New-York tribune., 1909-11-12
BRlT0NS WIN AGAIN
CROWD GOES WILD At
q GARDEN SHOW.
Judge Moore Gets a Blue Rib
bon After LeaTing Ring
scifh Red.

one of the greatest crowds that ever
svarned Madison square Garden in the
history 81 the national horse show. fairly
nent Wild last night when Lieutenant p. &;
horke. on Biddy, and Lieutenant T H Sc
hag-Mont"nore, on Taffy. two Of the visit
ing British officers. won the blue ribbon IN
"a most Spectacular class. in which officers
On ful uniform. riding abreast. took the
fences In the keenest sort OF competition
America had 20 play second fiddle. IAeuten-
arts l. > Martin and Gordon Johnston. OF
fie .th Cavalry. riding Connie and Clar-
cuce. earning tho red ribbon. The yellow
went 10 British pair too. making the tri-
tmph oi the visitors Well-nigh complete
and putting 20 utter rout those who decided
after the first Appearances OF the English
men II the ring on the opening day that
rfeF and their mounts were outclassed
The enthusiasm throughout this class
as something tremendous. Hand claIs-
Eing failed altogether TO express the feel
sings Of the crowd. White gloves were
spiif IN al directions as men and women
-oined IN thundcrous applause Of every
brilliant Bit of fencing. but throats had
20 help in tie expression OF re adn1ira-
ton thar the really wonderful spectacle
.Lcltcd or every hand.
As the mum bers went up the band broke
into the strains Of God save the King"
and every one stood up and cheered the
Diucky Englishmen. They had bee7
Standing up ever since the class began
anyhow. chairs being used 10 give a bet
fer view IN boxes as well as IN the balco-
r1es While hundreds OF those about the.
ing rushed for the stairwavs in order 10
Sc into the ring
As demonstration Of International
rcoo feeling nothing could have been bet
Ter The English officers. riding about .ha
ing after they had received the award.
"ere kept constantly saluting. and >
crowd rushed around 70 be ready 70 con-
E-st--sre them as they rrotted through The
Ests
Lrstt horses came into their own las.
nlgAt, furnishing the real meat of the pro-
Ers1lrne Of TIE earlier hours a-s s-o,,s,--
rhe crowd. Teams Of six. four ~ rber1 -
competed. sn5 the speed of their turns s75
twists shout the ring was little short 81
r7srNe-lcus- They chased each Other m
sno ~oV-n the ring. and. after the work Of
Ire Judges had been done. ane rhe great
team ot browns OF Morris & COMPANY hsd
turned The tables upon the Eravs Of Sv-ff-
Ene A-Iour. the Whining team eu,ulstAd =
rancy skater in cutting exrrsordins-v er-
ures a5out TIE ring. the margins being 50
snail that the red coated groonls. forget
f---g oignity, rsn n AL directions 10 escape
ne t1uncering hoots cf rle huge steeds
Ten thousand persons paid admission 70
-nter the Garden last night and that did
not represent the whole OF TIE croUd ~,
several hundred The promenade vas
censely packed. so E,uch so that 3 tourney
about The ri-g was accomplished quickly II
- took less than half an hour, and there
clcnr seem 20 b q vacant seat anvuhere
except II few ot the boxes whose tempor-
s-y owners made part, for the nonce. Of The
brilliant tArong that eddied around ths
ran
-,sutens-t Z. ?. Wslvyn sddee another
blue ribbon 70 the collection started bv ths
visiting British officers on wednesday
night taking 6-sr hono-s IN the class tor
hunters that clcsed the afternoons pro-
gramne with The Biscuit. Lieutenant
Falwyn rode brilliantly ana he ana his
mount took the tenoes perfectly. The VIC
tory vas an intensely popular one. the
pluck and grit az rhe vls.tors and their
snrrely calm acceptance Of their deteats
early n The week hsvlng won them host
~ friends.
Ju1Ee William r. Moore net q setback.
on the face OF the returns. N the evening
s-ter his victory in the afternoon in TIE
contest Tor the English Hackney Challenge
cvp. when Lady Seaton defeated LADY Dn-
ram, which already had TWO legs on the
trophy Sending LADY Sea1on. LADY Auck-
land and Robin Hood into The ring in the
cass Tor The best collection Of three road
F'ers II single harness. Judge Moore could !
carry OF only red ribbon. the blue gong
- ny Wstsons collection. Kitty Grey.
Norena and Ringing Bells.
The applause had hardly died down hov--
er- when the announcenerr came that
RE winners had been disqualified for he i
ing uncersized ana that The blue had been /
ir2nsterred 10 Judge Moore's trio
There vas a sood deal of talk sbout the 4
ohange ~ the award in this class. and II /
aroused reoonecuons q the time last wear 4
o. hen Mrs. Watson received The gate be- 4
cause n was suddenly found that d horse 4
she was driving was ineligible. owInS TO 4 4
previous victory ia rhe same class.
Tire queer thing last night was that r 7
D McGrann's collection. which had been 1
placed third was found 10 be- undersized .
a4so. so that Alfred G. Vanderbilt won the I