New-York tribune., 1907-11-19
HORSE SHOW AWARDS.
THE IMPROVED HUNTER.
Bngand, One Time Racer, Wins
Blue IN Saddle Class.

horse and nothing else must have gone nome
well content and resolved to go again Whiie
there is slight decrease in the number OF
horses in the various classes. this Is hardly a
drawback as the quality is undoubtedly higher
than ever before. especially among the hunters
and in the saddle and light harness classes.
II IS worthy of note that the American hunter
Is progressing by leaps and bounds toward the
goal Of the real heavyweight hunter, which we
have hitherto been unable 20 produce In this
country except in isolated instances. the great
supply still coming from ENGLAND to the rest
of the hunting world. One reason for this mas
been theslighter type Of most OF cur crack thor-
ougfhred horses. and also that many or the
foreign weight carriers have been cleVeriy
crossed. back and forth for substance without
deteriorating the thoroughbred qualities OF
stamina and speed The day of the old-fash-
foned half-bred horse with hounds is past.
Hounds apd quarry travel too fast these days
and the half bred horse cannot stand the pace
and has had to give way to the thoroughbred,
which is steadier under pressure and does not
falter at his fences when tired. This was the
type shown in the Garden yesterday. and al
though England may surpass many OF them IN
conformation, England could not equal them for
jumping capacity
Al the Garden this year the fences are not
as in other years, in that the upper line is not
so clear When Thomas Hitchcock jr Of West
bury. the popular steeplechase owner late
NJ F. H of the Meadow Brook Hunt Club, had
The fences in charge ne spared no pains to make
them visible 10 the eye of the horse in the
artificial light. and to this end he placed strips
of green along the top rail- and thick grass sods
on the wall This year there is nothing of the
kind and the top Of the gate and of the wall Is
as clean as a hounds tooth. The consequence was
that Prince Chap failed to see the wall in the
half light of the inclosed building yesterday
morning and fell with his rider, Mr.. Dunn, who
suffered a broken arm. Half an hour or so later
such good fencer as Lord Mimic, repeatedly a
winner here just ambed into the gate fence,
never rising an inch, and went to his knees in
the ruins. SaDolio. another good horse, could
not jump In his usual style, so that the hunter
class winners of yesterday The Wasp Centen-
nial. Ironsides. etc, must not be taken too Sc
riously until some Of the older horses perform
again in something approaching true form.
Although much has been done to improve the
official catalogue, there might still be added
the pedigree of the harness horses. That of the
fhoroughbreds, of many Of the ponies, of the
hackneys. trotters and registered ponies is
given. but the harness classes are not pedigreed.
Half 3 dozen persons We're asking yesterday
what was the pedigree of the scintillant win
ner, Lord Selwonk, and could telI-not
even his owner. Reginald Vanderbilt, for he
acknowledged that he did not know either sire
or dam.
DR.. Selwonk is the sensational youngster
who brought out in Boston in the fall OF
1906 and bought by Reginald Vanderbilt. Al
the national show of that year he could only
get second being just off the train" as one
may say. Last year he took a startling good
first at Chicago, but failed again here and ut
terly declined TO show himself. It developed
later that his tongue had become twisted under
his BIT and, as he is nervous horse. he was to
tally upset Then ii began to be whispered thai
3 sf1Dr- Selwonk was equine gold brick He
y came out yesterday, however, full of fire. with
wonderful front action and backward swing OF
the hooks from here to yonder," and in daz
zling style disposed OF r good field, winning
from Flashlight and Gibson Boy, the latter from
the A G. Vanderbilt menage
Thoroughbred saddlers was another good class
yesterday and there was little surprise wher
Brigand again scored duplicating his victory il
the saddler champion class last year. at this
show, although he had been previously beater
by Sporting Life. Brigand until recently. wa,
running races on the thoroughbred turf under
the colors Of his owner and breeder Jane.
Galway. After he won a race one dav at Sbeens
head Bay last year Brigand was sold TO Jana.
u marshall who saw saddle possibilities in him
Mr.. Galway was hand to see his one tiynt
race horse win, but could hardly recognize him
Brigand has been so wonderfully deveIoned anl
improved that he did not think it possible tho
high actioned. tractable, full of character cad
der could be his old race horse.
In the thoroughbred class Knight Of Pear, .
son OF Knight Of Malta-Little Pearl. GOT N,
blue ribbon. while Elkhorn. by Belvidere tb.
az Rrfer nd
good one in spite of the fact that the horses
were not so well known TO racegoers as nigh
have been expected. Owners win not take III,
risk OF showing the leading thoroughbrede
Those shown yesterday. however. were goo,
representatives OF the wonderful foundatio,
stock Of the horse world, which touches moth
ing 1t does not improve in courage stamina
high quality Of bone and sound "horse sense
Even the great American trofter is beyond con.
tradiction trotting thoroughbred.
good class OF pairs, shown to a spider Tear
or a phaeton. brought out an interesting CONNIE
tition, and, although the crack Watson pair
Lord Baltimore and My MARYLAND won If 10 h,
no means certain this would have been the cas-,
had King Of Kings had a better mate than Prid,
Prides. King of Kings is one Of the spectac.
ular types of the show. and fl is not general,
known that he gets his type from HIS SIRE the
sensational Forest King. the English hackney
which so wonderfully came off shipboard and
defeated that old equine warrior Lord Brilliant
Tor The Waldorf-Astoria Cup three years ago
AS Il was. King Of Kings and Pride O. Prides
mad to be content with second honors.
IN ciass 80, Reginald c. Vanderbilt won with
Lord Brooke. one Of the famous pair he bought
from J. w Hartman and which had not been
beaten dn pairs) az any time during the sum-
ner. 1t vas rather amusing TO see Mr.. Wander