New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
MOORE HORSES IN
YANKEE TRIUMPH
Brilliant Showing of Har-
ness Animals a Show
End Climax.
AMERICAN VICTORY
is WILDLY CHEERED
Alfred g. Vanderbilt Declares
That Exhibit Has Been
Big Success.

While America was growing despondent
over the worth OF her horses as the Eng
4. lishmen and Frenchmen won ribbon after
n ribbon In the jumping contests at the
r Horse Show during the last week, Judge
William II. Moore, of this country. was
saving up little surprise. He sprang 1t
last night, when they came to pick the
champions in the classes for harness
"a horses. Every championship and every
a reserve in the four separate classes went
to the Judge.
Wild bursts of cheering shook the old
beams of Madison Square Garden as the
Judges final victory was announced The
clamor even made Diana shiver on her
2 lofty pinnacle atop the tower.
p The beautiful animals that brought the
@ ribbons TO Judge Moore are worthy of
notice once and again. For the single
harness horses Lord Seaton won the
championship and Raeburn the reserve in
- the smaller class. and Bountiful the
o. championship and Robin Hood the reserve
in the larger. For the pairs Lord and
Lady Seaton were proclaimed the smaller
champions and Robin Hood and Wallen-
stein the larger. Raeburn and Whitewall
Ariel won the reserve to the smaller class
and Madeline and Mandarin the reserve
TO the larger.
None Of the horsemen who watched
could remember a time when any single
exhibitor made such a clean sweep as did
Judge Moore with his harness horses. The
later judging of the hunters, usually the
crowning event Of the show, was almost
eclipsed by his remarkable showing
America, 1t seemed, was redeemed OF her
horses.
With II all. the Horse Show is over.
Mr.. and Mrs Horse and all the little
ponies were packing up at Madison
Square Garden last night, preparatory to
3 leaving for Palm Beach, or wherever they
: are going TO spend the winter this year.
T. BY the time the evening session opened
T. more than half the stalls under the big
: arena were deserted few animals re-
: naming save those which were to COM
: pete for championships still undecided.
: Alfred G. Vanderbilt. president Of the
: Horse Show Association, was pleased
I. with the way things had gone this sea-
= son. Though there was rumor that the
{. attendance had disappointed the officials,
Mr.. Vanderbilt declared that 1t fully
: came up to expectations.
+. '"rhe show has gone off beautifully"
+ said Mr.. Vanderbilt. There has been no
z hitch in the running off of the many
f. events. and the horses have behaved
: splendidly. The interest taken by the
public augurs we'll for the success Of he
show next year"
The last day. while devoted largely 20
determining the champions In the various
classes, was by no means devoid of
thrills. Captain Stewart Richardson, the
brave young Englishman, who has put
his hunters over the jumps since Tues
day with his left ankle in a plaster cast,
remained the hero up to the last minute.
In the most difficult jumping contest Of
. the show late yesterday afternoon he rode
his brown gelding Clonsilla to victory
against the best riders there, all able to
put both feet in the stirrups,
The event involved jumping ones mount
into a sort Of paddock and out again.
jumping back and taking the side bars
TO get out, then coaxing the horse up to
a rail fence. slipping out the top rail
without dismounting and clearing the re-
naming bars. With the restive animals
on tne rum IL pIONeu tACtculu6lg ullllNuil
TO make them take the side bars after
the second jump into the paddock. Cap
tain Richardson. however( sitting his
horse with ease. went through the whole
performance almost before the galleries
realized that he had begun.
A rousng cheer followed him as he
rode off, anticipating the judges bestowal
Z of the prize. He performed the trick in
twenty-seven seconds. without a single
moment Of hesitation on his horses part.
Colonel p. A. Kenna, another popular
Englishman, was second, while TO Cap
tain w. T. Rodden. of Canada, went the
: yellow ribbon.
Another exciting moment at the after
noon session was the arrival Of Emil
Seelig's coach from the Arrowhead Inn,
just as the judges had finished pinning
their awards on the champions in the
saddle pony class. Twenty-Five minutes