Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13
SOCIETY FOLK SEE
RIBBONS AWARDED
At HORSE SHOW
Wealth and Beauty Fill First
Troop Armory and Admire
Beautiful Thoroughbreds.
JERSEY ANIMALS MAKE
AN EXCELLENT SHOWING
Winning Jumpers Shipped to
! London Today for the Famous
Olympia Exhibition.

Beautifully proportioned thorough
breds neighed disdainfully In the Essex
Troops Armory last night as they
harked to the honlxing of the automo-
bles outside. The inanimate $4,000
1mportations were despised and neg
lected Inside the owners of the costly
machines paid homage and tribute to
the noblest Of animals. And the beau
tiful creatures seemed to feel and know
That their hour of triumph had arrived.
The first New Jersey Horse Show was
on and the opening was a magnificent
success.
The select society people of Newark
and its suburbs We're there. The boxes
were filled. Blue and yellow streamers
were the decorations and the armory
was lighted from pit to dome. band
rendered a concert and the crowd went
wild with enthusiasm as some lively
two-step was played, and the horses,
all animation, seemed to keep time to
the music. 1t was a bewilderingly
beautiful scene.
"And to think of the prediction that
mobiles will crowd out the horse alto
gether," said a pretty Orange society
bud. with her cheeks glowing and her
eyes sparkling with the excitement of
the scene. "The horse will live for
ever
Hers was the sentiment of all. AS
the crowd gazed on the scene 1t burst
forth again and again into applause.
Bright Promises Narrow Escape.
MANY in the big crowd discussed the
narrow escape from serious INJURY OF
bright Promise, a bay mare entered
nv ri. H. Wehrhane, of West Orange.
This horse is valued at $4,000. Mr.
Mehrhane had two animals entered
saddle and harness horse. At Arlington
avenue, East Orange, the rig IN whlch
Thomas O'Keefe was leading the horses
to the show was struck by trolley
car and carried forty feet. The horses
escaped with few scratches.
During the evening eleven classes
were shown the first of which was
novice class for heavy harness types
Eleven horses answered the call of
the bugle. and the judges did con-
siderable figuring before the blue rib
hon was finally awarded. Floram Re-
rent handsome 6-year-old brown
Celding of the hackney type. owned by
George Watson, of New York, and
driven by Charles Barry, won the
event: former Congressman Dewitt Z
FLANAGAN vas placed second with Rata
man. Emil Sclig third With Sunshine
and .Icecnh j. Ryan landed the white
,iF, racall The chestnut stallion
T-,,rsan Sensation locked like the big
,Nry. in this class but for some un-
inown reason took Il upon himself to
l,ick the wagon apart and was not
placed
IN the novice class for saddle horses
TIN raw mare Ecllose, owned by An
5rer, fiun,her. of Glen Ridge, and RID
dcn by George Watson. jr.. won the
vino hgndily with Watehful Lady
pehonair end Tocsin placed in the
order named In the roadster class for
,accrs but four entries were made, all
1f which were shown. This event was
ven nv a local horse, the handsome
chestnut mare Mamie c., owned ana
driven by F. ]. Hull Maxfield Patchen'
owned and driven by Theodore Max
field the Bloomfield trotting horse
,rainer was placed second, Molly Allen
third and Patsy Dillon, another local
horse owned by John II. Yocum, OF
East Orange was awarded the Wnlte
ribbon
Glass IA for pairs in heavy harness
to lady's phaeton, ladies to drive
brought out five contestants and hlsn
class lot they were. The judges foCnu
It necessary to look this aggregation
over several times and finally AWARDED
the coveted blue to Mrs. julius T.
Walsh. jr., driving Honesty and Honor
Bright Very close on the heels of the
Fashion and Lady of Fashion, beau
tiful pair of imported haekneys, owned
nv The Quaker Farm, Philadelphia. and
driven by Mrs. L. A. d. Percivai
George Watson's entry, Florham Sur
prise and Florham Romance driven by
Mrs Belle Beech Balm, a professl mai
whip. were placed third, while Comet
and Fleurette. owned and driven by
Mrs. f. j. Hull. of this city, were
awarded the white ribbon.
( George Chipchase won the event for
\ saddle ponies under 142 hands hivh
J with the chestnut mare Vanity, with
Parker Kirlin's Trinket second
Joseph ]. Ryan's Yuma third, and Jesse
M Eddys Belle fourth Nate. chest
nut pony, 10 hands tall, ridden by Miss
crosby was awarded special in this
event. Dewitt c. Flanagan was the
whole show in class Tor harness
horses over 152, winning two ribbons
with three entries His bay gelding,
Lord Russell, easily outclassed a field
of eight horses, and the horse Prince
charming from the same stable. got
the yellow. George Watsons Florham
Resent being placed second and Emil
Seligs Sunshine fourth
In class IA, saddle horses not exceed
ing Is hands, Mrs. Thomas j. Regan
won first and third with two entries.
THE bay mare Zulal won the blue, and
Sarno had to be content with third
Mace, Miss Grace Antony's Miss Audrey
being placed second and St Valentine
fourth.
In the class for tandems but three
outfits were shown, al of which were
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