New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
Judges Find Awarding
Blue Ribbons Is No
Ea asy Ia SIX.

Promptly at 2 o'clock Yesterday the bugle
call rang ont In Madison Square Garden.
the horses stepped into the ring. and the
twenty-seventh annual show of the Nation
al Horse Show Association was under way.
The show opened with a splendid collsc-
ton Of novice harness horses. There were
eighteen entries and all but three Of these
were shown. In the lot were plenty of blue
ribbon winners, in spite OF the misleading
term novice. for in the lexicon of the Ma
tionsl Horse Show every horse is considered
a novice until he proves himself blue rib
bon winner at this particular show. Ri-
lugton Nimble. a wonderful bay hackney
bred mare. which won to pole at the Olyfn-
pia show, was chosen 10 wear the blue.
Ellington is the property OF J. Sumner
Draper but she was handled by ]. NJ
Smith, a light harness horse devotee. who
got so much speed from the mare that he
might well have believed that he was once
more behind a trotter Rillington was
new, even TO the rail birds. for this is her
first appearance in America
The red ribbon winner is also compara-
lively new. She is a bay mare called
Cornna- which Lehman Strauss bought re-
Gently at an auction sale at Durland's. She
was formerly owned by r. c. Leeds, Of
Philadelphia. Little Sporting Extra, with
mis- owner, Mrs. c. Cecil Filter, at the
reins, had 70 be content with a yellow rib
bon, which was not so bad when one con-
siders that such stars as Maid OF Honor.
Queen of the West, Hob Cav. Rataplan
and White Oak Maid went ribbonless. Az
ter the first trial all save the final ribbon
winner. Maid OF Honor and Hob Cav were
sent from the ring.
In the final elimination the last named
horses heard the fatal word Gate" and it
was simply question OF how the ribbons
would 60 Eugene Won Bach drove the old
favorite. Royal Victoria, from the stable OF
Emil Seelg, but an II. c. was the best the
judges had TO offer.
The next class brought out the finest lot
Of harness ponies that ever faced the
Judges in the old Garden. There were Mrs.
z. G. Bowen's brown mare Irvington
Peggy, which finally won the blue; little
Natty. also from the Belton Farm, which
won the red: William II. Moore's Princess
Cardiff. Charles z. Bunn's Czarina, Harvey
Ladew's consistent winner, Mighty Atom.
and the two little Gerkens, Carolyn Nir-
ginia and Edward R.. with Donsy and Vio-
let. For the first time in his career Mighty
Atom went ribbonless from the ring, the
yellow going 10 Princess Cardiff and the
white TO Czarina.
Blue ribbon winners from all over the
country answered the bugle call in the
novice saddle class. There were more than
ii score OF them and It was no easy task
10 sort them out and make the awards.
When the decision was finally made II
seemed 10 please the railbirds quite as
much as IL did the owner Little Rosabel,
a bay mare which Mrs W. A. McGibbon
showed as a real novice at the White
Plains horse show this fall, was awarded
the blue. Rosabel walked away with the
championship at that show and she looks
about good enough to do il here. Thomas
RYAN showed a nice one called Conhdante'
and she was placed next TO Rosabel in the
final roundup. DR.. Hickey, beefy look
ing chestnut. took third prize, and Sceptre.
a racy looking thoroughbred. ably handled
BY Miss Helen Preece, was picked 70 wear
the white Percy Drury showed a splen-
did looking bay called The Pippin. but
ike a score Of others. he failed 10 get IN
the ribbons
The novice class for roadsters brought
out ten new trotters from the stable or r.
T Stotesbury, which may be considered IN
the Iichs OF an acquisition TO the show r1ng'
They are Lottie Sherbert. 2:l4I.. VINO mas