The sun., 1908-11-15
FAREWELL AT HORSE SHOW
sfFELIONAIRES DIVIDE Blue
RIBBONS BETWEEN THEM.

s GAvalfy CHARGERS and Park Saddle Nags
l fnithe, ,Glln S--Four-ln-Hands IN Road
gacs-Street Cleaning Department
Eptrles Mako Showins-Awards.
Tha Horse Show ended In its usual
glamour Of glory, and instead OF football
news this year there was an exploitation
Of q road race between four-in-hand teams
% which Morris f. Hewlett and A. q
Vanderbilt were the whips. The bulletins
from the various points we're flashed to
the Garden throughout the race, II 80 1t
could be termed.
There was q delicious contrast in the
manner Of tha two whips, Morris Hewlett,
che con Of an old English whip who has
for many years been stationed in London,
holds his hands low and Is as impassive
on the box as the sta tue of the god Brahma.
n guiding his horses through the evolu-
lions that he performed in the ring the ao-
ton of his hands was almost impercep-
tible, although he cut the loop which all
sour-fn-hand men must do.
A. O. Vanderbilt. TO contrast his style.
has driven both in this country and in
England, but he quite lacked the finish
Of the Paris whip. He holds his hands
rather high, uses longer reins so that the
slack forms q distinct bunch above his
driving apron and quite too often he takes
both hands on the reins instead OF the
orthodox method.
American roadsters had two classes in
tie afternoon and the awards in both in
stances went to the Philadelphia ex-
hihitof Banker Stotesburv. who never,
however, appears as the driver Of his own
horsee. There was never a more barren
exhibit of New York roldsters Il a ! IN
vEese two classes, and in spite Of their
grand speedway the New York populace
. 70 be blamed for not sending into the
ring q better showing. We own here the
great Icream puff trotter Tempus Fugt,
record 2'0714 and many other noted racers
/ IN harness, yet the entry in these classes
seemed to he confined to outsiders
Othhr, incidents of the day were the
exhibit Of horses and carts from the Street
gseaning Department, which bore an
Immaculate appearance, much diff erent
from their dai Y. advent through the
streets, and the exhibit of horses suitab e
for cavaiTy servioe.' In this as in the
preceding c.ass. Capt. + A. Marsha
o. s.. A., gave the blue ribbons to hunters,
neeming to ignore that there might be
both substance and quality in the park
saddle horses that passed before him.
One thing that the show has rev ca ed
has been the improvement in tho hunters,
altholeh sad to say, the most prominent
entries do not come from the vicinity Of
New York. Rea estate advancement
and the promotion of building lot settle
ments Is accountab for this, for those
Who hold lots and are anxious to sell
them have encroached upon whatever
hunting country there is on Long Island.
The winner Of class for thorou ghbred
hunters was Streator Cyc one, a winner
early in the week, and owned by Henry
". Colt OF Geneseo. n. Y Mr. Cot rides
his horses four times a week and takes as
much care in sehoo ing a year.ing as in
riding to hounds. He is one Of the few
yJ,es left OF the men in New York State
Who admire the horse that can 90 across
country for four or eight mi es after
hounds. and the award to him was well
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