New-York tribune., 1910-06-03
CROWDS At HORSE SHOW
Enthusiasts Brave Weather 10
See Open Air Exhibition.
DEARTH OF SUMMER FINERY
Rataplan and Prince Charming
Win a Leg on Lawson
Challenge Cup.

Il took a deaf OF courage and enthusiasm
70 brave the weather which the fates saw
fl TO impose on the devotees at the Plain
field horse show yesterday afternoon. but
II .spea ks well for the devotees that not
box was vacant and lawns, promenades
and Erandstand we're all well filed. The
Plainfeld Riding and Driving Club Is sit
yIated in one Of the loveliest spots in the
horse show circuit. and the exhibition
which opens the season for out-of-door
shows Is one OF the most popular. Rain
coats and comfortable woolly golf coats
were highly in favor, and there was
lamentabie dearth Of summer fneTy, but
every one forgot the personal discomfort In
watching the equine stars, which after all
are the chief factor in a horse show
De Witt C. Flanagan seemed 10 have
things pretty. much his own way in the
harness class. mUcn 10 the discontinue Of
the Sorg entries in the class where they
met in competition for the Thomas w
Lawson challenge cup This cup was won
last season by Paul A. So-gs Dignity and
Respect and if Puritan Maid and Precise
had managed 10 win the blue this season
the cup would nave been claimed by Mr..
sorg: as il was however. Mr.. F1anagan's 3
-
and won a leg on the cup, which leaves II
still in competition.
Il. Stuart Rollis's Confederate. a green
hunter. which looks as though he were deS-
tined to become a factor TO be reckoned
with in the horse show word. won the
lightweight hunters class. He made q
splendid showing. and apparently has all
OF the requisites Of a topnotch timber top
per.
Among those noticed on the lawns and
in the boxes were Mr and Mrs. Paul A.
Sorg. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Sheim and
Miss Sheim, Mr and Mrs. William McGio-
bon. Mr and MIS-. L. A. DalrmDle Per
civsl Nr and Mrs l. E Waring, Nrg-
Chapman Fisk. Miss Laura Stanley. E S
Hoolev. Miss Mabel B. Hooey Mrs james
z McKaV Reginald c. Wander Iilt, Charles
Fleischnarln. Hastings Arnold, Louis
Haight. Francis ". Ware, Tonzo Savage,
otto 4. Kahn. ". J. Buttdeld, Charles j
Fisk " H Oppenheim, Percy H. Stewart,
Rufus g Finch. H c. Runkle. Benjamin
\. Hegeman and Robert a Fairbairn-
The awards follow.
Class tharness horses over I52 hands. nrst
prize $50. second prize Sl5)-First. PAU A
Sorg's tr- n. Lady Luck, secona' FeS4naiu - -
yanderbilts b. Lord Broohe miro. De raI1 nM'
o.
sorg.s b. z Middletown King. -.
class i tpaIrs Of novice harness horses. II
go. serG-5 1riza SI5l-Ff-st. Paul A S0rg
unnamed en- mares second Cnaries W &c
Cuteheou's b-h IT Jeanne Arc ana en- IL Al
Class % novice saddle horses l5-l hands oi
u1der. hrst prize $50 second prize, Slol I -
tfodfrey Precce.s b. 2. WafcafuI, second, hasI
GormIey's Pretty Polly. thira. kuhn-kohls
bIk m Senta. ridden by Miss Caroline Bryce-
Class l. tnOtice. pairs of harness hyIsTS
i hands. first prize. SO; second prize slol-
First Dc Witt q F'lanaEaI's D. ss- FIllie' rLe
Charming and Rataplan, second, George wa
sons br ; FIorhsm Phenomenal and 6F- Z
LASS .s-Ponies IN harness. 1873 hands ans
--ser- frst urize s25. second prize. Si0l-E1rst
F,e.r5r Farms br. irvington Peggy' secoilG
= T.ougis. fiobIrson's Z. >. Doncaster Model
-nsrd Peter HauCEs br. e JACK SpTats tourlh
Miss Constance Herberts b < Bo-Peep, ,,..rz
class y che Thomas " lawson Si = Si.1.;S,A 80
,,l.I Tor the best pair Of horses suitable Iui
6efnI-51ail or stanhOpe phaetoH. cup must D.
y.Cn rv.ice bv the same owner before It becomes
T-,S t54t-Irigb and Lord Brooke. IN 1905 b.
william n NooT-'s Pride Of PTides and King o
80 I5.sr-sC-l First De W.T. Flanagan,s b. gs
Ratauan and Prince Charming FestrHe. Z ~ =
sorg's b. < Precise and %. M. puritan Mao -
lass "a saddle horses. over To- hands. mrs
prize $50. second prize $l5,- First. Henry 4
Rea's ga. Z Hearspilng second. AnoreW & 1iolL
sons BIZ m- Black DiaEon4s mir tt' n
stables ca. m. rairy queen i"Ui'h' W - M
'@sss "A 1io-sl harness torses any height
amateurs o. ITis-J-First. Charles ". Me "a
! GA. pcCa 1fliE sweetheart srt'I1' EA-A14
RchIig's o. IA Beauty third. lVanbC0oh Farm
4 cb. < Peter pan. fourth. Charles " MeeutSh
ems Cd. IT.. Jeanne d Arc. -, .,,
class ! troadsters. larsrs barred, must Dc Lou
E wears old or oyer and not under j. hands. hIs
pfiz- SO. second prize. Sl5J-First. Charles w
! McCutrher's o.. q. Wi!fe Direct, second, EfIll
Seeligs ch. z Carl wilkes; thirds a-oul
SchneiteE's CT. n. Cecilia Beiiinl fourth W )
Butthe!s'E ch z. Dres mwOid Devil.
Class 10 fpairs o. horses. ladies' 70 drive
horses count 50 per cent: appointments .
count ~ rer cent. first prize, $50. second prize
s15}-Flrst. Mrs Paul a Sorg's b. ms TESS
snd Torment. second. Emil Seelig's Oh. gs Pete
Pan and S8rshlns third. Mrs. T. J HpH
I Ch Comet PTt Fl"uTerte-
Class y frsTeeflzr Wneec~ o. - over -
hanfs hIst prize. 500 SECOND prize. Siai r ma
. Paul A Songs b gs Mlddl-toWn King aad ~
F. grim. second Be Witt q. Flanagan - g
Rataplau and Prince Charming. third. W
Foster b. Sporting Duchess and .
Lord Forest
Class ~ G-ut-rs and jumpers. green. Heht
weight UD 20 Carrying l65 rounds 20 hounds. hIs
prize so. e1-la I.rI1e. Sl5t-Firsf II. 'laT
HoIi<'s b. 2. cont. derate, second. Thomas Hrnf
Watkins p Ll- Lady craze rhlrd. C"elge VA
fer nra BERNARD g. tiunthcrs fr- = Nj Nc
Csrv- fourth ToWn@ Itrook's h. Prince HenTh
class ~ fhunters and Jumpers, n1iddi p" eig'
and heavy. Up 20 carrying 1870 pounds 20 HOUNDS
frst prize. $50: second prize, S15b-FtTst, = a
clark 3 br. z. sam second. Thomas Henry wat
kins's br. & Telephone. third. George Waller
and Bernard G. Gunthers b. G. GuanoaV