New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
ALTERNATELY BOYS HERE
Entertain Spectators at Dur
lands with Their Riding.
PLAY SANTA CLAUS IN RING
Rig Up Pack Horse and Deliver
Appropriate Presents While
Crowd Applauds.

Louie and Temple Alternately were the
guests of honor at the children's fete at
the Durland Riding Academy yesterday
morning on their cunning, docile ponies,
Sam S. and Geronimo. The mounts were
the same which made the 3o00-mile journey
from Oklahoma to New Mexico and then
TO New York. They looked like veterans
who had seen active service. Sam S. is
white, and soon as he stands still he
curls up his near hind foot, closes his
eyes and drops into peaceful slumber.
which even the flashlight photographers
cannot disturb.
The smaller Master Alternately seems
scarcely large enough to sit a horse,
and he looks like miniature wild Western
er in his sombrero. Mexican boots and
SPURS but he rides with all the confidence
of an old campaigner-
After exhibiting their horses. their dogs
and themselves TO the admiring gaze OF
their contemporaneous merrymakers, the
Masters Abernathy were allowed to play
Santa Claus with the assistance of Miss
Lee A big horse with a broad back was
rigged up like a pack horse and his cargo
consisted of appropriate presents for every
one. Some of the favors were horses which
would walk around after being wound up,
sidered they should have Won
There was a game of basketball for the
boys and an apple carrousel for the girls.
F. Davis, w E D. Stokes. jr.: a. Van
Ralte and A Cushman called themselves
the Durlands and they defeated the Meadow
| Prook team COMPOSED of H. Hitler, -.
Shaw, r Currier and r. Douglass Inc
game was a close one and there were
skilfuI plays on both sides. but the gal
liant Durland four managed 10 make
goal while the Meadow Brooks were un-
able to score
Margaret Tompkins managed to pick the
first red apple out of the basket OF green
fruit but she was only second ahead OF
Helen Shoemaker, who won second prize
In the apple contest Last on the pro-
gran1me was the ever popular steeplechase'
and so many contestants answered the
bugIe call that il was necessary 10 dlVloe
the class.
Most of the horses took kindly to the
rail fences, but not so kindly to the hedges
and they seemed TO prefer jumping the ap-
nroaches, which were foot higher, to go
ing over the ticklish green. A lew oi
them settled the difficulty in this fashlon'
but most of them We're finally persuaoeo
TO tackle the hedges, which they TOOK III
a variety OF ways MISS MdfSale A'iiiP
kinss mount would kneel on the top ran
l., a most pathetic manner before clearing
tba green and Miss Jean Kerbs chestnut
pouy Jumped the approaches leadlng UP
| To the hedge taking his young rlder over
good fve-foot jump instead of three
foot one.
Miss Helen Shoemaker rode JACK VII
merding.s black polo pony, Diana, and al
though she has never jumped in her tWelVe
wears of service the little mare took up
| This new task just as cheerfully as she
does her accustomed ones and she cleared
every fence Diana put to shame the old
show fayorite Rockin, for although he can
ION q six-foot fence without much eXerton
he refused to jump at all yesterday
Fred Davis won the blue RIBBON In the
ohaupion class with Margaret Tompkins
second The open class was won by w f.
ID Stokes jr; Montgomery Crane was
second and Viola Flannery, third Women
Judged in all of the classes and consistent
Judges they were. Mrs. G. NJ. Hauser'
Miss a. S. Colgate and Mrs Edward Keys
distributed the prizes in the apple con-
! test Mrs r E. SauSe, Mrs. NJ. l.. Robe
CON Miss Colgate and Mrs. 5. S Shears
ofnciafed IN the jumping classes ana
Charles KrausS was in command or the
entire performance.