The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-11
PONY JUMPS HIGH
Imported Horse Takes Leaps
Taller Than Itself.
CUP HUNTERS THE FEATURE
Competition of Polo Mounts, High
stepPers, and Roadsters Brings out
Best Quality of HOrsefIesh Ever
Seen Mt the Gnrden-PhiIadeIphi
Wins the DelatOur Cup.

New York. Nov. 1O-Polo ponies. which
included some placed at Nottingham last
spring when the Meadowbrook Club won
the International Cup hunters over the
first high jumps of the week and shown
as teams from hunt clubs with high
steppers and roadsters for the special
cup. helped to AZ up the programme at
the National Horse Show to-day.
Throughout the competitions in the diff
ferent classes brought together horses of
the best quality ever seen at Madison
Square Garden.
Sights of the show.
one of the sights Of the show is the
jumping OF the 49, hand imported pony.
Perfection. now owned by Harry D.
Holloway. of Philadelphia. This means
that the pony has a height Of hfty-four
inches at the withers and in general at
the five-foot jumps the pony was essay
ing leap taller than itself
Carrying a 15O-pound rider, the pony
rushed at the jumps without hesitation.
throwing itself over with the bounce OF a
rubber ball in a parabonc curve. and
when in the air tucking UP its hind feet
and hinginE them sideways In the manner
Of pole vaulter
Trotters shown in the breeding classes
were mostly driven tandem style before a
saddle horse, 10 bring out their speed and
hardness one Of the riders was LeOsin
p. Kinney. gray-haired granger from
Bushnell, Nebr.. who handled his mount
with the agility OF a youthful STRIPPING
The entries in the classes for two and
three year Odds were light
Judge Moore won a notable victory
with his hackney flourish In the after
noon after a close contest with J. w.
Harrlman's great little mare Lady Dill
Ion. The latter has two wins on the
English Hackney horse society's cup and
another victory will give the permanent
possession OF the trophy 10 Mr. Harri-
man, but as Flourish is eligible TO the
competition which is to be held tonight
IL may be that his hopes are 10 bee nipped
in the bud.
Those beaten by Flourish also included
Reginald Vanderburs Phoebe Walton,
the owner driving. winner of the class
last year. and Alfred q. Vanderbilt. who
had in his new trottlng-bred mare.
Madge. ON one round, Mr.. Vanderbilt
hit against the newly decorated wall
and ripped the first hole in its snowy
covering
Ponies I'm TandemS.
Incidentally in a class for hackney
ponies in tandems. j. w. Hartmann
Dainty Eccles and Lady Eccles. Jack
Donneily driving. won out from the field
Of six, beating Alfred G. VandevbiIt's
four Mel Valley ponies. shown in two
exhibits with the owner driving. Won
der and Wonderful. This is the first
defeat Of these ponies as a tandem in
this country
L. T. StCtesbury Of Philadelphia. won
for the second and FINAL time the Della
tour Challenge Cup. value 500. given by
Acklcy G.. Schuyler. q. ID. Macklay. won
I'm 1907 with Eoseworth and Marguerite
Margrave and NJ. S;otesbury's first win
last year was with Lucia G.. and Pea-ly
Onward The trophy was offered for
the best pair OF roadsters and best ap-
pointed road RIG. Mr. Stotesbury won
with Lucia and Pearl Onward.