The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-21

ENntDIOr-W omen abtlpcue WIN SnAe~
die ami Driving N~ags-BuIky DrauSht
Giants nDd Tiny POnIcs Divide Alton.
tim incidents az a Busting Day.
Hackneys made their bows Of farewell
NJ the Horse Show yesterday and to-day
tho breeding interests that potent term in
statistics and lcgislation-will be catered
10 by the American trotter. Drivers and
riders get no letup. however. and they will
ir in tho collar until the last minute of the
wc * fOT then own excitement and to en-
irtain the crowd. There was glitter and
sayely enough in the throng yesterday,
@ specially AZ night. to convert the sOurest
pegsimists to cnthuso over tho future OF
the equine exhibition. Judging by the cars
outside and the number in forgery within
the Garden in the afternoon the automo-
hilists feel the love Of the horse a tie that
binds. The casual visitors had as recruits
the very earnest milliners and d~ressmakers
seeking inspirations, and with this familiar
-sometimes too familiar guard on hand
with note books the conditions Of the crush
years seemed fully restored.
Fashion, aside from those who attend to
study il. is after an a minor feature Of the
fixture ~ the boXholdcrs despite a con-
trary opinion many accept as truth. The
women Of the arena row leave such matters
TO their outfitter.. and while now and then
a dazzling hat or stunning gown may cause
a autter among the rcminines they talk
mostly of persons missed or just crested
or Of the points Of ths show. The men.
too. are III keen on the competitions. and
that vaet circle that cling on rails turn
their bncils to the boxes ~ cool az iceborgs.
In "A word, those who spend their money for
boxes or admission tickets come to sec the
horses and the array'of styles is.only Incl
dental.
how could the attraction fail 10 please
when the novelties % the continuous per-
Torrance come in every act? Shetland
ponies seem tritc enough. Every one
knows them. Vet wouldn't il make any
ono sit mn tn spe u 3C-inch stallion pulling
a man about the ring in q tiny road cart?
Mara OT ~ inches on the wall and then
consil Ter that this atom of a trOtter could
duck It's head and go under a cane held az
a bridge and one may realize why the on
lockers were amazed at the sight. This
sturdy little chap Is 0 years old and is called
Gallant Lad He came all the way from
Natamoras. Pa, but will go back without
" INDbONs lOl Nut NilN FHGNl"ANHH tiA" VIZ
4 IdRqe as more sCrviceable. First cousins
~ this Tom Thumb of horsefesh we're the
rozen giant Craught horses. each with a
ietlock and foot as big as Gallant Lads
body.
contrast we're hitched 20 the trucks OF rival
ire WerS. andH u. Herbert charm IN OF the
polo association. made a special Journey To
the show to Judge thenl. The draught horses
sent TO the West 10y kipg Edward last year
were perhaps moro bulky. but they iced
them on ops over there, AMI here only the
Wurtzburger flows. yet for all that our
exhibitors did very well. IL IL
not longer than the start OF the show, u
must be remembered, thai our live stock
breeders began 10 import Percherons, |
and Clydesdales and to seek bulk
activity in draught hOrses !
Through the victory OF Mcanwood
VI aiesty for the hackney h allenGe cup
Fred Pabst Of Milwaukee won the $3.50 trU- |
ply and brought his tally OF blue ribbons 10
eight. The absence Of the old tine hackney |
owners at the show, according to SeCretary |
Godfray of the American hackney Horse !
Society, is not 80 he taken as en- indication !
that the breed is going back. Instead they |
keep their breeding stock At the farms nd
soil the produce az fast as hot cakes for car
ria &c horses. The new men show 90 get rep
u~tations for their i"mportatiops and are
,iciug what the breeders did ten years ago.
They find the trottiBg horse an occasional
fire performer in heayy harness, but one
iiI1t is an uncertain progenitOr Of CaTriege
IRA IT., and the missing link in the chain has
bcen fully supplied by the English hackney.
Majesty IL pronounced equal to
G ny Of the old time champions ever seen in
the Garden ring barring only Matchless
I ondesborOugh.
Women in riding habits and silk or derby
hts crowded the promenade In the after
for while only a bakers dozen had
mounts IN the lady's saddle horse class their
riends came from afternoon gallOps At the
riding schools to see the judging. Those
who competed, save one little girl, used the
side saddle, and some of them would have
boon insulted IL asked to hse the bifurCated
Custom doth make towards OF the
'c'gaen in the city rings. whatever they may
a. going across country with hounds.
A. night there vas a class for women
TO drive. but as they wore carriage frockS
they did not disclose their identity in
advance, as The equestriennes did. Mrs.
G W. Watson Of Baltimore in winning
the Horse Show gold cup with Lord Balti-
more and My Maryland II. TO a mail phsetOn
from the amateur whip made a record for
the versatility Of American women as
drivers. But now that women put on
road coaches and have n four-in-hand
chIb. hat the mail phaeton, for so long the
chosen display vehicle for the clubman. !
should be- conquered il only an evolution
TO he expected and praised. How q Lord
Dundreary Of the SOS would have stared
To see a woman IN a mail phaetOn or CurriCle. |
Hiss Emily Il. Bedford Of Brooklyn. who
IL also SCATTERING precedent by winning
with the champion hackney Hildred TO
gig. wa a rider in the afternoon class.
again reveal the many arts OF the horse
an entertainer, Miss Bedford rod the
Kentucky mare Mary Ann, a registered
horse in pedigree. who will trOt a
half mile in lot to sulky any time. Her
father has a private track at his place
and he works Mary Annto sulky as regularly
his trotters. Mary Ann was second in
the good class to Topsy. one OF the best
small saddle horses ever shown. SO that the
tr0tting streak. however odd. does not
spoil the mares saddle qualities.
This yea the ring has "A coating Of soil
" hich makes the going heavy for the har-
ness classes. but IL makes the footing 80
safe that there are no complaints. To
hunters the tanbark was too close 20 the
hoard floor. and il caused many q slip
ia the jumping classes. The horses could
rot a or with certainty. The change
J. ~ made the fencing more brilliant this
, ear than usual. but there has been a lack
hunters from the Long Island, New
Jersey and New York hunts this year.
for although the fields are large the pick
Of the lot hail from Virginia and Canada.
some one proposed during the judging
Of the Corinthisn class. in which the riders |