New-York tribune., 1910-11-13

in a row behind the gate" their hoofs
/ runbling ike thunder through the vast
inclosure. presaging excitement. Then
they burst. one by one, into the arena,
and the show was in full swing.
Horses France for Children.
But all their high stepping was prin-
/ cipaIly for the benefit Of the children.
since the seats below the galleries
yawned for the most part in emptiness,
and only thin black fringe adorned the
fence around the Janbark The little
trotters pleased the young audience most
when one would cut in on another
around the turns, in a circus race. What
4 cared those abies whether Judge
/ Moore's Whitehall Ariel beat Richard
/ DelafeId's Energy or whether Judge
Moore himself drove the winner.
Then came the ponies in harness, and
/ because they were smaller, though only
q shade. they tickled small humanity the
more The eighteen saddle horses. whose
turn II was next TO prance about and
show how fine they looked and felt
/ failed 10 elicit as much enthusiasm as
| either harness class. perha ps because to
/ the untutored infant mind the human
adult looks more helpless and less dig
ntfied on horses back than behind him.
smoothly driving in a real seat
! While the saddle horses were ranged
in a row on either side Of the Judges
stand during the rather tedious wait be-
fore the judges reached a decision. Peter
/ PrUnty. who proved at Belmont Park
during the aviation meet that his voice
/ was his fortune, announced in d pene-
trating, nasal flow OF language the
progress Of the Yale Princeton game
/ When Princeton scored her three points
. he was applaUded and when Yale made
/ her touchdown he was applauded again
Then he put on his hat and subsided into
/ the judges stand with that air Of mixed
! cynicism and eIation which the profess
! sionaI bearer Of glad tidings is wont to
assume
AS the afternoon wore on the boxes
and reserved seats became more popu-
! Ious. and the standing fringe about the
I tanbark trebled itself Then the lights
came on First there gIowed the pretty
tulip shaped lamps punctuating the
| white fence around the ring. then some
/ Of the hanging chandeliers.
s0oiety's Many Counter Attractions.
Although the fashionable world was
/ for the most part seriously occupied else
where, at the Yale Princeton game. at
/ the Savannah races, at the United
/ Hunt Club meeting and in Tuxedo, re-
/ cuperating from Fridays ball. enough
/ representa- presented themselves to
start a little human parade on the prom
enade in opposition TO that of the ami
! mails in the ring.
This human parade assumed almost
! serious proportions at night. when. some
time after the two-hour recess begin
ming at 6 O'Clock had ended and the
harness horses in Glass 30 had been
judged, the letsurely diners and dress
ers sauntered in in all their finery.
Then the boxes held a creditable array
Of white shirt fronts and gIistenfng
shoulders, whose occupants bent forward
to watch the promenaders below who re-
turned their stares with interest. The
varicolored uniforms Of the foreign and
domestic military officers cut warm col
ored gashes in the human stream flow
ing necessarily though sluggishly
round the tan bark.
In the second evening event, for thirty
five novice saddle horses. the judging
took so long that the succeeding events
were crowded far beyond their scheduled
time Chanticler, of the FarnhilI Farm,
belonging to Mr.. Rea. Of Pittsburg. won
over the whole field finally, and time and
room were made for the teams hitched
TO Omnibuses. As only three Of these
appeared the impatient militia officers.
who had stood a long time in groups
near the gate or had sauntered about
with their numbers on their backs, had
not much longer to wait.
It was their turn next, and when the
time came they pranced down the north
side Of the arena on their steeds in
single file. first about eight light blue
soldiers with hussars' caps topped with
gold, then three in blue dress uniforms
with gold epaulets, and finally man
in plain khaki
Lieutenant Frank p. Barrett's Ar
tilIery. chestnut stallion, ridden by its
owner, won first place; Joe. a chestnut
gelding belonging TO Alvan WiIliston
Perry, won second prize; a. s. Blod-
gett's bay gelding Justice, third, and
Charles 4. Doscher's Former. black
gelding, fourth
Among the forty jumpers judged in
the last event, the most popular Of the
day. which did not end until midnight.
keswick, bay gelding of 1913 hands,
ten years Of age, belonging to Edwin
Weatheroee, Won first place. Second
place went 70 Mrs Adam Beck's Sir
Frederick. bay gelding Of 1881
hands seven years old. while a mere
pony o. II hands Mr Meleady, owned
by George Walen and Bernard G Gun
ther' Wen third, after a clean perform
ance Judged on form. however, he fell
behind keswick and Sir Frederick. L.
D. Benners King Edward was fourth.
RAILROAD MEN DINNER GUESTS.
l. r Nosburgh. general passenger agent
Of the New York Central lines. and George
| W Higgins, Special representafiye were
the guests of honor at dinner at the
Union League Club last night. Mr.. Vos-
burgh received a solid silver service while