New-York tribune., 1908-11-13

.s. +,,a ;,,dsAs had awarded the blue ribbon
- : class for pairs in harness TO MIS- = W
Watson who drove Kitty Grey and Norena' a'
the horse show in Madison Square Garoen last
night James 7. Hyde, assistant secretary OF
- .--oofs+io, rushed into the ring and told
4te i,,5ees that Mrs Watson's pair was not
elisfFle. having won in the same class in 1Se'
- .7es +,7a-e,,por took the blue ribbon from
7rrs Watson. the awards which had oeen
-.os+a5 we're recalled. and Mrs. Watson, after z
lively conversation with the judges. IN Whicn
her disgust was obvious. drove out Of the ring
The incident caused e lot Of talk about the
Garden. and most Of those present, VINO oio not
receive an explanation. thought that the VeIeI-
,-.-ias had rrle5 against the Fairmont Farm
e-+-v Many stopped at Mrs. Watson's box
after The awards were finally posted 10 oTIer
s---,ra4rv. among them being Mrs Paul A Sors'
IN, drove her husbands pair, Tease and Tor
rrent. which finally won the blue Mrs- James
NFcF C7,,rnrney's Babette and Babinette, e par
,i,,,ls-lr handsome pair. received the red ribbon
Frank Winterbottorn. manager of the Watson
s-ahIe said that the same pair was shown IN
lqa4 but not in that particular class, and q
formal protest vas filed against changing the
award The question will be settled to-day
when the old awards are consulted
Polo ponies occupied the ring early in the
evening and served To keep the early corners
amused The crowd literally poured into the
arena last night. and by 9 o'clock nearly every
box was full The arena seats were crowded
too and there was not Z seat 10 be had in the
balconies on either side Of the Garden The
crowd mat moved around the boardwalk made
progress difficult. too. and, altogether. the at
tendance was the largest, as well as oy lar the
most brilliant. Of the week
Harvey ( I.adew rode RobadoT in the class
for saddle horses 70 decide the Holland House
Challenge Cup and the big chestnut stallion
-or his third blue ribbon OF the week
The class for delivery wagons, which had four
entries. produced Al exciting incident when
teams from the siegel-Cooper and Greenhut
companies we're in collision No harm was done
and the former team got the gate soon after
ward Creenhut teams were first and third,
with Philadelphia entry second
INTEREST IN FoUR-IN-HANDs.
Some OF the oldtirers this year have COM
rlsi7e6 about the comparative lack Of enthu
rias7n when the horses in the ring. But
thev must have been pleased if they were on
hand yesterday afternoon, for the biggest after
noon crowd of the week was demonstratively
enthusiastic when four fine four-in hands were
shown 70 as many handsome coaches The spec
tscle was the prettiest the ring has yet afforded,
and those who stood about the rail Wed with
the occupants Of the boxes and seats in their
cheers
The class was called into the ring just after
Mrs c. " Watson had had the pleasure of
making the National Horse Show Gold Challenge
Cup valued at $500. her husbands absolute
property by winning IL for the second successive
year with Lord Baltimore and My Maryland IL
The band had hardly stopped playing Mary
land. Ny Maryland" when George Watson, Jr,
Grove the Magnet. the frst Of the coaches TO
appear, into the ring.
7 H Grimes followed with the NestledoVn
Yarns entry, and q few moments later a roar
q applause broke out when Alfred G. Vanderbilt
drove in MS famous grays 70 the coach he used
IN England last summer for the daily run be-
f1zeen London and Brighton The applause he