New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-19
THRILLS At HORSE
SHOW IN GARDEN
Cavalry Horses Crash Through
Jumps in Way to Make
the Crowd Gasp.
MO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS
lieutenant Adair Hurtles Ten
Feet in Air When Horse and
Stone Wall Come Down
in a Heap.

?. ,ooL some of the United States cav
airy horses to furnish the real thrills on
a., second day of the horse show in Madi-
,or Square Garden last night, when the
s.ogramme was brought to a climax in
i,nn,ng competition for cup offered
. y,.ruiar II. Moore. After some of the
D.,o,on and Dutch horses had set an eX-
,,s nv their excellent behavior an cpl
aor,,c Of perversity struck the American
.s.ryars Fortunately, no one was seri-
.,,,y injured. but the spectators were
,..oyided with enough sensational falls
- sHrring riding to last them for the
rest of the week.
crert bay gelding, ridden by Lieu
.,ront Stephen W. Winfree, OF the United
y,.,es cavalry. started all the trouble
,,ben he stumbled at the stone wall on
"a. sscond turn and sent his rider hurt
v,y through the air. TO land on his back
,rhs nncky rider held OH TO the reins and
v.ss dragged half way around the arena
before the horse could be stopped. lie
COON remounted and finished the course
The spectators had hardly settled in
,,eir seats before Fico, ridden by Lieu
,enant H. r. Adair, of the 10th United
states Cavalry, began cutting up capers
lie absolutely refused to jump at all and
insisted on pushing his way right through
tho fences. He bucked the stone wall like
anotber Lefty" Flynn, with the result
,bst horse. rider and barrier all went
down in a heap. Lieutenant Adatr was
thrown ten feet in the air before ne
struck the tanbark. and it was thought
AZ first that he had been seriously in
iured. The saddle girth was broken. and
Il was some time before everything got
straightened around again in order that
the lieutenant might finish his exhibition,
which he did TO the accompaniment OF
prolcnged applause. Scimitar, RIDDEN by
CAPTAIN George Vidmer. was Eighty, haV-
ing become all excited by the perform
ances Of mis- predecessors. Although he
acted badly, he got over the fences with
out throwing his rider.
Relpian barons in scarlet riding
breeches, English colonies, lieutenants OF
the Royal Holland hussars I'm sombra
uniforms of blue gray, American cavalry
officers respondent in gold and crimson
nrdlQ, actresses llNiAlS SN"iNN' 'NSNN'''S
figures in society and a thousand and one
other little details that go to make UP
horse show found an appropriate back
Ground in the soft Oriental decorations of
the Garden.
The amphithestre was by no means
crowded at either of the performances
but. dear, dear, there was plenty going
on both in and outside of the ring. Abso-
lutely the latest thing in headdress APP
peared at the rail during the evening
when velvet Tam O shanter of the very
newest color, yclept Besnard, something
between a red and a coral" forced itself
upon the startled vision.
And then there was the mysterious lady
in gray who wore a gown with clinging
effect. especially at the knees. making
locomotion a matter Of the greatest SIKH.
Ola Nazimova, with her dainty turDah
Of orange fur, trimmed with black feath-
ers, attracted no small attention, while
the same may be said Of Elsie Janis. who
also graced the occasion. Yes. indeed
they were all there, everybody that is
anybody. And how hearts went Iitapat
rs the horses took the hurdles and nall
titled screams rent the air at each fall.
Troopers in Pitched Battle.
The first pitched battle for blue ribbons
among the army officers of four countries
resulted in a sparkling triumph for the
Stars and Stripes in the afternoon. The
service representatives of the United
States, England, Holland and Belgium,
spick and span in uniforms Of gayest
hues, drew their lines across the tanbark
and prepared for the engagement with
hurdle pen and hedge. There were eight
horses, selected after a preliminary COM
petition in the morning. which were out to
90 their prettiest in order to carry on the
valuable Plaza Cup.
It was hard to pick and choose among
, them, for only Trooper, a brown gelding
entered by Major Howard K. Brown, OF
TIE New York National Guard, made
bunder He hesitated at the first jump
and ducked around an opening at the side
Of the pen, thereby avoiding the necessary
exertion Of climbing the bars.
Lieutenant A. y. Coblyn, of the Royal
Holland Hussars, had his famous little
Black Paddy, which has won honors at
the Garden before, on the qui vive for the
contest, while Colonel p. A. Kenna, or
England, took Harmony over the hurdles
In fGultless style. In spite of all that the
proudest horse blood Of Europe could do,