The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
BRILLIANT
SCENE AT
HORSE SHOW
Harness Horses and Hunt
erS Chief Attractions at
Garden Exhibit.

NEW YORK, NOV. 23.-Heavy harness
horses had the most attention at the horse
show yesterday, with hunters, ponies and
saddle horses to fill in the gaps between the
displays of hoof-tossing nags. In one mus
ter OF hackney ponies young Allan Harri-
man won and Reginald Vanderbilt had
only a mere mention, a conjunction of
names that seems familiar in these troub-
1ous times. In the wake of the judging of
the harness pairs and tandems there was
the usual aftermath of praise and oensure,
a debate as swift as any horse can trot.
There was plaeidity among the fash
enables. but the widest sort of excite
xnent in the representation of high life be-
low stairs in the judging of the appoint
ment class for victorias. The coachmen
and Sootmen of the town are more limited
IN number now than before the advent OF
chauffeurs. but they are all the more
earnest horsemen as the survivals of the
dt1est. A host of the clan carne especially
to see the judging of the class and to
make a clique for their friends on the box.
The upholsterings and 1iveries were wine
colored or deep blue, four of each in the
eight entries. and the carriages might have
been designed from the one pattern. There
were two men on each box. the groom
Will biit dS liOiluiiiCSS do IulitiiE
on a monument and the eoachmen as
motionless save for the lingering of the
reins. To win in such a class gives re-
nown to a coachman in the annals Of the
profession forevermore and the friends OF
each a%spirant saw that he had voclferous
support.
Manhattan could claim the Alfred VAN
derhilt, Sorg and two Moore entries, unless
Chicago makes a claim to the latter, while
Plainfield had Miss Hooley's, Brooklyn II.
L. Pratt's and Baltimore c. w. Watson's
equipages to land renown to the style on
their park drives. The judges pronounced
the Baltimore equipage the winning one,
but in the hour of victory with Lord
Baltimore and My Maryland II. neither
Coachn.an Paris or his footman cracked a
smile.
"A magnificently appointed carriage"
remarked a looker-on, but really that pair
seems to cast a glamour over the two
judges. Lord Baltimore and My Maryland
III. have now been pronounced ideal in a
~brougl,am. victoria and mail phaeton. /
ask myself is there no difference In the
types needed in these vehicles, or Is the
pnirs adaptable that they change their
ways to suit each condition. l wonder, yes,
wonder
And the looker-on ceased speaking to,
note the fifteen finest harness horses in
the world come prancing in before high
carts for the team prize, three each being
entered by c. w. Watson, Sorg, Moore and
the two Vanderbilts. Hackneys and trotter
stock displayed their graces, the hook
folding of the former matching the tip
fitting of their knees and bringing out
cheers. Frank Winterbottom drove Lord
Baltimore and the amateur owners the best
in the strings, both professional and anna
beur whips being pressed into service to
the odd ones. This time Lord Baltimore
q the two My Marylands were only
second, the coveted prize being awarded
TO Judge Moore's Pride o. Prides and KIM
Kings, Alfred and Reginald Vanderbilt
dividing the slips OF white and yellow.
That's more confusion in type said
the still grumbling looker-on. The
Moore award is very well, but on their
tandem and other placing where do the
pair ideals of the Baltimorean com In to
be placed over tho Polly Prim and the
Lord Burleigh bunch? Consistency is a
Jewel Carlisle and Koch should add to
their judicial adornments."
Then the grumbler wandered off to air
his viewg to other patient friends, The
earnestness of the carping critics at the
Horse Show is only equalled by the fervor
of the admiring commentators, who be-
lieve the judges can do no wrong. For
The hottest sort of c~aptious criticisms on
the decisions one should talk with a Judge
of other years-it is forked lightning
CREASED with vitriol.
This sort of thing reveals the horse show
habit is more than a fad, but no one minds
1T, for the criticisms, however differed with. |
are honest ones. Even owners do not
mind being told they should have got
the gate" instead of a blue, for there is
no such adage as love me, love my horse.
c. w. Watson and Moore were tied for
the lead at ten blue ribbons apiece when