New-York tribune., 1909-10-24
HORSE SHOW JUDGES
NEW NAMES ON LIST,
Professors to Pass on Merits OF
Draft Amimals.

| appearance of college professors as judges
q: the National Horse Show in Madison
Square Garden on November s-1s. They
will Judge the draft horses as they do at
the Western shows, where 1t is customary
also for students Of the agricultural col
leges to attend in classes to study and
prepare reports on the exhibits to be dis
cussed later in the lecture rooms. AS the
agricultural colleges are nearly all gov
ernment experimental stations, the Judging
! by the professors amounts practically to
! national supervision over the imported ana
! hone-bred draft breeds. Each exhibit,
! of course, is also registered in the stud
! books.
In CIydesdales the judges are Robert
! Ness, Howfck, p. O.; Professor c. F. cur
tbs, of the Iowa State Agricultural College
and Professor Marshall, of the Ohio State
| Agricultural College, at Columbus. In the
| classes for shires Professor Curtis Will
again act, helped by Robert Graham. To-
ronto, and Professor Marshall. Perche-
rons are to be judged by William Bell, of
Columbus. Ohio; Robert Graham, Toronto,
and Professor e. j. Carlyle OF the Colorado
Agricultural College, at Denver. He will
also Judge the Belgian breed, assisted by
J. Truman. Bushnell, Ill.,, and William
Bell
Professor Carlyle was one Of the judges
at the International Horse Show at Chi
cago last year and is in charge of the
federal government experiment farm for
the breeding Of heavy harness horses in
Colorado Robert Graham is one of the
earliest and largest importers Of the Shire
horse in Canada. Draft horses in harness.
which are to be shown in pairs and four
and six horse teams, the weight of the
wheelers to be not less than $500 pounds,
are to be judged entirely by Professor
Curtis
In all twenty-five experts have been in
vited to serve as judges Of the several
classes. Besides Professor Curtis, judges to
act singly will be DR.. Andrew Smith, To-
ronto, in thoroughbreds, and Joseph E.
Widener. Philadelphia, in the hackney,
Morgan and ponies in harness classes. John
Dolan, Lexington, KY, win pass on the
five-gaited saddle horses, and Major Charles
G. Treat .. S. A, Fort Myer, Virginia,
In the classes in which military officers are
to take part, inclusive Of horses suitable
for chargers and the jumping competitions
Mr.. Widener has judged ponies in harness
at the National Horse Show for many
years. but this is the first time he has con-
sented, in spite of frequent invitations, to
pass on any except the bantams and hack
neys Pony stations and brood mares will
also be judged by but one official, Reginald
W. Rives, Of New Hamburg. who is vice
president of the Coaching Club, and in
other years has acted at the Garden in
the heavy harness classes.
In the other classes there will be two or
three judges constantly on duty. Polo
ponies and stations for getting polo ponies
will be judged by r. L. Agassiz of Boston,
a leading player of the game in this
Of
1902 at birmingham; H. L. Herbert, of New
York. chairman of the Polo Association,
and Eugene S. Reynal, of White Plains.
Mr.. Reynal, who is NJ. F. II. of the West
chester County Harriers is also to serve as
| judge OF hunters and jumpers, in company
with A. S. Craven, Greenwood. Va, and
DR.. Charles McEachren, of Montreal
Trotters and roadsters are to be judged
by Rensselaer, Weston, prominent as an
amateur track manager as well as road
rider and breeder; w. c. Floyd-Jones. a
veteran amateur reinsn1an of the Speed
way. and Z. r. Bovine.
Senator C. w. Barnum. of Lime Rock,
Conn, who judged the trotters and road
sters last year; will serve this time as judge
of the harness horse, four-in-hand, tandem
and appointment classes. He will be as
sociated with H. K. Bloodgood, one of the
! oldest hackney breeders and expert amateur
whips in this country and John C. Croome,
! Of Philadelphia, a leading exhibitor and
| driver of four-in-hands for many years.
There is a radical change in the methods
by which saddle horses and ponies under
! saddle are to be Judged. For five years the
| sole arbiter in these classes has been f.
| Vivian Gooch, of England. This time they
will be passed on by John Dolan, of Lex
| iRgton, KY, where he is well known as
| d judge at local shows; Lewis E. Waring,
| Plainfeld, n. J.. who is a member of the
| Watching Hunt Club and the Plainfeld
! Horse Show Association, and Joseph La
| ROGUE, sof New York one of the founders
| of the Riding Club
The Judges in all classes will have the
aid of the veterinary surgeons employed by
the association. The judges have the au-
! thority to withhold all prizes when, in their
| opinion, there is not sufficient merit in the
animals exhibited to justify an award and
to disqualify forthwith any horse that they
believed to have been "doctored" or in any
way artifcially or improperly prepared or
| tampered with.
An upset price for boxes has been fixed
which corresponds to the premium for
| merly paid at auction sales and at these
! prices the boxes are being taken UP by the
same persons who have in other years
| given distinction to the assemblage at
! Madison Square Garden. AS of old the
folk Of the hunt and country club sets
have endeavored to get boxes or seats
close together and one may look over the
| house and pick out the Westbury, Cedar
! hurst, Westchester or Bernardsvils set
Aside from this. and indicative of the
national scope Of the show, there is this
year greater number of box holders from
the South and West. Alfred G.. Wander
| bilt, with his customary disregard of the
! hoodoo in the number, has again taken
arena box Ii; J. w. Hartman has also an
arena box, together with William H. Moore,
! of Pride's Crossing. Mass, and Reginald
| c. Vanderbilt, of Newport. Three from
| Westbury are Clarence H. Mackay and j.
s. and H c. Phipps, while Edward H.
! Weatherbee is from Westchester County.
Other early applicants who have secured
boxes are Sir Edward Clouston, of Mon
treal, Canada; c. W. Watson. of Balti-
more; e. T. Stotesbury. OF Philadelphia;
! w. ]. White. J. Harry Alexandra, Arthur
! Curtis James, E. Francis Hyde, Walter p
! Bliss, Joseph H. Larocque oliver Harri-
man and Richard P McGrann, of Ian
caster, Penn; Ebert H. Gary and Joseph
! H. Widener, of Philadelphia; BENJAMIN F.
| Yoakum, Edward d. Adams and John A
! Spoor. Of Chicago; w. Goadby Loew.
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