New-York tribune., 1908-11-10

crowd, which had grown TO respectable dir1en-
sions BY the time the class held the ring Mrs
W A McGibbon won the class with her chestnut
reIding. The Cardinal and her victory was pop
lllar, too.
Robador. who raced under colors this year
with little success bIossomed out blue rib
bon winner in Class 10 for thoroughbred saddle
horses It was big class but the son Of Rey
81 Santa Anita showed to such advantage that
the Judges placed him above all the others
The class for qualified hunters up to carrying
165 pounds TO hounds was last on the evening
programme and II afforded plenty OF anuse-
r7ent as some of the horses refused TO jump
into the pig PEN while Mrs. G. Foster Raw
I,rs,s Ringlets. ridden by Ambrose Clark. jumped
in and then for a time refused to jump out
Thomas Hitchcock tr's. Jolly Dixon won the
blue ribbon and the award was well received
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHING OF SHOW.
4 sprtnkIing of real lovers of the horse in the
boxes q truly enthusiastic fringe of men and
women about the arena and complete dornina-
ton bv the equine element contributed TO SIC
cessful e launching the show has ever had
There were no accidents 10 excite attention but
all the afternoon the quality of the horses shown
Vas high, and there was plenty to keep those
who did not care TO wait for the more brilliant
opening Of the evening. when tho social element
was TO shine in the glory Of new clothes. TO the
discontinue Of the horses. which. in the after
noon. might have had excuse for thinking them
selves the centre Of attention
Even before 10 o'clock when the first class Of
hunters came into the ring for Judgment there
were a few enthusiasts scattered about the
great spaces in the garden. They stood mostly
on the Fourth avenue side, where the horses
vera 70 enter the ring and watched with keen
en6 critical eyes the steeds that were being
ercised on the tan bark Sharp and quick came
their comments as horse after horse entered the
ring and. after the judging began, they reached
their verdicts long before the judges 1t was
remarkable too to note how accurate their de-
cisions were for it was seldom that their pre-
dictions went wrong.
often they disagreed with the Judges but they
knew the arbters within the charmed circles
and their idiosyncrases. too, ard often a group
would decide that some one horse was the best
shown but that he would have to be content
with red ribbon because OF some point in an
other horse that a particular judge was known
to favor So. even when the verdict disagreed
with their opinions, these reilbirds nearly al
ways picked the winners. and many a drink
or cigar was won by the knowing ones who
added g knowledge Of human judicial nature
TO the horse sense, speaking literally of their
fellows
There is z rule conspicuously posted about
the place Where the eJIaCrles OF Lre uHiertuI
stables gather 70 watch the Judging. that saws
ste-1lv that any one shouting calling out
while the horses are in the ring viii be elected
from the building; but here was a rule, made to
guard the sersibilities of nervous horses. which
are likely 10 shy when a great yell reaches their
ears as they swing daintily toward the sharp
turns that was honored far more in the breach
than in the observance In the class for heavy
harness horses in the afternoon, in which Regt-
nald and Alfred G Vanderbilt came into conflict
for the first time. the partisans Of each brother
were vociferous in their demonstrations. and
there Uas a lot Of derision and ironic cheering
when Regfnald Vanderbilt and his handsome
horse An1azeuent got the gate