The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-19
SHOW
HOLDS STAGE
AGAIN
Reginald Vanderbilt Princi-
pal Winner on Opening
Day at Madison Square. !

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. New
York. Nov. 19-The National Horse Show
opened at Madison Square Garden yester-
day in the usual splendor. Society was
faithful aud there was an American count
ess of the future there with
the promise of an English duchess
present later in the week. There We're eN-
ceptionally close contests to harness and
under saddle, in which several new horses
made the veteran show campaigners do
their p~rettiest to gain the blue ribbons.
The only ribbons to go far aield We're
those won by the Canadians with The
Wasp in classes for hunters and of COM
petitors who meet more often at city or
country shows. Reginald Vanderbilt won
a greater number of first prizes than A. G.
Vanderbilt, Judge William II. Moore, Paul
A. Sorg or C. w. Watson, of Baltimore.
One of Reginald Vanderbilts successes
was a first and second, won with Lord
Brooke and Lord Burleigh, bought recently
from j.. W. Hartman. The latter later
took second IN a strong class with Flash
light to Reginald Vanderbilt's DR.. Selwonk
to prove that there are still some good
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Vanderbilt was keenly interested in her
fathers success, and when Reginald Van
derbilt returned to the family box she
kissed him in her joy.
Jumping elimination trials and an open
class began the Horse Show trials. The
judges first in were A.. b. McClay, II. N.
Potter and John c. Keith. Canada won
the first blue ribbon of the week in class
100, won by The Wasp, owned by Crow &c
Murray, of Toronto, performances only 10
count. Thomas Hamilton had the mount
and also got the third ribbon with the
same owners Ironsides. Sid Holloway was
second and fourth with Centennial and
Oneiros. He still enters as the Westchester
Farm, although since the last show Il move
has been made from Mamaroneck to the
Orange Mountains, to Ira L.. Kipp's farm.
The class for Corinthians to ride brought
cut n generally useful lot OF hunters, and
the fourteen left in for the final on We'd
nesday, when the riders will be in pink,
were selected with care. No less than four
of the bench were from Westminster Farm.
Jack Frost, Centennial, Toconite and Onei-
ros, while both The Wasp and Ironsides
qualified for Grow & Murray. The others
TO keep on were u. ID. Benner's King Ed
ward, Mrs. Allen Potts's F~irelighter, Julian
Morris's Majesty and David Gray, all Vir-
ginia hunters. The others to get in were
Myopia and Lord Pepper, owned by the
Peppers. of Toronto, Canada; Sapolio,
owned by George Chipchase. and Keswick
owned 10y L. H. Wetherbee. the latter two
being the limited representation from hunt
clubs near New York.
Heavy harness horses had the ring to
open the afternoon session and the serious
work Of the show. 1t was for pairs over
IL and not exceeding 15.2 hands, to have
quality, style, all-around ac-
ton and be able to go a good pace before a
T-cart, spider or mail phaeton. The judges
were Jay E. Carlisle and e. Won der Horst
Koch. All seven pairs entered came into
the ring, but the browns, Scotland's Queen
and Grand Duchess, owned by II. d. Hollo-
way, of Philadelphia, and the Elsionore
Farms bays, Victor Hugo and Alexander
Dumas, were soon eliminated. OF the five
pairs left in the running two were chest
nuts, the well-kpown Lord Baltimore and
My Maryland H., owned by C. w. Watson,
of Baltimore, and Quaker Maid and Do
rothea, entered by Miss Mabel b. Hooley,
OF Plainfield, and frequent winners at the
shows. H.. L.. Pratt, of Brooklyn.
sent in his bay hackney mares, Lady
Eocene and Lady Barbara. Judge w. II.
Moore, of Chicago and Manhattan. drove
In this class the brown geldings, King Of
Kings and Pride of Prides, their white feet
adding to the impression of height in tL.eir
action, and A.. G. Vanderbilt had in the
browns. barring one fetlock, Wanda and
iona
Mares and ~geldings over 15.2 and not ex-
ceedlngS 16 hands appeared fourteen strong
in class So, to i%naugurate the classes of
~heavy-harness nags to high carts. There
was not a bad one in the bunch, and the
judges had a hard nut TO crack, for, while
none was of the sort to be at once con-
demned, there was no especially wonder
full actor in the ring to compel the admira-
ton alike of the judges and the public.
In the final awards A. G.. Vanderbilt, with
Polly Prim, was overlooked, but Reginald
Vanderbilt won both first and second rib
bons with Lord Brooke and Lord Bur
leigh. He bought the pair recently from
j. w. Hartman for SIS, 900 and drove Lord
Burleigh, the blue ribbon winner being
handled by a conchman, William Bone.
They are Of the impressive coach horse
type rather than the gig sort, but they
probably filled the eyes of the judges.
Judge Moore was third with the bay geld
ing, Dictator. a flashy mover, and Edward
Knieriem. of Brooklyn, took the yellow
ribbon with the bay mare. kissing.
The ten in the. class for thoroughbred
saddle horses revealed strongly the
blooded stock when taught good manners