New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07

PEERLESS KILDARE BEATEN
Horse Show Followers Sit for
Hours in Downpour When the
Management Forgets
Rain Checks.

arrangements for the Plainfield horse show.
had thought OF rain checks yesterday
,binEs might have been different AS It
was. the storm was not allowed to interfere
Nth the schedule for the days judging.
The officials were undecided for some
lime whether II would not be wiser TO post
rone the show and sandwich i'm the addi-
tonal classes the last two DAYS. The con-
ference lasted from o'clock until 245, and
IN the mean time every one sat in the
srandstsnd and looked az the dripping
landscape much 30 the disgust Of those
who had iourneyed to Plainfeld for The
show.
The first official move was made al EOS
o,c1ock. when attendants. wrapped in horse
blankets walked out TO the ring and after
rs6dns around in the puddles finally To-
Gated little trapdoors. which they lifted and
,st the water drain off After another wait
Of half an hour the Judges, the hugler and
man 10 sweep the water out Of the
,ndses' stand made their appearance in the
-tine. and the show was on.
The Judging began with a class Cor novice
,nsirs. Eugene Won Rach Was first in the
ring with Turkey Trot and Town Topics.
II looked 10 the spectators "a though the
others would have to he pretty good to
beat the chestnuts and So It proved, for n
did not take the Judges long to fasten the
hlue ribbon on the bride Of Turkey Trot
Mr.. Seehg had the right of way IN nearly
all NJ the classes. The next exhibition was
for SINGLE novice harness horses and Eu-
gene Won Bach drove 81 new chestnut called
nd won qOot her blue
me exhibition Of combination harness
ard saddle ponies brought out diversified
1St which ran all the way from a 40-inch
nl.ot stallion to a al hand brown geldne.
Miss Laura Ouarta Holm. four years old,
rode the little black pony, Keith, which had
decided will Of his own. in spite OF his
lack of size Jack" Bowman rode L. NJ.
NAwgass.s brown gelding Difldence, and
csptured blue with him, the red going TO
RaIpb Douglass Wee McGregor L'ttle
Miss Holme received nice mig w. e. lor
her tiny mount
\ dozen saddle horses answered the buSle
call in Class 32. ANY one Of the hrst -FOUR
might have and. IN fact, had. received IN
Vulnerable blue ribobns. There was the
asnleudid chestnut mare Sonia, which car
riad everything before her. 4 couple or sea-
sons ago. when she was owned by Andrew
Morrison. and Mrs. ". 4. McGibbon's Rosa
he, Then came Miss II. u. Atterbury
chestnut mare Patricia, with Niltiam a.
McGibbon up.
II was nip and tuck between Sonia ana
Rossbel. with Patricia we'll up IN line ana
travelling i'm splendid form. Miss van
wick showed Watchful in her usual mas
,erlv STYLE. and il was not an easy matter
n 6x the ribons Sonia was finally select
Cd IN wear the blue and Rosabel was put
in second place. Sonia was ridden by her
new owner, Mrs. ". l.. Camp
RaiIevijle. the much heralded bay staihoh
which was bought as a mate for Nola' was
shown in the novice harness class but Ne
failed to score, just as he did IN the pdr
don where ne made his initial appearance
rbe host Of class which was not strong
o,bar in quantity or quality were Emil
Seelig's Town Topics and Royal victor
Tho exhibition of officers chargers
brought out tive contestants, all from 'he
Isl cavalry. which was formerly SquaoIo"
Leonard B. smith rode Faster Sunoa!
m spite Of a fractured knee. W. Dawn
Conrad. on Prince Arthur, captured HE.
