The Washington herald., 1906-11-21

/ It was a day Of many incidents 70 those
who paid most heed to the horse and the
doing Of the horses, and as this faction
/ seemed for the first year to be in the
majority. the twenty-second annual ex-
hibition at Madison Square Garden well
deserved the special title Of The Horse
Show"
Notable Visitors at the show,
/ Quite a number of people have come
from Virginia. where the horse is always
popular. Among those who have been
noticed are Dr. c. Shirley Carter. of War
renton; Charles Z. Clapp. Of Merryville;
/ Miss Allen Gray. Of Orange; A. Howard
Randolph, Of Fredericksburg; n. Frank
Neer. jr.. Of Delaplane; Mrs. Julia Nor
| ris. Of Keswick: r. w. Okie, of Marshall.
Among the Philadelphians present have
/ been Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Widener. Mr..
and Mrs. George Widener, Z. T. Stotes-
/ bury, John Barry, r Penn Smith, VIII
! liam c. Freeman, Harry d. Holloway,
and George Willing
/ /. V. Colt represents the Geneseo Val
/ ley He is a judge. and comes from Cen
/ eseO. +. NJ. Byers, Of Pittsburg. and
/ c. w Watson, of Baltimore, with a fine
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/ Louisville. with another string. and f. d.
/ Jordan. Of Boston. are also prominent
among those who have come 10 the show.
! Among those who were noticed at the
/ Garden I'm the afternoon were Mr.. and
! Mrs +. IT. Morgan. Mr. and Mrs W X.
Vanderbilt. jr. Mr.. and Mrs. A. g. Van
derbilt, Mr.. and Mrs Reginald Wander
/ bilt. Alr. and Mrs Elisha Dyer Miss Ma
| bel Gerry. Miss Angelica Gerry, Mrs. Z.
/ KeTnOChan. Mr.. and Mrs Reginald Rives.
Cornelius FellOwes. Commissioner and
| Mrs Park. Mai. Creighton Webb. Harry
/ Eldridge, A1r. and Mrs Oliver Hartman,
and Mr. and Mrs. w. B. Leeds.
Defeat for Mrs. Gherkins.
/ Judging Of ponies in harness brought
out duel of interest between the stall
| lions both importations. Judge MOcre's
Berkley Bantam and Mrs Gerkin's Don
I caster Model. The former won, TO the re
gret Of the followers Of the New York
horse, for Doncaster Model nexer ex-
hibited better style on the tan bark
Placidty was the badge Of all the other
| ponies in the class except the stations
/ This was as Il should be. for some Of
I the drivers were not much older than
/ the colts they drove, the grooms beside
/ them having 10 watch out as carefully as
nurse maids.
/ Later on. ponies under saddle had the
ring. when a bunch Of children We're again
the guiding stars The winner. Charles
HOltaway's bay gelding Cardiff had little
I Miss Margaret Weyler in the saddle, and
/ imported MallOw Queen, Miss Nay Laden
burgs winner at Mineola and Piping
I Rock had 70 be content with the fourth
ribbon. These two girls rode astride
and So did Miss Mary Alice MCKelvey
/ who had a cream-colored palfrey OF the
class for saddle horses listed in the Amer
/ ican Register.
/ In the class for half bred or fun bred
/ haCIneys for the Aldie challenge cup. the
/ gift OF Henry Fairfax. the onlookers were
delighted that the award went to an ex-
1 hibit that reproduced In many points
/ the old hackney of the sporting prints
/ This was the Philadelphia entry, Sport
| ing Duchess. driven by the amateur
/ John L. Conway.
Chicago and New York Clash To-day.
There were more new names to gain
the blues to-day than on the first day.
but merely because the conditions
brought forward novice horses. Thai
Sweet Marie. Rustling silk, The Young
ster, and Forest King should be so often
the final contenders in their classes
means only that they are the champions
of their type Their owners have ex-
pended fortunes TO bring together the
ideal TO their stables, and. with a degree
Of success that almost merits the criti-
cism Of a captous rail bird that there
/ is in existence "a high-stepper's horse
trust"
Neither A. G. Vanderbilt nor Judge
Moore had any entries to-day Of conse-
QuenCe in classes where they might do
/ the driving themselves, but tomorrow
the old rivalry Of Chicago VS.. New York
Will be resumed all along the line from
gigs TO fOur-in-hand teams As to the
four-in-hand teams. a new conner, Otto II
Kahn, the Morristown banker, will be a
| dangerous aspirant He has gotten to-
gether four chestnuts of surprising style
and substance, so that while never be-
fore shown at New York, the team may
upset the cut and dried notions of the
two older exhibitors.
Amateurs Drive Well.
One of the pleasures OF the roadster
classes was that to-day W J. Buttfeld
drove his own mares, Miss Banahan and
Miss Westcott, and won the blue ribbon
The same pair won on Monday night with
Flowing driving. but, without disparaging
the skill OF the professional, it is relief
to see an owner come into the ring be-
hind his roadsters.
Reginald w. Rives, an amateur, drove
Mr.. Pollock's pair very nicely. but as the
latter was one of the scheduled judges.
he had to leave the verdict in this class
to his co-laborers, Robert A Fairbarn
and Theodore FTeylinghuysen
In the hunters the jumping was clever.
but the entries were neither so numerous
as at other shows. nor all that could be
asked in quality and conformation The
Virginia horse, Keswick, won this after
noon. The crack Long Island steeple-
chaser Of the hunt meetings, Willie Price.
although ridden by the able jockey.
Lynch. could do no better than gain the
third ribbon.
The night class for hunters had the
special condition that the horses must
have been hunted about eight times to
hounds and that amateurs should ride.
In this class, and in the polo pony class,
many well-knOwn gentlemen riders had
mounts.
Hackneys Show Up Well.
Hackneys had. the honor Of opening the
show to-day OF all the halter classes.
those for hackneys alone drew a national
entry Five OF the twelve hackney classes
on the schedule were decided, the scope
ranging from yearling FLIES to four-year-
old mares in foal, or that have produced
a foal this year.
In the latter class Ebend G. Jordan, OF
Boston. won the blue ribbon with his IA
nous mare HildTed, winner for him in
1904 of the Waldorf-Astoria cup, the su-
preme prize for gig horses at that show.