Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10
RICH PRIZES IN
BIG HORSE SHOW.
MANY CHANGES ARE MADE IN
NATIONAL EXHIBIT
PREMIUMS TO THE AMOUNT OF
$4,000 ARE OFFERED
Complete List Of Judges for Annual
Competition Announced--En-
tries Will Close octo-
ber 16

NEW YORK, oct. 9.-Many changes
have been made in the premium list
and classifications for the twenty-hfth
exhibition of the National Horse Show
association which will be held in the
Madison Square garden November
and 13. Some classes have been dropped
and more added-notably in the heavy
draught classes-and the value of the
prizes has been increased to $4,000
There will be 155 classes this year.
against 125 last year.
Among the new prizes is the Arrow
head Inn challenge cup, valued at SoOo'
to be won twice by same entrant Tor
ownership; for road teams not under
| 151 hands: to be driven to coach car
| rying not less than seven people; the
! coaches to leave Arrowhead Inn at 3
D. m. on the day appointed for judging
and to arrive in the show ring at Madi-
son Square garden within one hour
from time of starting; the teams to be
Judged on t.seir road qualities and the
condition in which they arrive upon
reaching the ring; one point to be
granted for each half minute less than
one hour occupied in making the trip.
Exhibitors need not describe their
teams when making their entries, but
all horses exhibited must be owned by
the exhibitor at the time of the closing
of entries.
Thoroughbred Premiums
The premium in the thoroughbred
class has been cut in half this year.
For the trotters' breeding classes there
are seven divisions, the same as last
wear. Two more classes have been pro-
vided for hackneys, the additions being
for brood mares. including a challenge
cup. Pony stations and brood mares
remain the same as last year, and the
road classes are for novices In the
classes for horses in harness, those for
dealers have been dropped and six
classes for novices substituted. In the
appointment classes there are two new
ones. making ten, and cups instead OF
money will be given as prizes. There
are also six championship classes IN
stead of four. The chief changes IN
conditions in harness classes are that
all except the novice are open to all,
and ribbons will not be awarded unless
the winners of first and second in every
class appear in the champion contests.
Last year winners at other shows were
eligible only in the champion classes,
but this year they may compete in the
regular classes. For tandems one new
class has been made, that for ponies
Four-in-hands will compete for cups
instead of money, the value of the road
coach trophy being $500 and the park
coach trophy 5000 One class has been
added for ponies in harness. and there
Is one less for ponies under saddle.
Glasses Are Increased
For saddlers there viii be thirteen
classes instead of nine, two of the ad-
ditions being for novice horses. There
is one less class for hunters and three
| more for jumpers. In other years
there has been a limit in the high
jumping, which is removed this year,
and the winner will be better reward
ed for the prize is a $500 cup and 5000
in cash. New competitions for jump
ers are for $100 cups and 800 in money.
Two of these are for officers of all ma
tions and all branches of the service.
The first provides for jump over a
fence four feet three inches in height,
a four-foot stone wall and double post
and rails four feet high and about
thirty feet apart, twice around, and
the second Is for teams over the same
course. The other is the broad jump,
first trial at fifteen feet. There will be
two classes for Morgan trotters this
year. Five classes. including a cham
pion cup, have been provided for each
OF the following breeds: Clydesdales,
Shires, Percherons and Belgians, all
shown in hand. The other classes are
for singles, pairs, fours and skies in
heavy draught horses.
List o. Judges
The list of judges is as follows:
| DR.. Andrew Smith of Toronto Onta-
rio, thoroughbreds; w B. Dlckerman
of New York, w. c. Floyd-Jones Of
| New York and Rensselaer, Weston of
| New York, trotters and roadsters; Jo-
seph T.. Widener of Philadelphia
hackneys. Morgans and ponies in har-
ness; r. w. Rives of New Hamburger,
| CT
c. w. Barnum of Lime Rock, Conn,
H. x. Bloodgood of New York and
Capt. John G. Groome of Philadelphia,
harness horses, four-in-hands, tan
dems and appointments; John Dolan
OF Lexington, KY, Joseph Larocque of
New York and Lewis E. Waring of
Plainfield, N. j., saddle horses and
ponies under saddle; John Dolan of