New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
HOW AWARDS WERE MADE
The "Gaited" Saddle HorSe-Inter-
est IN Work of Jumpers.

gated saddle horses which have such a vogue
! IN the South. For number Of years the saddle
/ Eorse question at this show was vexed one n
! seemed impossible to establish tvnc Several
! Judges were introduced. but these all had indi-
Nldud hobbies and. instead of working 10 the line
oeslIed by the association TO establish n type that
might be understood by breeders and exhibitors as
| 80 - ,HVlu uIoHldH demand, they simply
Ioue uheSe hobmes into prominence, and It may be
/ Sald produced chaos. Then the English Judge
VIVIAN Gooch, got five years contract and under
t'"A l" cstdphSh the clear thoroughbred sadder,
win good neck and head, well balanced quarters
! ana shoulders and with the rare combination Of
! high courage and superlative good manners bav-
! ing the easy walk-trot-canter gait Then the
gated saddler enthusiasts objected strenuousy
ana declared the best type Of American saddler
was being ''prostituted 10 English ideas"
The thoroughbred type had resulted in bringing
out better classes than ever seen here before
ana ana instead Of having more than SO per cent gated.
IISl year nearly every horse shown of the
rect type and the old raggedness was apparently
ung Of the past. Then, TO oblge the gated"
! people special class framed i'm this years
catalogue and IL was promised that upward OF
/ thirty splendid specimens would he shown.
/ Finally four came into the entry list and were
shown These were OF good quality. two being far
above the average, ana magniGcently handled.
They demonstrated the siuElc-foot. the fox-wnlk,
/ the rack etc, and the riugside echoed with APP
plause almost the entire time the class was under
! inspection. Seldom has such q reception been
given a truly beautiful type Of horse one which
seems 10 ENJOY the presence OF the rider on his
back as much as the man riding enjoys the perfect
accord and response OF the splendid animal beneath
him.
! What was demonstrated however. was scarcely
what the gated saddle expected or hoped
for this being that the greeting was for the modi-
fed high school horse. which needed an expert and
o highly finished rider TO handle him, and keep
those wonderfully changing gaits at their high
not"h OF perfection poor rider or careless rider
would ruin the best Of them a month. even as
Applause that once noted high stopper 10 harness.
year after leaving the show ring actual
ly throwing the dust with his forefcct through
the park. every vCstige of his marvellous
| ton having disappeared. This IS what has always
INITIATED against the gated horse as metro
potan saddler type hut il could never he drilled
/ into the gated" saddIer supporters.
The gated horses superbly bred, with a long
line Of registered Radder blood and hereditary
excellence behind them. and what the breeders
should do is To produce these attractive animals
and then break them the walk ot-canter pace
expressly for the metropolitan demand In this
way they VIII he able 10 obtain phenomenal prices
in some cases. and really good prices all along the
/ line. II is not long since promising three
year-old bought for something under $500
and eighteen months later, sold IN Now York for
$4,000 under guarantee 10 win In "A certain prom
inent class. which successfully accomplished.
These cases are. Of course. limited. and this
I Is simply cited as an example of possibilities
The sale Of Sir James to Alfred q. Vanderbilt
/ for a rumorod $4,000 Is Interesting. from one
| standpoint. This horse had never been shown be-
fore he appeared I'm the Dealers class which con-
! summated his sale last Monday. Yet he showed
himself like q seasoned veteran and the great
! point is that lie is Of the few true tTotttng
| bred heavy carriage horses I'm this country, the
bulk being Of hackney or hackney cross breeding
Sir James is 10y Bow Bells, which has "A record 81
2:10l4 and his dam is Of the renowned Wilkes fam
| iy. OF which George Wilkes set tho record IN
! those days AT - rms auNirdbly SHOWS the
wonderful versatility OF the great American tTot-
ter. which Is about the only horse which can be
scientifically bred produce the similarity OF al
most any other type OF horse on earth the one
/ great trouble being that. when such type has
been successfully produced it IS seldom repro
duccd. when the manufactured article 10 the
stud the brood farm. That is tho one weak link
in the chain, although. Of course. there eNccp
! tions which appear to prove the rule.
HaCkneys again in order yesterday
! ing. but the classes mainly remarkable for the
continued success Of the recently imported English
. l.tF.g AIN flrfiv
the shoal As several of these were young stations.
and also mature stations with their get the classes
mainly interesting showing what will
have as American bred hackneys within the next
few years. Meanswood Majesty is a superb type,
winning here last year and again yest'I lay. re-
markable record. When Brandon was shown II was
curious note how his continued showing in pairs
and fours had dimmed his true stallion atmos-
rherc bv lowering the peculiar jaunty action doIni-
mated by Although possibly a better all
around horse than oxford, no had TO be content
with the second award beyond which his owner.
Mrs. John Gerken, does not seem able to progress
The winner a good horse. full of type, grand
action and well shown.
Some interesting hunter work shown for the
Maclay cup. which called for "A regular fence of
rails and also for the pigpen, an awkward fence
making n square Of about twenty eight feet, the
rails each side being four feet SIX inches in
height. negotiate this successfully horse must
go in and out" without stopping between the
lump the land and the next jump II is Of
those puzzling features frequently met with in open
hunting and the fact that the riders were all anna
teurs. approved by the association, did not make
the contest less interesting ne oIly point 10
mar it was that a number OF wei known horses,
all good performers in other years. again appeared
not able to the fencing, this year devoid of
top rail dressing, and thus these horses failed to
show at their best Nearly every horse 'boggled'
at some stage and the winner. Cygnet. owned and
shown by Sidney Holloway, was in accord with the
evidence furnished. 1t was a good class. and held
the close attention OF the spectators right up to
the end as Majesty. the reserve, pressed the win
ner rather closely
When pairs to a dcri-mai stanhope phaeton
are called one expects TO see about the best New
York can produce in handsome horses, and up-to-
date appointments. and in the National Horse
Show gold challenge cup there disappoint-
rnent Nine ecintillant pairs entered the ring.
eral women driving. and forever must be passed
along the time honored smile which went with the
idea OF a driving pair of high spirited
high actOned horses.
Lord Baltimore and My Maryland, of the Fair
mont Farm, have met apd defeated most OF the
good pairs during the SHOW to date. and when they
sppeared driven by Mrs. c. w. Watson. there was
portant and difficult class. Mrs. Watson was fully
equal to the occasion. however, and handled her
winning team perfection. An almost equally
good pair ranked second in Pride O'Prides and
King of Kings the latter being superb speci-
men and sired by that great horse, Forest King
the hero of the Waldorf Astoria cup. which was so
long in competition prior to his appearance from
England Among the good pairs TO relentessly
into the discard Lord Burletgh and Lord
Brooke. the crack pair Reginald c. Vanderbilt
bought of J. w Hartman, with the expectation
of sweeping the arena with them after their
summer successes Possibly the pair has had
too much"
lutely perfect horsemanshp of Miss Margaret
VIEWER She rode astride and handled the pony.
Cardiff. superbly. catching the point of balance
and keeping his legs under him with the skill
of a veteran She won from rather a good class
in which Little Ruby and Wech RareDit were
second and third. respectively.
The summary of the awards follow:
MORNING AWARDS.