Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-04
MANY ENTRIES AT
MONTCLA|R SHOW
Crowd Gathers EARLY and Con.
tests for Prizes Are
Close.

The eighth annual horse show, un-
der the auspices of the Montclair
Horse Show Association, opened to-
day at 1890 o'clock on the grounds
of the Montclair Athletic Club, VAL
ley road. Montclair.
Long before the hour of opening
handsome equipages, horse-drawn
and motor. filled the roads leading
to the grounds. Carriage and saddle
horses. including hunters, in charge
of liveried grooms, also passed IN
procession. each looking good enough
to be a winner.
The grand-stand and the boxes
filled up at an earlier hour than
usual The handsome dresses of the
ladies Wed with the colors of the
beribboned mounts. 1t was evident
that in Montcair. for the present at
least. ''the horse is king"
On a table in the judges stand are
twenty-seven handsome silver cups,
for which go entries are competing.
Hamilton II. Salmon will act as
judge.
j. NJ. Greenfield. who has sue
ceeded William II. Evans as president
of the association, presents the cups
as soon as the judge decides the
winner.
AS on former occasions, the best
entries have been held until the after
noon. when it is expected that a
record crowd will be present.
Louis o. Ivey. president of the
Athletic Club and q director of the
Horse Show Association, has taken
every precaution to save onlookers
from injury in case any of the entries
should become fractions and try to
bolt from the exhibit grounds. A
heavy open fence has been placed
around the circle. and the arrange
ments for the parking of automobiles
has been admirably carried out.
Up to noon today the following
were the prize winners in the various
events of the horse show held by the
Montclair Horse Show Associations:
Combination Harness and Saddle
Horses-First prize, Mrs. Edwin G..
Babcock and "Woodford," five years
old; second prize, Robert S. Bliss and
Kentucky Prince" six years old
third prize, the Armory Riding
School and Don" a black gelding,
six years old.
Ponies Under Saddle Q3 hands high,
children to ride)-First prize, Curtis
Webster and Missile" eleven years
old; second prize, Haviland S. Nc
,
third prize, John j. Blondel and
Beauty" five years old.
Ponies in Harness-First prize, Mrs.
B. F. Lawton and Buster" a brown
gelding; second prize, C. McWilliams
and Kathleen" third prize, Edith
Van Cleve and peter Pan" fourteen
years old.
Delivery Horses, Single-First prize,
the Newton Rudgers Lumber Com
pany and Major" brown gelding,
eighteen years old; second prize, the
same company and Jerry" seven
years old; third prize, the Osborne &c
Marselles Company and Joe" a
black gelding.
Harness Horses-First prize, Mrs.
Paul Moore and Kara" brown
mare, five years old; second prize,
Count Gregory, of London, England,
and Princess" a black mare, six
years old; third prize, Miss Laura
MUIR and Lady Parlias," a brown
mare, nine years old.
Saddle Horses-First prize Miss II.
A. Cotton and 81. *" brown geld
hing, eight years old; second prize,
Miss Alice Marshall and Golden
Rod" a chestnut gelding, six years
old; third prize. Vincent S. Milford
and "Saucy Queen" a black mare
eight years old.
The prizes for the combination
horses and saddle event were $25, SIT
and So The first prize winners in
the other events were awarded silver
cups. Red and yellow ribbons, re-
spectively, were the prizes given to
the winners of second and third
places.