New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-16
HORSE SHOW At LENOX
Society Entertains Farmers at
Annual Breakfast.
AFFAIR AT FOSTER ESTATE
BERKSHIRE Hunters Repay Ma
tives for Privilege Of Riding
to the Hounds.
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rarox not f5.-AnnualTy the curtain
=. 80. down on big out-of-door sf-
fa;r- :, .be Tenox social season by the
E7arxsb,ra Hunt horse show. which was held
this afternoon on Bellefontaine Meadows
Preceding n there was an entertainment at
tho Country villa OF Mr. and Mrs. Giraud
E-oe+s, ,,rio,1a I'm its kind perhaps in hunt
i,- .,,c,ae IN America. an affair at which
che f.r,,,ars vrf7, own the lands over which
+bA sot,-a members of the Berkshire Hunt
Id. =. .he rourds are entertained by the
riders and the associate members or the
hunt.
.rrhere we're 1eS acceptances,' said MI
Foster this afternoon, and 1 have no DOUBT
that they were all there.
All xi7ds Of farmers vehicles began TO
draw I'D at the entrance to Belletontaine
about noon. Mr.. and Mrs. Foster were on
hand 70 welcome the farmers, their wives
sons daughters and near kin, to whom the
affair was the cancellation of the obligation
Of the hunt. There was no doubt about
the crrdfalitv with which the farmers fam
lies were received. The host and hostess
were genuinely glad to see their guests
BelIefontafne is one Of the finest of the
I,anox properties. the modified copy Of an
Italian villa, and to-day it was all glow
and warmth inside q contrast to the foggy,
gray weather on the Foster meadows
where the horse show was held. Autumn
leaves and saliva decorated the tables Tor
the large dinner company. When the farm
ers sat down to eat a really remarkable
corps OF walters appeared with the dishes
Serving were Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Il.
Pease NewbcId Morris Richard c. Dixey,
Miss Rosamond Dixey, Mrs. Joseph w.
Burden Miss Isabel Shooter, Miss Edith
Bird. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel rockingham,
Miss Heloise Never, George f Turnure.
Miss Eliza beth Turnure Mss Charlotte
Barnes. Joseph ". Burden. Chester Girls
weld Burden and Clinton =. Gilmore.
II took two hours to receive the two
hundred guests and serve the breakfast.
Then everybody vent to the horse show.
at which were gathered many prominent
persons with their house guests. II was
cold and damp on the meadows, and man.
of the spectators appeared in fur coats, m
Guiding Mrs Hamilton Wilkes Cary, Miss
Isabel Shooter. Miss Gladys Siinckley and
Miss Margaret Lee.
Charles I,anier motored down from his
country place with Nr. and Mrs. Stacy
Richmond. of New York Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert W Paterson were there with Mrs.
Preston Dsvie. who was one Of the judges.
Miss Mable Choate motored TO the ring
with q party Of friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard c. Dixey had with
them Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Knox Bell.
Mrs. Charles s. Bird and Miss Edith Bird,
with a party OF Boston guests, occupied
automobiles.
Mr.. and Mrs William B. Q. Field, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Brewster. Mr. and Mrs
George W. Folsom, Albert e GaIatin. with
". L. KingsIand, IT., Of Paris; Count BruS-
selle. Of the Austrian Embassy; Mr.. Nor
eenstirne. Of the Norwegian Legation; Mr.,
and Mrs william Adams, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Armstrong, Captain John D
Barnes and host of others were about
the ring
There were nine classes in the horse
show. The farmers received prizes for a
general purpose horse and farm teams and
then the pony class was brought in In this
class GIraud Foster, jr., six years DID,
drove a pair of ponies and also rode
pony. His performance was applauded
Miss Leila Burden, daughter OF Mrs. Jo-
saph W, Burden. won the blue on her
Brownie. Miss Helen rockingham was
second on Chintz, Giraud Foster jr, third.
on Panic. and Newbold Morris, jr., fourth.
on Prince.
For the hunter carrying 165 pounds 10 the
hounds lilly D. owned by the WalpOle
Stables, and ridden by Joseph w. Burden.
won Miss Charlotte Barnes, on Billy, was
second: Miss Edith Birds hunters. Lorna
Doone and Burden, were also shown by
Chester C. Burden.
In the class for hunters up to carrying 1916
pounds 10 the hounds, Miss Isabel ShOtter s
Irish hunter Hallyhooley took the blue
ribbon Miss Edith Birds Branda was sec
ond. Miss Birds hunter. Bay Rum, third,
and George e Turnure's Verdict fourth
In the saddle class for horses over ~
and under 49, Miss Mary Shotter, on Glass
Doll. won the blue: Miss Kate Cary. on
Cosset, was second: Miss Elizabeth TuT-
nure's Napoleon was third, and NewbOld
Morrs's Donald fourth.
In the class for saddle horses 49, and
over. Miss Corneia Barnes's Sandy won
the blue ribbon, Giraud Fosters Lady Jean
was second, Miss Edith Birds Lorna Doone
third and the WaIpole Stables lilly D.,
fourth.
The championship class for hunters was
won by Miss Isabel Shelters BaIIyhooley,
with Joseph u Burden riding. The reserve
went TO Tilly D., with Chester O. Burden
In the saddle.
In the championship class for saddle
horses Miss Cornelia Barnes's Sandy won
the blue, with Miss Barnes riding and
Giraud Fosters Lady Jean the reserve
ribbon.