The sun., 1909-11-14
HORSE SHOWS BRILLIANT End
NEW MANAGEMENT SCORES 4
DISTINCT SUCCESS.

Parade OF Heavy Draught Horses q Fea.
iure of Closing Nlght-AIfred @.
Vanderbilt successfully Drives each
From Arrowhead Inn = the Awards.
When other sporting fixtures end there
is a talk Of getaway day but last night
when the bugle sounded taps at the
National Horse Show in Madison Square
Garden there were many farewells and
hearty handshakes. Bat the people did
not say good-by; they said au revoir. And
so parting with regret from this years
successful show they look forward with
pleasurable expectation to the show OF
1910.
Something unprecedented In the his
tory OF the horse shows in Madison Square
gramme called it-of the stupendously
shown to halter and also those OF the same
breeds which had been driven to harness
before trucks in the ring. There is q sus-
picion that the trucks are trick trucks.
made light for purposes Of quick svolul
tions. Yet never In New York has been
seen such an overwhelming rush OF horses
as was displayed in these classes.
On the box seat with his hands in the
reins 10 drive each team was rather a
phlesmstio and sleepy sort Of driver.
Beneath were red wheels. sprinsy tires
and very springy seats. Each driver
sent his team on. the six leviathans OF the
equine race moving with slow walk. and
after that came the testing OF them for
agility.
The Percherons and the Belgians, ex-
cept that the former are grays. have much
the looks and almost the action OF French
coachers and hackneys. The Clydes-
Gales would be a. well marked out in con-
formation except that it IL the fashion in
the breed to let the hairs OF the fetlock
grow very long and to have the names and
the forward bang sweeping in the air.
When the ring was crowded with these
stupendous specimens Of the equine race,
with the six horse teams whirling and
swirling through the parade OF horses to
halter. the sight was . magnificent one.
There is but one thing to which IL can be
compared. Years ago when Eastern
travellers journeyed and crossed the
plains on their way to the Pacific Coast
they passed thousands OF bufaloes
shoulder to shoulder. forming a great
brown blur on tho landscape.
This thought OF congestion. OF crowding
and OF stupendous pushings OF great
masses Of beef and hide one against the
other was suggested by this great exposi-
tion Of draught horses in the ring They
were paraded to and fro, and every one
avoided a collision. for a headon smash
would have meant annihilation to any
thing but the rnammoths OF the equine
breed
A motive OF the show under the presi-
dency OF Alfred @. Vanderbilt Is to dis
play here horses which will be typical Of
each breed. Here in New York city
beginning with next years show will
begun this year There viii Be drau9hs
horses Of every breed. including Shires.
which did not make good their entry
this year. hackneys, both in harness and
to halter: French coachers which also
we're admit ted this year and which are
horse. and also ell the pony breeds.
The chief interest last night was in
the award Of the champion prizes. Com
ing events had cast their shadows before
in many Of the classes. or course Judge
grestest humber Of the championship
troI hies pinned to the brides OF his
horses.
There was spirited finish in the ring
for the road race in which coaches and
iDn nth s street S and Fort Ss WasSinsson Msscn
avenue, to race TO the Garden There
was no change Of route. Special permis-
sion had been obtained from the Mayor
70 cut out the usual speed restrictions
Alfred q. Vanderbilt was the first to start,
leaving the inn at 3 O'Clock. He had
q team made up Of three browns and
Q gray instead OF tho usual grays which
he relied upon for road work.
One minute later Maurics z. Hewlett.
the professional whip. followed him With
two teams raced along together for quite
distance, but at 10th street and Amster-
dam avenue Maurice e. Hewlett who was
driving the Magnet coscb, was suddenly
taken i'll. Charles A. Baudouine. the
amateur: finished out the journey as
Meantime Mr.. Vanderbilt had made
no stops, and he followed the course
through Central Park and down Fifth
avenue to the Garden. His time was
80 minutes. minutes better than last
At nine and q half miles. When Wander
bilt drove into the ring there was great
burst OF applause and then a stage wait
and a lull for seven minutes until the
Magnet arrived, driven by Mr. Baudouine.
Mr.. Vanderbilt drove his coach Of
white and red which he has used on the
Newport road and also in town 90 the
races. This coach In called Vogue and
used to run IN turn with his white coach
called the Vigilant. Ono thing about
Mr.. Vanderbilt's coaches In that they
have all been built IN America. even those
that he had on the London and Brighton
road last summer.
AT nearly midnight the annual carnival
OF horses. drivers. riders and handlers
on the long leads ended On every side
preparations were being made to take
out the horses to their home stables
near by or to send them by express to
distance. The crowds by this time
Of the office a little group Of the show
officials sat and resolved that next years
show would be run on even greater lines
than that which had just been nished. 4