Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

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Smith, who rode Rose" OF Farm Fields
Farms. Miss Smith. great favorlte at
| horse shows was frequently applauded.
| Ashlander, whose name was Kept a
| secret by his owner DIR. Oscar Seely,
| Gwyncdd Pa, took first prize In the
| roadsters class
! Ragtime, owned by A. Henry Higgin-
| son, took blue In the second class Of
| hunters and jumpers judged.
Society was out in great numbers at the
| show Boxes were we'll filled, consider
Ing an opening day. Beautiful women,
wearing attractive gowns of many hues,
were everywhere in evidence.
No day could have been more beautiful
for horse show. The sun was warm
but not uncomfortable Hundreds of per
sons strolled about the tan bark during
the Judging while others visited paddock
and stable making critical note of blue
blooded stock
Society folk from near and far applaud
ed when the judges awarded first prize
to James G. Leiper's Watchmaid. winner
in the hunters and jumpers class, the
first Judged
Edward b. Mclean, father of the mill
ionare baby" took third prize In this
class with his Sir BraNton.
a glorious sun shining from cloudless
autumn sky shone upon the glossy lacks
of i6 pedigrecd thoroughbreds. the largest
number of entries ever seen in hunters
and jumpers class at Bryn Mawr. 1t is
this class which has made the Bryn
Mawr show famous for years.
A POPULAR VICTORY.
Watchmaid clearly showed her STU
perioritv over the other entries early in
the competition. The manner in which
the horse galloped about the oval, taxi
ing fences and hedges, frequently drew
nrth dc ,f f~Dt tore
seated beneath the canvas-covered stands
Another horse, not a prize winner
but whose jumping frequently occa-
stoned applause, was warwick, an
entry from Eugene Leverings Strontia
farms. Baltimore. There were many
green horses in the first class judged.
which. Notwithstanding their inexpert-
ence as a general thing, made good
showing.
CHILDREN WIN PRIZES.
Riding and driving by children furnish
ed plenty OF thrills for spectators at the
afternoon session of the twentieth annual
Bryn Mawr Horse Show today,
The youngsters with their ponies, were
entered in two classes in harness and
jumping. Their clever handling of the
wiry and active little mounts drew forth
rounds of applause from the stands and
persons along the rail.
was the riding of Gladys II. Earle. daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Earle, Sr.
The girl rode Peterteeter, of Broadlawn
Farms and took blue ribbon in the pony
jumping class. She also rode Lady Mine,
of Broadlawn Farms. but this mount did
not figure among the winners.
Coming second in point of interest In
jumping class for ponies was 9-year-old
Joseph VI. Casson. Jr. who rode his
own Black Beauty. He was awarded
second prize. Young Casson rode three
ponies in this contest, Black Beauty,
Fairholm, Dilham's Lady, owned by Miss
Henrietta Moore Schmidt, and Frank
Graham Thompson's Flash
Another pony which with its rider was
we'll received was Zero ridden By Miss
r. Virginia Heckscher.
In the ponies in harness class there
were so many entries the contest was
divided in two parts. Angus. of Broad
lawn Farms, took first prize in part l.
while the blue in part 2 went to Ante
lope, of Willisbrook Farm.
SHOW OPENS ON TIME.
Contrary to custom, the show today
opened on time. When the first clear
note of the bugle hoated across the
fields, the hands of the clock pointed
to 10 o'clock, exactly. minute later
4c well-groomed horses galloped into the
enclosure.
The first spill of the day occurred
when a groom riding Emlen Woods
Bella plunged over his mounts head
while taking a fence. He was not in
jured
record list of entries marks the show
this year. Both in number and quality
of the animals shown today all the
horse show enthusiasts realized that this
years exhibition would by far eclipse
any previous event at Bryn Mawr
Quite a departure has been made by
horse show officials this season over the
custom OF former years. in that the az
fair will last six days instead of five.
In addition to that the first hound show
ever held in America will begin tomor-
row and continue In connection with the
larger event until the end of the week.
Draft horses are also to be exhibited
this year. This has never been done be-
fore at Bryn Mawr.
HORSE COMES FIRST
Naturally, the horse will occupy the
post of first Importance. For the last
twenty years he has ushered in what is
practically the initial social event of
the fall season. 1t is for this reason
that society folk from New York, Balti-
more, Washington. Boston and other