The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-19

and let up from the sparse condition re
dlnred at the race course FOR general rid
Ing purposes. The four left in were Al
perfect for the park as any to be i'm
agined, and. besides having facility a
the trot and gallop, they all walked along
nicely with the reins laid on their neck.
The game little Orton Dobbie was one OF
The beaten in this class, the meteorological
owner, Elliott Cowdin, having the mount
and also the imported bay stallion Tit
Birch. by Mountain Observation-Disclosures
by no means a paragon in looks, but de-
sirable on blood lines, and of polo pony
size. Judge Cooeh last year save the
blue in this class to George Watson's i'm
ported Sporting Life and second to Brigand,
by observation-disclosures, which formerly
raced for James Galway. and afterward
he carried Brigand TO the championship
ribbon. The judge was still faithful, and
Brigand received the blue gaud, the only
one he did moi win last year in his classes,
so that the gelding will not be seen again
until the champion saddle for horses not
the boards at the Syracuse State Fair,
was second. with the other ribbons to LIE
Roi and Sarnia. All are owned in New
York except Sarnia, which is entered by
Julian Morris, of Eeswick. Va.
The Canadians were very strong in the
hunter classes of the afternoon and even
ing, the first for middleweight and the
last for lightweight nags to hounds. The
Virginians and Sid Holloway's Westches-
ter Farm making up the bulk of the
other entries. Under the electric lights
the horses jumped better than in the
murky light OF the morning, but manners
and conformation had also to be con-
sldered. S. Taber Willets, of Roslyn, rode
Crusher finely in the middleweight class
and made a good showing. but none of the
ribbons came his way. The Wasp won IN
the middleweight for the Canadians, Crow
& Murray, the second of the day for this
bay gelding. A big one of 1913 hands, The
Wasp has great quarters, short back and
the finest of foreparts, so that in action
the hunter is the poetry of motion and
skins the fences as lightly as asbird.
The attendance during the afternoon
compared very favorably with opening days
of former shows. Some of the arena boxes
were empty, but they have not all sold
this year. Back of these boxes there were
a fair sprinkling of people in the arena
seats, and the boardwalk was well occu-
pied. Alfred G. and Reginald c.. Wander
bit. Judge William II. Moore, j.. Campbell
Thompson and others OF the horse-loving
crowd We're on hand earl" in the morning
as soon as the show opened. 1t is a busy
WIEN ibIa liltSc Iltlis ullu ih'S nav ~ 50
that their horses are in proper shape to
compete in the ring. and don't leave every
thing to their grooms. 1t was about 3
o'clock in the afternoon that the boxes
fill up. Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt
occupied her usual seat in the corner OF
box 13i She wore a dark costume and a
black hat trimmed with sapphire blue os-
trich tips. Later in the afternoon Count
Laszio Szechnyi and Miss Gladys Wander
bilt arrived and took seats in this box, and
box Is was at once a centre of attraction
in the big amphitheatre. Miss Gladys Van-
derbilt wore a garnet cloth costume and a
gray hat, trimmed with feathers.
Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt was in box 81,
the same seat she has occupied in several
shows. She wore a dark blue costume, a
blue hat trimmed with long white feathers
and her ~well-known set of silver fox furs.
She seemed particularly pleased at her
successes and her little daugh-
ter. Miss Kathleen, daintily dressed in
white and pale blue ribbons, clapped her
hands in glee when the judges pinned the
ribbon on Lord Brooke. Mrs. Oliver Harri-
man occupied % seat in the same box.
She wore a costume of green panne velvet
and a black hat. MISS Isabelle May, an
other occupant of the Reginald Vanderbilt
box, wore n heliotrope costume, a big hat,
with shaded heliotrope flowers
and fox furs.