The sun., 1908-04-22
FIRST HORSE SNOW or TIE YEAR.
Society Gathers for the Opening at Dur.
lands.

After seventeen years the Durland Com
pany's spring horse show has earned the
distinction Of being the leading saddle horse
exhibition held In the Eastern states There
was brilliant opening Of the three night
fixture last evening, with classes filled with
the finest types OF the riding nag and fash
ionable attendance In the boxes and reserved
seats. The competitions were often ex-
ceedlngly close and the judges had by no
means an easy task to place the candidates
for the prizes
There was constant stream Of automo-
btes dropping their passengers at the main
door, but the occupants were all riders or
Roe. entered ES ana A@ons AasS he % S Ts a
boxes were Mrs. T. 4. IAdew, Miss Elise
ladew aud u. =. lAdew. +, T Bedford and the
Misses Bedford, Mr! and Mrs. Fred Gerken.
Mr. and Mrs ", y, Elliott, MIR. and Mrs W.
4, McOibbon. Mrs. A, G. Train. Mrs y. 4.
SChrOeder Mrs. Edwin &. Kirkland. y, ~,
Barrett Mr.. and Mrs, John GeTken. Mr., and
Mrs Richard Newton. Jr. Rufus H. Palter-
son, Judge W. H. Moore and Mr., and Mrs.
j. W Hartman.
The judges and ring officials were
saddle horses, George G. ClAusen: trOtters under
saddle. Fred Gerken horses suitable for chargers,
Hawlns, Richard Newton, Jr, &. +. Hart and II L..
Herbert zig horses, william G. CULVER; clerk Of
ring. G. " Smith; ring committee, John Gstken
lam Durand.
Two saddle horse classes opened the pro-
ceedings, the initial one for novices al shows
and for horses over i5,l hands having six
contestants Miss Emily H. BedfOrd's
chestnut. gelding John Randolph won the
blue ribbon and Mrs Edwin G. kirkland's
bay mare Colleen was second, Both were
fortunate TO be placed over Rufus /. Patter-
sons grand 1873 hands bay gelding Lord
kitchener, which made a splendid showing
With Emil Antony IN the saddle.
The second class was for saddle horses
over ~ and not exceeding IS hands, 10
less than twelve entrants CirCled the tan bark,
splendid display Of blue ribbon champions
and future show champions. The blue went
70 e.. +. stephens's oddly cOlOred roam mare
tlaTlssa hut very handy sort, with {. /,
kalley second on the brown mare Poppy 81.
John and Harvey \, lAdew third. with the
clever acting bay gelding Reliance
A longailed quartet now had the ring Tor
the spectacular class OF trotters shown under
saddle. The speed ai which they covered
the tanhaTk WAS u revelation after the slow
steps OF the saddle horses proper, The
riders used long stlrrups and sat back OF the
reins TO suggest the old prints OF Hiram
WOOdrnn, Budd loble or Dan Mace on the
track In this sort OF trOls, In the Held were
G. Il, G.. Billlngss three Turley, 20l1,i
Delight, ~. and Frank A"2All, Iheothef
was, J, h. Movers Boswell Turley did some
lively brushing and displayed a clip as fast
for n spell a. anything Ed Geers did with the
big gelding on the Grand Circuit last season.
Fred Gerken placed them in the order OF
Turley first, Delight second and Boswell,
who Is a,haf-brother Of Nancy Hanks, third.
Immediately after there was an exhibition by
Charley Mac holder Of the world trotting
record to saddle OF 2ITt.. The black geding
has an easy, low stride that brought oui ap.
plause He left the ring wearing a floral
collar =. W Taylor, r., made little
speech from the tanbark In honor OF Charley
Mac aud in praise Of The old time style OF
racing trotters.
There Was a grand CONT pst for the Fiss,
Doerr and Carroll challenge cup for gig
horses between FIVE entrants. !. H. Taylor OF
Watertown. \. y, had IN two of the hackney
stamp, although Of trottinR pedigree, but the
Sensational actors we're Guy Fortune, the
chestnut that won for lawrence Jones Of
kentucky, in heavy harness at the National
Horse SHOW Of four years ago and at the same
exhibition az the best trotting sta lion. The
only doCked horse, ever % win In the class;
George NatsOn's lHshy stepping bay Major
and Miss Emily II. Bedford : hackney mare
Ilidrei
Guy Fortune, which changed owners at
the winter sale in Madison SQUARE Garden,
made a wonderful showing with John Don
nelly on the reins and had the snap OF colt
now II years old. HildTed was in
the pink OF condition. and. no doubt 10 he
confusion OF the critics who passed out the
hackney mare for alleged lameness in the
Judging for the Gold lack cup at the last
National Horse SHOW. was pronounced the
winner by Judge Guliver II was Hildred's
second win for the trophy In succession and
the cup became the permanent property
of Miss Bedford Who drove her champion
with good hands and Judgment