New-York tribune., 1912-11-22
Lieutenant Shepherd Makes
Perfect Score Over Jumps
at the Horse Show.
AMERICAN MOUNTS IMPROVE
Little Bathgate Swell with
His Big Partner Gets
Lounds Of Applause
froTl tho Crowd.

lcroe &C.. resented by Colonel Lord
n,cics ID afternoon session Of the
bors, sn,, arday. The trophy is
r,,. on. Il competition was con-
5rsd Of the United States
ANN. IL of whom were out for
line cove .ors The cup must be
an tvi, ne same officer before it
becomes h sonal property.
Marshal y was the only horse which
mad, a rIC performance on its first
trial yer Jumps, and the disposition
of ts blre as settled then and there.
There ,gerC 4 number Of others, however,
that do rnarkatlc work, among them
Fco. vim of the broad water jumping
contest: Chis we'll winner Of the Plaza cup;
the sp~fg,.fl. Balloon. The Pink-Un ana
Quandaw
Attn 7 Ping Marshal Ney as the VIM
per n, ges called upon The Pink-Un'
Connie aa Metaphor TO 90 over the
cors ,econd time in order to award
the ribbons None of the three was
ob duplicate Marshal Ney's record
an. the hurdles without flaw, but
The .-Un did we'll enough to capture
the r, ribbon. the yellow going to Con-
Mic a. the white to Metaphor, This was
Of ne csssity a clean sweep for the Uniteu
states army officers, as none OF the lot
siencrs was allowed to compete. Lieu
tenart shepherd, Lieutenant Francls
Ruestes, Of the 1lth Cavalry; captain Guy
Y. Henry, of the 18th Cavalry ana Lieu,
tenant r. G.. Alexander, of the corps OF
Engineers, were the ribbon winners, oelns
placed in the order named.
officers Show Horsemanshp.
The officers had an opportunity to show
,heir skilful horsemanship and not a fan
marred the event. The nearest thing to
a mishap came when Lieutenant Stephen
w Winters Grant balked moment al
the hedge and tossed the rider out Of the
saddle. lie clung TO the reins and recov-
cred his balance Although he lost one OF
his stirrups, he took two Of the jumps
before the Judges gave the horse the gate
for his bad actions. For a moment 1t
seemed as though Grant was going 10
run away. but the lieutenant got him un-
Ger control
There was a big crowd on hand, the
promenade being filled with the moving
throng most of the afternoon, and much
,ayorsb bic comment on the United states
army horses was heard at the rail IL
seemed to lie the opinion Of the critics
hal the Americans are doing much bet
ter .hsn they have even done before IN
lAe Garden arena. They are more than
bfldiDs tholr own with the well trained
European mounts
While Uncle Sans horses have not the
slace OF the visitors. yet they are much
more buSinesslikc and appear to be Teai
str,;ceable military chargers whose
sphere of activity is not confined to the
show ring The Mounted Service SchooI
seems TO be doing excellent work, ana
tho nationt training is bearing fruit In
The decided improvement the horses are
showing this year.
There vas a stirring scene In the jump
ing line before the army officers came
on when pairs Of horses were sent To-
eetber over the hurdles. Twenty-one pairs
in all showed their heels to the crowd
and there was many fallen fence In the
course before the contest was deci1ebo,
although no falls were recorded. koo-
ert ! Golfers fiery little Bathgate swell
which is q trihe over thirteen hands hiSh,
had as partner a brown geldlnB over
sixteen hands i'm height the TWO Haue
an odd picture as they took the FENCES
Bathgate Swell promptly caught the pop
mar fancT If could Jump like a hound
when II was so minded, but its impetuos-
ity got il into trouble
Marshal Ney to Fore Again.
The blue ribbon went to pair of ster-
ling hunters from Canada, the Hon. Adam
Becks Sir Edward and Sir Thomas being
victorious. Miss Mona Dunn's English
pair. Cousin Jack and Comet, were Sec
ond while Powerful and Held, owned by
Lieutenant II. Mathon. Of the Royal Hoi-
land Hussars, received the yellow, ana
the popular Black Paddy and Irene
owned by Lieutenant a. y. Coblyn, OF the
Royal Holland Hussars, were fourth.
Marshal Ney, with Range Finder as
partner. was conspicuous in the evening,
when the military chargers we're taken
over the jumps two abreast. The Amerl-
cans made away with the yellow rio-
bons Holland won a clear-cut victory
capturing the first two prizes. Lieutenant
Mathons Held. with Lieutenant Labou-
chere's Dreadnought, taking the blue
while Lieutenant Mathon's Powerful ana
Lieutenant Labouchere's Spes were sec
ond The reserve went to Sue and Prin-
cess Charlotte, owned by Captain MerVyn
Crawshsy. Of the 18th English Dragon
Guards.
A picturesque feature Of the evenings
Programme was the exhibition OF three
iOad teams shown before coaches. The
SAY footing OF the trumpeters filled the
smphitheatre much to the delight OF the
audience j. Campbell ThompsoD's team
won. with William H. Moore's four sec
md and Emil Seelig's entry third. The
Seelis team was driven by Ernest
Fownes. son u Danny Fownes, the Eng
Hsh whip.
Nhin Jack Donnelly entered Nala Tor
se champion class only, he overlooked
'at conditions OF the class, which state
o9tD only 20 horses exceeding i5.2 hands
6dsirg taken first or second prize al thls
ah9w.' This excludes Nala from com
Petition for the championship, and now
JACK Donnclly is trying to stir up en-
uvslasm to the extent of adding another
'"eepstakes. open to the winners OF the
'silous champion classes. 10 be called the
s'and Championship. He is willing TO
'nfF Nala for any sum from 500 to N'VVo'
ana the idea Is receiving serious con-
sideratiou
10 Class 49, where hackneys OF hali-
"eo hackneys competed for the Waldorf
'''"& challenge cup, few persons un-
ssftooG why William ~. Moore's North
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