New-York tribune., 1908-11-11

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F-7s+ 10 prove that luck viii turn - "
watson ard his Fairnont Farms stable nao 10
s=e other entries walk OUT with the piue Iloo'ii
,, +v-o classes 81 the Horse Show in Madison
&C.. Garden Yesterday, but there vas con
soIs+ion enough perhaps in three blues that
vera Won. and in 8 yellow ribbon in another
class Mr. Watson had the satisfaction OF win
Ming the blue ribbon too last night II Ilie
class FOR -snderns. when his Ny Maryland ana
80 E7sl-troo-e defeated John ". Considine's
newly purchased Quaker Maid and Dorotnee
ssrer G long disussion among the judges
This last decision vas none too popular Win
-he ranbirds and others who fancied themselves
"a .,dees of q horse MI Considine's par
showed well in the ring. and was supernly
handled and al those who hung around the
rz-es chee-ed wildly when II came around ou'
NJ Watson's has beone { popular stable with
the less e-udite ores who sit in the boxes anu
there vas generous applause, Increased 70 the
6i-1ensions Of quite ovation when the psno
zppror-tately played Maryland Ny Maryland
NJ Watson vas beaten in the afternoon, Wnen
Ay<-ea G Vanderbilt one OF his rare VIC
tories with Hertes in e class for heavy harness.
horses but scored later in the class for lour-
f--hznds with Lord Baltimore, Ny Maryland
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The tandem class produced more exciten1eht
than any other Of the dsy. Black Princess, the
leader n Miss K L Wilks's entry, with All
Ablaze as wheeler. behaved badly. The hand
some black mare was extremely nervous ana
nearly wrecked the gate she was driven in
Yer driver could do nothing with her when she
zzs II the ring. and she provided plenty OF
york FOR the ring attendants the other exn1o-
fcors and the Judges. who were kept busy get
ting out Of her way.
s--- --fT7cv --za for ne
ponies and the evolutions Of the swift little
s-eeds Is they circIed IN and out between the
posts il the field pleased those who had come
earlv vastly. Lewis Strauss was riding his Bus
-er Brown and had nasty fall, MS mount roll
ins over on him Attendants rushed 70 help
hin 70 his feet, but he stuck in the saddle ana
brought his pony TO its feet again IN e thunder
n applause without dtsmounting. In this class
Iyeavirr J Hunt rode not only his own entry,
Ia which took the white ribbon. but r G
Lavrence's Sun Gloss well. capturing the
yellow ribbon with Mr.. Lavrence's horse
The scene al day yesterday was brilliant
The boxes were much better filled in the after
noon than on the opening day. and there was
lffe and animation al all times during the day.
soc5e1y was not out IN force last night as II
vii De tonight and tomorrow night but II
zas well represented, nevertheless, and those
wnose object IN visiting the show is the human
ard not the equine display were well rewarded
Many took the tine Yesterday. too. 70 visit
for the first tine the display Of old carriages
~ al kinds IN the concert hall and found an
LzsroricaI exhibition there that was well worth
the seeing They had more time too. 70 take
n Ill the details Of the new scheme OF decora-
ton. and the more they looked the more they
liked Il The idea Of using the colors Of the
ribbons that represent the prizes won in the
ring has been cIeverly carried out in the scheme,
TIE blue being used for the boxes. the red for
the second tier and rosettes Of yellow for the
upper balconies.
There was e lot OF joking about the singularly
f1oPportune way IN which the b1gle calls for
the different classes were blown whenever the
hand az the 26Jh street end Of the Garden was
discou-sing some particularly soft passage New
were there such dlscordE as the harsh tones
q the bq1gIe created. but the band could not be
dtsmayed and PLAYED rerrily through the
5tn
The horse show IS q place where new winter
fashions appear for the first time, 20 vie with
rhe horses IN attracting attention at least among
the feminine visitors. but old winter has drawn
back for the last two days. and some fur clad
bes titles had the air OF martyrs as they walked
around IN the glo-4es OF sables and white fox
yesterday. Hot il was for such adorrrneut and
s1ltry. and the clerk Of the weather was berated
more than snce for his lack Of consideration al
though ne was forgiven for much because he
failed 70 make good his threat Of rain
Children appeared in abundance for the after
noon as always. and had their reward when the
Shetland ponies came in to be Judged just be
fore che recess They went wild with 10Y and
80 Il must be confessed. did some Of the grown
ups. when the class for stations OF the tiny
breed which had 70 be shown with three of their
get, enIereo the ring
First tc enter the ring in this class was the
beautiful little EIierslie of Elstnore. which had
Just won in the previous class. accompanied by
three tiny foals Then came Howard Starrets
Jack, bur one of MS foals. small and round
and baby-like that II looked more like bunch
o nufT than a horse. had become separated from
NE man who was 70 handle him. and wandered
through Of the open gates alone So be
"iloered was he when ne found himself alone
n the great ring that all eyes were turned on
hlfE' and every father who had boy or girl
~ltn hin was besieged az once with appeals 20