honors. and Ridgley Nichols took the r'o
ribbon with Alden :. Blodgets nay seiui'i7
Justice, on old favorite. ~,
,be enrnrise Of the day came when '"
a NjcGjbbon's Milton vas placed aheau u
Miss u T. Atterbury's Kildare, the chai'
MO, ~ the Plainfeld show in 1911 MIS-
7 O'Donohue, formerly Miss Caro'in'
prvce rode II. Stuart Hollis's chestnut
goldinc Kensington King. and every oii'
had nlcked him 10 wear the red after men
,suv assigning the blue 20 Kildare. Ken
singtop Is by Highland Eagle out Oh
,ho@o,,ebbrod mare. and won everything al
the early spring Lakewood show FOL
,o,,e reason the Judges picked Milton tc
wear The blue. the red going TO Kildare aho
the yei1ow 10 the King
GedFge Won -Karlowski rode ana Wv
Ayocss 10 victory in the conlpiha'io" -.
for ldosI horses This was a large emu
and brought out several good ones NV
could not beat Avoca, however "hlcn j.
quite as good in harness as ne u ",u'
saddle Black Diamond. "A snowy ioohi"s
msrc from the stable Of Thomas A. 9Pe'''
captured second prize. The hunters am
runners will be Judged saturday morning
AT 1910. and the ladies' phaeton class loi
pairs will he Judged this afternoon al " ~
Instead Of yesterday
The awards follow: 90
las II pairs Of harness horSes' ne sI5,
i524fands first prize. S0p' sescnI ~ T,rot an,
7ogk T6rics: second II J.. Piercc's D. gs' '''"'
Grsyihe and Lord Greyling. a . an
Cgss ~ novice; harness horses. o'sSIIo Lem
tot exceeding Is hands; first prize. kJp; seyGgm
Prize sl5,-First Emil Seelig's ch z. PM q
driven 6y Eugene Won Bach; second MIS- D. -
cTsss % ,copbinsiion harness and sa6dl
ronies I42 hands and under: nrst pTi;IF' 81 sc
pf9snSs. second. r. Dough- b. z. Wee NC
GIeeor. tbird Charles McWlliams's en- ~
Kathleen fourth. Howard q. s'arret DIN
Gas % saddle horses over. i4.2 and not ' eS
.,sdipg I52 hands. hrst Prize $oV. SeS0ni LII rid
t5--First. Highlawn Farms ch "l soma, IA
esn b. Mrs n - camp second Mrs. W. -
NeGkbon's b. m. Rosabel; third. Mise u; . ~
ssss b. 4 Watchful. ridden by MISS Iou'S
az 10 novice; harness horses over -,
tmlEseeilg'g en- ~. Town Topics; second, I'iiy
se4lRs Dr. 2 ROYAL victor: third. John 4
sprsteys br. e. White Oak Choice; foutth'
L. Rerce b. z. Lord Grcyling
'i4fs 90 lOficeis' chargers. 10 be RIDDEN by %.
st D dress uniform without sac algs; pr AZ
,eat. second Alden :. BlOdgcts b. s. Justice
,,ahd; W. spingler MitcheIs b. g. charge
learth vs. sInqier Aitchell's en- *. Dragon
Class q local harness horses. any height {
Dive: prize c,,ti first. g W McCutchsn's b
har ~ Navarro. second G. ". Mcontchcn'
~. m piccadnly Sweetheart. third, Thomas \
sgsi9,s gr. IA. Killarney; fourth. Mrs 4 T.
~eefs D. M Girl.
Class Go citations. suitable 10 sire hesv
sIsg,ns, horses: first prize, SO; second prize
WI irst won by Glenrea Hackney studs bI
= 9ham Gentleman by Atwick jr.-Cudhan
IlaH 20 ,saddle horses. over 49, hands
ss.1ff 10 ride. using side saddles first prize
~ Ne0rd prize. s15i First. W. a. McGib
rsos T. Milton, ridden BY Mrs MGliilybon
tsssonds4 Miss n ID AtteFbury's br. 3. Kildare
FEh ~ stuart Hoiiis's Oh. s. kensinRto
f'.nS Hidden by Mrs j. !. % DOnObue.