New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-31
PRZESFOR PROUD
Mrs. speyer and Mrs. Sage Give
pihbsns to Workhorses.
rlye SHOWING IN PARADE
.-;mals of Every Degree Show
Their Points, and Winners
and Losers Are Happy.

49,. min = blue ribbon. and I didn't
- or yellow one, but those guys
"a the iudgin' made me heart kind Of
me ,,-,,a, they told me TO keep on trying.
,,s+ next yesr maybe To win. / think
- more very square in their judgIn,
too 90,
,.;.ors N The fourth annual work
-. rs-ade yesterday who spoke in SINH
s--sin Seldom has any competition
,ssa s1,ch deep interest as well among
=. disappointed as the successful cor
-+s,-s There WAS nothing but good feel
;,r after il was over
To-r before 10 O'Clock in the morning. the
-, SCI for the head of the procession to
- The reviewing stand in Madison
80. The crowd gathered, and along the
- mari Of Fifth avenue to Washington
c.rare where the divisions fell into line.
= = solid mass Of humanity. II was just
~. o'clock when a saddle class Of the
T,ol;ce Depsrtment reached the stand. and
- e,,e hours the paraders kept going by.
r.si5es sections from the Police and Fire
AGREEMENTS there was q division for am
,i.ncss and for nearly every line Of COM
.,o-,Ial enterprise. Chief Croker, at the
hs.5 n the Fire Department. came in for
-,,ob spplause ali along the line.
Tho blue ribbon prizes were awarded by
Ds-s lanes Speyer, president OF the
,1oreu's Auxiliary Of the American So
,s-, for the Prevention of Cruelty TO Ani-
,,sIs. under whose auspices the parade was
h.1d and By Mrs. Russell Sage. They sat
s,5s hv side In the front Of the grandstand
- shoued much enthusiasm for every
hing about the parade.
There were many times when Mrs. Speyer
sboued her love for animals. Often she
would leave her seat. ciapping her hands.
sr5 cry. -'Is - that horse just beautiful
n fact. they all seemed TO come in for
so-,e good words from her. Three dogs
RODE in wagons in the procession. and not
one OF them went by without her notice
She told an Official TO pin a ribbon on the
collar Of each Of them
q an sorrv ] cannot give every one of
-ag blue ribbon she said. as she placed
cre on the bride Of q policeman's horse.
Porpey Makes q Hit
Her keenest delight. however. was when
Ponpey for nineteen years q police horse,
was driven up 70 the stand. Pornpey lately
vas sold 70 r P. Kersey. a former police
II. i.
Pompey. who had received blue ribbons in
former parsdes. seemed TO understand the
importance Of the days doinzs.
On reaching the stand ne put his front
fee OF The stairway directly in front OF
where Mrs. Speyer sat and stretched his
head over the railing, giving Mrs. Speyer a
set;er opportunity TO place a blue ribbon
or hts collar
SO YOU have come again 70 see us. Pom
rey~ said Mrs Spever We'll. YOU are
booking lust as spick and span as ever"
Mrs SAGE also patted the horses head,
and when II vss led away Mrs. Speyer
called. ''Goodby. Pompey. goodby.'' and the
horse bowed his head just as il he under
stood Z all
The parade outcla ssed the three previous
ones in almost every respect There were
horse drawn vehicles from the smallest
pe5ler's cart TO the ponderous type hauled
By four horses. In all there were more
mar Two thousand horses in line A new
feature was a class for blind horses, in
vhfch were animals from nine TO twenty
wars Old
One Of the odd sights was the turnout
ot Joseph Harris, who drives g horse
called Bob Eleven years ago Harris ran
dog hack 70 health and named II Nellie.
Vow Nellie rides al over town perched on
BINS neck.
II The class for veteran horses was old
chz-lie owned by T Eckerroth & Son.
lhsrlie i thirry-fve years old and has
hssn in service fer thirty years. Another
Ess Pete which has seen thirty years ser
rcs
pcioe Horses Get Ribbons.
Ths Police Department was divided into
teuT sections. Two for saddle service and
10 for patrol wagons Poacher, ridden by
Pst-olnan John Smith, which won q red
nebon. Il twenty-five years OLD Sergeant
Edward West, whose horse Hesper was one
o The blue ribbon winners, was overjoyed-
he SAID that Hesper had been in the service
IN years and only short time ago helped