New-York tribune., 1911-11-21

four fences without fault. He guided
ms mount, The Strand, over each barrier
to the accompaniment OF feminine soueals.
and never once did the horses hoofs touch
a bar. The rider was warmly applauded
for his exhibition.
American officers and Yankee hrsd mill.
tary chargers won sweeping victory In
the contest for the Plaza Cup In the after
noon. Even the trim Black Paddy. ridden
by Baron Van Worst, Of the Royal Dutch
Hussars. had TO bow to Chiswell. of the
United States cavalry. which captured the
blue ribbon. The Plutonian Dutch charger.
which had brilliant record at the show
last year, gained the red, while Duke OF
Ashley and Experiment, two other Amerl-
can horses. took what was left.
Some Of the best Of the European mounts
cantered in at the call of the bugle. The
Clown and The Wag. entered by Lieutenant
Wslwyn. Of the ROYAL Horse Artillery OF
England. aided and sbetted Black Paddy
in the attempt to wrest the laurels away
from Uncle Sans chargers
"AleXander's Ragtime Band" was the
tune that echoed among the rafters Of the
Garden when Lieutenant Louie A. Beard,
Of the 9Th United States Field Artillery,
guided the prancing brown gelding Duke
OF Ashley into the rims. Inspired by this
lively melody. the Yankee horses could not
do otherwise than appear at their best.
Following the lead Of the Duke came CHS
well. Experiment, Artillery and Mariposa
to represent the Stars and Stripes, while
The Clown and The Wag fought for Eng
- afIo
Mariposa. the bay mare ridden by Cap
tain Rockwell, of the 1lth United States
Cavalry, put all the other mounts to shame
so far as fancy stepping went. Before
taking the jumps each horse was Obliged
to show it's PAGES to the judges al the east
ern end of the ring, and Mariposa was best
OF them all She wheeled, cavorted SIDE
stepped and backed in the prettiest manner
imaginable. swishing her curving tan IN
the air and fairly bringing down the house
with her antics. The trouble was, however
that she couldn't jump. When captain
Rockwell sent her around the ring she TOOK
the first hurdle perfectly, but made mess
of the hedge and had two faults registered
against her at the pigpen. This put her
out Of the running for a ribbon, out Mal-
posa had won the hearts of the spectators,
and there was much sympathy expressed
at her failure 10 take the jumps as wen as
some of the other competitors
The Duke OF Ashley was the first arounu
the ring. and set fine example D! ho'
making a single fault, but his conformation
did not please the judges as well as that OF
Chisweu. Black Paddy has lost none OF MS
nrovyess and handled by Baron Van Noorst'
who rides so precisely gave neat nt'ie
exhibition. Lieutenant Walwyn nao
fricbtful time with The Clown, which ao-
so,utelv refused TO do anything rlght ana
never succeeded in clearing all lhe iu'e''
while Lieutenant g w. Broad. who RODE
The Wag, did better, but not wen ehoue" "
IN overshadow the American chargers
Edward McLeans Indian Flower riuueh
b,- Miss Ellen Rasmussen, had no easy row
n hoe TO win the cup onereo Dy ~
Lowry for ladies' saddle horses lnoiah
Flower competed against spienoio neiu'
and 10 pick the blue ribbon winner was ho
easy task for the judges, as nftceh oi hioio
v.ora out for first honors. Mrs. W. A NC
c,ibbon on Rosalie, captured the red, Whiie
the yellow went TO Yvonne Sherry which
was ably handled by Miss Belle beach'
The ponv tandems were very startied
little horses when they faced the Orllilah.
lights and the blare OF the music Ms'd Oh
Irvington and Nipper, Jr., from the IrV-
ington Farm. were decidedly shy. Ihe
leader did not like the appearance OF
things at all. and insisted on groom ac-
companying him around the arena three
times before settling down to prize win.
ming gait. Masterpiece and Masterkey' Oh
the Bolton Farms, however performed
their prettiest, apparently being dehshteu
win their surroundings and anxious TO 90
their best right from the start. They eashy
won the blue while the Irvington farIm
entries. in spite of bad beginning ran OH
with the red.