The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03


TO h shown To an English girl then hunt
ING on Long Island she mounted the
horse aDd put him az . hurdle, only to
be dismouBted. and the animal began 20
display tenDer.
Col StosrEer. head Instructor of the
day. then had the saddle- changed ana
jumped up himseif. After = mapping
and kicking act the horse buck Jumped
and ~ wen, Stoerysr. Then they brought
Red Dicl. the roughrider 81 the tanbsrk.
and the horse bucked him on too.
-LiH Is not rec vav 20 80 do, had hem
exctaiminR and explaining an impressive
looking eN-cavalry oficer from Austria
all this while. who was a new riding
teacher. Re coax. - pct him. Eat -
ze way!-
They gave a hand up TO the Austri
and within Ave minutes he Law a. hai az
a pancake on the tanhark. Another
teacher of equestrtanism nov dgiftsd IN.
He was a Young EnGliahman named Hob
from Texas. and after selling them taken
a temporary job with DicISel. Vowing
the horse would not throw him. he placsd
q deep Mexican saddle ON II. He then
tied stout stick across 80 that HE knees
would he under il. Jumping into the
Ne had sharp spurs but no whip. and
mighty hattie began which ended In the
horse falling to the tanbark utterly Jagged
out.
Ntrr mat hoOAOn ueNoJcu muCn NlIuc
70 the horse and became very fond % him.
The animal went 80 well and jumped -
cleverly that he induced Mr.. Herbert 20
try him. Before there was any action
George Clsusen. then renowned a. the
only amateur high school rider. became
the purchaser. All went well until one
day the horse bucked MIR Clausen OF in
central Park. Mr.. Herbert tnen gave
pleasure Tn Hobson by taking the horpe
H. had been unnamed. but a. Il seemed he
had no choice except 10 buy MIR. Herbert
S,, SD the HnSS.Ss ScSnS%en o" the
Ride him a, anything. 80 th- parting
sdVice of the trainer. That horse will
Jake IL If yo,i do not carry a whip. The
"Uly trouble 10 that h. Is pAnic-triciScn al
a whip.
Riding With spurs only 7 went IN a meet
Ut the Meadow Brook Hunt With HObaon's
Choice The run y a. over BaTnum 'gfarm
and sonle very stiff jumps. but ~ a. never
carried better. just before taking on
would jab Hobaon's Choice and he would
rush the fence or fitch. flying over with
foot at least to spare IL how Mr. Herbert
continues the story He finished "a
fresh az a daisy but his sides ere cut from
The spurs ] felt IL a shame such a fine
Jumper should have 10 be punished ia that
wav and next time rode HObsonH choice
With a whip and no spurs lie carried on
Ike . Wild horse. and while kept my sest
~ least fItsen times | was riding ON his
neck BY degrees We learned To know
each o-her and he became clever At
fencing that Stanley Mortimer bought
HobsOn's Choice for steeplechasing
Hoh~on's choice while 81 III in his prime.
met his death when the Meadow Brook
Clubs stables were burned IN IssS.
Twenty-for horses were destroyed.
among them two other noted steeple-
and Trombone: Jericho. on which Mr..
Stokes had Won the point to point race.
and MIR. Herbert'a Laurelwood. Mr.. Her
bert cannot recall ofhand all the hunters
Re hiss owned or ridden 20 hounds. :. $.
Ho~land's Ontario. flrst OF the horse show
high jumpers. he rode often. and a lso Mr..
Golfers Punch. some he has had were
=. =. V. a VirEinian. and Shamrock. an
Irish mare; sport, Canadian. and Trans
port, He 70 nov hunting DunsAndle a
gift from the late =. j. Collier. and Lobo.
bought from his estate. Irish horses.
Transport was famous In his day.
black 9elding over sixteen hands. with
white feet and a blaze fsCe. he was a
phenomenal Jumper and weight carrier.
In sixteen seasons % hunting on Long
Island ar IN New Jersey he gave to Mr.
Hsrhsrt h'N on. fall and won for him
nineteen blue rihbOns at the New York
oV Mineola horse shows. About 1850 with
fOxhsh p. keene NJ. Transport and ~"
little Canadian mare Maud were the only
ones 90 clear feet inches IN the high
jump. AZ seven feet Transport got over
but ~cralSed ths top har they were tied
pr and Maud cleared tho height. but
landed on her back. They we're the big
and little in hun-er the performance
bring maTvellou good from the point
- view - either Goliath or David -, tho
Judges declared II a tie and divided the
money.
When you're hreakiu' IA a timpd young
'orse. saws the English dealer. -thr hes'
cure his To take q few '"ayy falls over
timber with i'm. The utter disregard 81
all risks IN riding TO hounds ~ a. trrIs -
the amateurs with tho professional
dealers: indeed the latter are the most apt
Of the two to ride cunning and - sarri
flee sport e. keep their hor-~- hooking
we'll ami ready To- sell. In he endsav1r
20 SHAPE all other occupations or engage
Tnents eotltat tkers may % ~ interference
With hunting the amateur has q bag ..
troubles ley1nd the ken - the dealer
Anthony TTollcpe. who was at his desk
every morning al : o'clock and a most
indafatigihle writer of English Action. IN
his autobioRrA ply defines very succinc'lv
the fascination ~ hunting
Three times \ week the cal, has heeu
at my door in London verv punctualiy
and not Infrequently before : IN tho morn
ing J have Gcn@ - tha Great Eastern
Railway-oh' 50 often-with fear that the
frost would make all my exert ions useless;
and 30 often too With that result. And
then from one station OF anot her station
-
mile@. After tho days sport the same toll
has been necessary 20 bring me home =,
dinner at =. This has ben work for a
young man and a rich man. but I have
done Il as an Old man and comparatively
a poor man.
change places. hours and the person.
and this itinerary would stand for Mr.
Herbert's weekly journevinRs during
each hunting season. He was in ~
the birth Of polo in the United states
too. and this has filed up his time Whcr
the foxes 20 scot free. the hounds are
resting in tn" kennel puppies being
walked and the hunters eating their
heads on in their stalls. I, IL en- old
story now that James Gordon Bennett
and the gentlemen who afterward
formed 'he Westchester Polo club
started the game in Dick@i'E Riding
school in tsTe. playing later on the inner
ti~ld 81 Jerome PARK and removing IN
June. 1877. To the cuppy shaped field
just above the racacOuTss owned bv
Mr.. BENNETT. After the races IL was a
fashionable aud pleasing custom To-
cross to the polo fieId aud watch the
1am~s-ev"ry period vas game m
thos@ days-anh 10 eat dinner ~ the
cool 81 the evening ~ the COSBY club
hUus- that had boon put up. 4 treas
ur~i card of tho opening on June a