Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-24
ROAD HORSE ASSN
HEARS JOKE NIGH
AS GOOD AS FEAST
Bryan G. Hughes Tells Ban
queters How His $ll.50 Car
Equine Won Ribbon.

The twelfth annual banquet Of the
Road Horse Association of New Jer-
sey. at Krueger's Auditorium last
night, was the biggest banquet 1t ever
held and far and AVA the best. The
sinner ran into nine courses, and the
four speakers who followed kept every
minute taken up until after midnight.
There we're to have been five speakers.
but as Judge Herr, the president of the
association, remarked. Though Sem
ator-elect James MARITIME promised to
be present We have been unable to To-
cate him by wire, mail or In person in
nearly three weeks, and we have no
explanation for his absence. Neverthe-
less" he added. I've are abundantly
equipped with talent to TAX the gen
tleman's place"
Bryan G. Hughes, of New York,
proved that statement true promptly
when he started out by telling the story
of his $11.50 horse. He said he got the
dismantled hulk of the poor, ~ostracised
beast from a street car company for
that price and entered him In the New
York horse show as by Metropolitan,
dam Electricity
IT put a groom to work on him. said
Mr.. Hughes, "and some fodder to work
in him, and when the old derelict
pranced into the ring, with my daugh-
ter on his back, the crowd yelled Itself
hoarse. Well, that was fine for a
starter, of course, but he old horse
wouldn't answer to clucks and 'whoas'
too long at the end Of a street car,
you know-and too old to learn.
Little BELL Made Horse Stop or Go.
But my little daughter solved that.
She put q little bell under the saddle
flap, and when she'd want him to start
UP she rang 1t twice, and when the
exhibition was over she rang it once
for him to stop in front of the judges
stand. / got the blue ribbon on that
horse-and he's still a member of the
Hughes family.
f. j. Fitzpatrick, a well-known New
York horseman, complimented the New
Jersey Association for its efforts to
keep the fine old sport OF light horse
driving despite the invasion of the au-
tomobile-but he admitted 1t had de-
clined a little since the days of his
youth.
DR.. 1. D. Carl. of Boston, and State
Senator Harry v. Osborne were other
speakers.
At the close OF Mr.. Hughes's talk,
Judge Herr explained the custom of
the association in asking for dona-
tons at the annual dinner, for the
matinees to be held later In the year.
The following are among the dona-
lions announced. A. & l. Horton, a
set of harness; j. Newton Van Ness, a
set of horse clothing; the sportsmen Of
Passaic, a gift to be announced later.
other Donations.
Judge Herr pledged a silver cup; Mr..
Grant. a set of harness; Thomas H.
Hoy. a silver cup; John ]. Gregory, jr.
a cut glass pitcher; the racing COM
mittee, a silver cup; the Hudson County
Road Horse Association, George II.
Decker, chairman, a silver cup; the
vice-presidents of the association, a
silver cup; Captain John B. eager, a
silver cup; l.. s. Page, for his mare,
Fan Tan, q silver cup; It. F. Hopson,
three tons of coal; the Bailey Livery
Company, OF Orange, a cut glass silver
mounted cup; Mr.. Gairn, for his "Un-
known Gray Gelding," of Morristown,
a set of horse clothing; s. C. Smith, q
silver-mounted whip; the dinner COM
mittee. a cut glass pitcher; DR.. Boden-
weiser, a drivers coat and cap; H. w.
Morehouse, jr., two barrels of -four; Ed