is sass
hands Mrs. W. s. EIiiott's fve-year-oIS' nas cns ~
Gerken's hve-year-oId chestnut mare Ms Ms Ionl
yellow The fourth was George g CauseHq h,ss sas
Mrs A o. Van Heusen. with her sav -.,..-
fha b,A 10 nanas as ana seven years old caprrss
Cas-E.d- Mar Belle. black mare. 152 hsrss =
six years old, won the second prize and - - ana
mare Carice. from Esinore stock Farm tset as ,sy
Little. Miss Webb daughter Of Beaver VS..
snS LacnI deslgner vas popular favorits in ~
fully, her mount-a bay mare named s,sI Sac,
hands-and easily carried off the blue rbbS5 'S ~ u
mare Persevere won the red ribbon. and rba.S saS
Holloway bay gelding Cardiff won the veloW- 20
Mrs. John Gerken. handling the ribbons WIN -.
customary skill. over her weIl-matched nair ~ ~
noy ana Shopgirl, a chestnut gelding and a ebes
captured the blue ribbon in the Is hands ta1ss.
class. There were four entries in this class ~.
black mare Cassia and the black geding r,.t - =
Holme. from the Elsnore Stock Farm won 1Ss ~
ribbon, and the Winchester Hall Stables nsi~
Clydevale Queen and Mate borh baI nosvss tsSi a.
hands and seven years old the yellow ri5ba1 ifSa
Alfred G. Vanderbilt. wearing a white an5 ,,a
carnaton boutonniere in his zrqv frocl coz S 5 ls.
his four perfectly matched horses to s1sk s,s
span park coach OF dark maroon in the f1Ilr-n
hand class: Silver mounted whifTietrees md bsr
ness completed what, TO the judges, proved an
ideal combination Of horses and appointment, for
after sending them a few turns around the tsn
coach. they pinned the blue badge. that caras5 ~
with II 800, on the off leaders bride His or
with coach of dark green ~
Miss Emily H Bedford. with Pattie Pams-
blue ribbon for the ladies saddle horses va sass s
riding Mrs John Gerken captured the second
and the bay mare Gibson Girl owned bv RI NJ
Moore won the yellow ribbon.