New-York tribune., 1908-11-11
WARDS A0 HORSE SHOW
Imported Pony Wins Blue-Mr. Vanderblt's Four-in-
Hand Team After Slight Accident.

| II was busy day for the Judges on the con
| tinuance OF the horse show at Madison Square
| Garden yesterday. From early morning until late
night class after class called into the rhg'
/ veeded out passed on and dismissed. with much
| satisfaction to the favored few and much dlsap-
| pointment TO the many whose great expectations
| had quickly dwindled into fororn hopes Inc
| judges did their with such pronptness ana
| dispatch that the schedule well maintained
and it may be said also that, on the whole tneS
| did their work well. although the rail birds were
not always satisfied with the placing.
| Those who were not in the Garden during the
! morning session missed seeing Little Ruby, the
greatest pony of his size in the world, in the oplh-
! ion of q majority the critics present. Little
| Ruby imported this country week ago by
| William Carr for the particular purpose of win
ming at the present show. He Is owned by Mr..
| Carr's brother. and will be shipped hack 70 Eng
| land within the next few weeks unless perchance.
/ somebody comes along with tempting offer TO
| buy him. Little Ruby easily the blue rosette
| in Class g for stations three years old over,
| beating Irvngton Tom Trott and Nordford,
| little Norwegian pony. which. by the way. is
marked like zebra. and is of the most strik-
ing looking and handsome of its kind ever seen
! Little Ruby, which has many blue ribbons
| abroad bears a close resemblance to Lady Dilharn.
| that miniature hackney which beat HilGred year
| ago for the English hackney CUP. and which for
| quality and appearance has no equal. perhaps, in
this country They of the size, al hands.
| and ara much alike in color. Lady Diham being
! dark brown. while Little Ruby is a rich, glossy
| black The latter is perhaps the highest going
| hackney, both in front and behind. ever seen in
| this country. The hook action is truly remarkable,
| although always smooth and even In fact,
the action is pronounced that is almost freak
| ish. and altogether impractical for harness pur-
| poses outside of the show ring It was treat to
see him prancing about the ring. however and he
! quickly took the eve Of the crowd.
While on the subject of ponies. it may be said
| that Harvey Ladew's .Doncaster Mode. which has
| been practically unbeaten three four years
IN his class, and than which there is perhaps no
! greater pony of his size in the world, added two
| more blue ribbons 10 his big collection yesterday.
He placed first in Class 81 for stations three
years old or over and again Class 55. for ponies
III harness He the sane ambitious, snowy
little fellow Of old. and well deserved the honors
and applause showered him
VANDERBILT FOuR-IN-HAND BEATEN.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt did not look altogether
happy when his four-in-hand tean-PoIy Prirn.
Pretty Peggy. Hamlet and Hertes-had 10 play sec
ond more to one Of c. W Watson's entries.
hashy looking made up Of Lord Baltimore
and MY Maryland leaders and Virginia and
Lady Baltimore as wheelers. IN Glass 80. There
were plenty TO sympathze with Mr.. Vanderbilt IN
the placing of the judges. the general opinion
appeared to favo- his dashing bays. It looked as
II this lost conformation, but it is Just
possible that slight accident in entering the arena
NAV have upset the horses TO some extent.
The leaders were fractious. and Mr Vanderbilt,
in trying 10 straighten them out allowed the wheel
the splinter bar was broken and it was necessary
10 hook the traces the body Of the coach. Frank
wfnterbottom handled Mr.. Watson's team with
rare skill and showed 1t TO good adva antage. Lord
Baltimore and My Maryland were excellent leaders.
but the vheelers appeared rather ordinary in com
partson. ard hardly shaped up MI Vanderbilt :
wheelers, Hertes and Hamlet. which. st may be
mentioned. were placed first and second respec-
lively in Class liz. for heavy harness horses which
had never won ribbon at any OF the association s
previous shows
J. ". Hartman had the satisfaction Of winning
the AIdie Challenge Cup. valued at $50. and pre-
serted by Henry Fairfax as his personal property,
he earned the second leg the trophy with
Flash Light which also won last year T T
Jordan had one leg on the cup. won with another
FIashlght in 1905 while Harry D Holloway also
had leg, won with Sporting Duchess in 1905. The
last named was shown against Flash Light yester-
day and won the red ribbon after Helgomite the
only other entry, had pranced around the ring two
or three times sporting the rosette, through mis-
take OF Of the attendants. For sIl round ac-
ton. pace. conformation and manners Flash Light
stood out over his two opponents
BRILLIANT PAIR WINS AGAIN
Edward G Stotesburys brilliant pair. Lucia G.
and Pearl Onward, which being shown for the
first time and which in Class 10 for roadsters
on Monday. confirmed the good opinion then formed
by winning again yesterday in Glass T. for pairs of
horses and best appointed road rig. It pre-
dicted on Monday thar Lucia g and Pearl Onward
would go right through 10 the pionship class.
after seeing them aa1n- The incest pair of trotte-s
ever seen in the Garden was the enthusiastic
preston Of one horseman and there were few who
disagreed with him. Lucia X has mark Of p,
while Pearl Onward has trotted mile in 217.
has no record. While trotting bred. they road
sters IN the true of the word. and il may be
some time before a better pair is shown They
easily outspeeded and outooked Miss Kate r.
wiIkes's Rhea ". and Mary Vincent, which well
handled by Peter Roach. the red rosette.
C,eorga NJ Webb held the reins over Lucia q. and
Pearl Onward
NJ MARYLAND and NV Maryland II their
third blue ribbon in days in Class %. for pairs
shown before victoria II would be hard TO find
a better hammered pair. and while they not
pre hackneys being trotting bred. II is hardly too
much 10 say that they Improvement the
English hackney type. They were placed over such
q strong pair Reginald Vanderbilts Lord Bur
leigh and Lord Brooke. and few there we're who
questioned the award
The remarkable popularity Of riding n the pres
Art day was illustrated by the number of entries in
tha saddle horse classes Monday, and empha-
sized again Yesterday. Fifteen horses entered the
ring in Class g. ridden by women. and they made
brave showing II looked a hopeless task 10 the
novice for the Judges weed out the big held but
with an eve quick 10 the merits OF the gait of
saddle horse seven were quickly separated from the
rest and then the real trouble began to make a
selection as all seven remarkably good speci-
mems OF saddle horses
z Marshall Smiths Rocktn. ridden by Mrs L A
Percival r B. Adams's Nelson's Pride handled
by Mrs. Van Klein. and Harvey Ladew's Pandora