The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-23
EESTGHVOTER FAIRS CLOSING
POLLY PRIM WINS A CHAMPION.
SHIP IN TIE RAIN.

The baron Also Gains the TIte-Chiettain
sent Out FOR Suspected LAmenes,
Mica Maxwell Drives AdOnis IN the
ain-Trotttng Races Declared OF.
SHOW ring high stsppers proved their sound
ness and grit at the westchester County Fair
yesterday. notably In the harness horse ham.
pionship for the is. 8 or over division, won nv
A. @. Vanderbilt with Polly Prim. II WA
crucial test for the ave to engage In the oon-
test. for tina ring was soft and sticky, while
rain fell continuously. yet the nags were kept
In action for nearly thirty minutes. - veter-
marian testing a horse for wind and nnb
could not have devised a more severe ordeal.
All the drivers wore storm coats except Van
derbllt, who appeared as wet a. though he bad
been In swimming when the judges handed
the ribbon TO him.
After a few circuits Of the heavy ring an
atAsndant stopped Jack Donnely. who had
In J. W. Hartmann Chiertsin.
The vet don't like the way your horse 10
stepping. said the ring hand. and you must
20 out"
DOnnellys face redeemed up. Al he passed
q group OF horsemen that included john
Kelly, Directum's old time driver. on the
bAckstretch Donnelly called out:
The judges say my horse is Amei 10 any
OF you see itf-
In the Judgment Of this party the veterinary
must have used Q microscope to ferret out
the ameness. With Chieftain out. on their
awards Of thu week the outcome seemed Q
sure win for Polly Prir,. yet the nags were
sent on In the endurance trial for many
minutes befors tho judges nodded thsr
heads.
Polly Prim moved souarely and stylishly.
Toinx better with each circuit, and on action
well deserved the victory The mare carried
her nose out In q perky way and held her
ears back. signs usually Of q defective eve.
sight, but the vet had no comments to max
and perhaps the rain made Polly Prim nervous
b others In the class were John Doyles
Banker. J. c. Thompson's King Georgean'a
the Roxton Farms Greyson. Banker and
King George did not turn a hair or make a
misstep. 90 tina the placing OF Greyston
above them. as the gelding was wet With
lather and seemed tagged out, did not please
some.
A SUGAR plum instead Of a lemon was handed
70 Donnelly in the succeeding championship.
for horses not exceeding lS.l hands. for he
won with Miss Gibert's The Baron. Adonis
was the only other contender and the placing
was in accopd with earlier awards. Mics
MeTse Ad SraseS Ri sRe more dash. Her hands
were bare, as gloves would have slipped on
the wet ssin .; And a Purple as. sgtSS% 5s S.t . MAP
Corinne won the closing class for saddle
troIsum' third Lolita, with. stanton Elliott up
and carrying an umbrella tor luck, SPIT me
Hartman pair as U an earlier class Il vas
ReSyPnaTs The Egyptian doins the best work
FOR although hIrdling witt, little vim the
roadster class, b. Milbnfn's chestnut stallion
style. A. B. Maclsy's Alca. placed, second 20
well. The check and driving reins we're on the
same bit, which may have cramped Alca's
THE ~trottinR races were declared on, the
money in the unfinished class being divided
as the horses stood in the The
Harness Horses-over ISIS h~ands-Ptrst, Ro1ton
ss'aIa&' k. Sai George; iSi'd. Oakland FsT@'s &
Ponies IL HA1ps..-ASCve y and not s.9yssaiH.
NOME %; O.; third. proctor smiths br: m: NedT
saddle HOrsesITiS hands and up 70 CsTrStnE 70
Peter GsaniDs. eS@ !. oakland King; third sSen'
Is bar ssaa; sCs Henry 1 sSS,:1d ..G grtseR Rp.,Gs
Farms. Is. q. steflinG; third. RockrdEe Farms
HsinSSa Ecrsss-Pairs over IA and not exceed.
ing rs hands-First. Miss Gertrude Giberts en-.
&C. ne baron and President; second Mrs W.
OF Tr,S5ermSrwseeie1 % be over Isl Ssnds-First.
OAKLAND Fam'e !. IA; Polly PIim and The Young
Easr hing Water and indian Chief; third, Miss
RNRs X. Reds b. gS. Topmast and R~ingnaster.
Observation-Disclosures only TO oount-FtTSt. z.
g. HeynaIs blk. m. The Egyptian: second J. c.
Thompson's Oh. m. sweetbnar; third. p" Aliens
Harness Horses-i4s and not exceeding ~:
women 90 drive and winners in class II barred
FIRST, J. C. Thompson's b. m. Ashore; second.
Mrs. G, NJ. Sidenbergs Oh. g. W third'
Rockhdge Farms oh. m. Tendresse,
Saddle Horses-tS and under 1S1 hands-F1rsS
J. W, HarrimAn's CHI. m. Connne: second, MrA W.
s.. Eiiotts .. m. Lolita: third. J. W. Hariman''
blk. z. Petroleum.
Champion Class. Harness MISUNDERSTANDING
49, hAnds-FtBt, Oakland Farms b. m. Polly
Pnm; reserve, Roxton Farms IN. Q. Greyson.
Trotters In HAmess-For William A. Roads
~prize-Ftrst. d. Millbank's Oh. 9. Algcn; second.
A. B. Mkclsy's ch. m. Alca.
hampionsh ip Class. Harness Horyes-Not ex-
oeeding ISL hands-Ftrst, Miss G.. Giberrs Gu G.
The Baron: reserve. Miss NJ. c. Maxwelrs CHI G.