Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
"STRIKE" AGAINST
JUDGE FEATURES
HORSE DISPLAY
Exhibitors, Incensed at Town.
send, Refuse to Enter Ring
at Long Branch.
Special TO the Evening star.

Special to the Evening star.
LONG BRANCH. July 25.-A dra-
matte incident in which John X.
Townsend. one Of the best known Of
New YorlSs horsemen, was the CEN
trail figure. marked yesterdays ex-
hibition at the Monmouth County
Horse Show.
Mr. Townsend Is Judging saddle
horses with George B. Hume. lie
came in for some criticism among
exhibitors Thursday when he oili-
ciated in a class in which the blue
ribbon was awarded TO Irish Heath
er, horse he imported from Ire
land last spring and exhibited at the
Brooklyn Horse Show Irish Heath
err is entered at Long Branch in the
name Of Emil Antony, agent" 1t
Is no secret. however. that the owner
Is Mrs. r. Fl Hartman, who exhib-
tied him in her name at the Tuxedo
Horse Show in June. He won the
Championship there.
Few disinterested spectators
thought the decision wrong which
gave him the blue ribbon, but a good
many horsemen seemed to think Mr..
Townsend ought not have judged the
class in which Irish Heather COM
neted stin. his action was not with
cut precedent
The mutterings became a Yeritable
storm of complaint yesterday when
MI Townsend and Mr. Hume gave
first prize to the big chestnut geld
ing Killarney in the class of saddle
horses mp to carrying 200 pounds.
Killarney was entered by Emil An
tony, agent" He is owned by 5. d.
Riddle. of Glen Riddle. Pa, and is
safd to be the old show ring hunter
Clonmen. exhibited two or three years
ago BY Mr. Riddle. Such horsemen
a. Frank r.. Palmer and l.. NJ. New /
rass pronounced him one of the best
looking horses they had seen. But /
= hon il came to performance he was /
sadly wanting.
Whether it was the red umbrella on /
the lawn or The brass band or the /
locomotives necessarily putting past |
the show ring that affected Killar- !
pey, no one could tell. What every |
one could tell was that the master /
hrrseman who rode him could not /
make him do much of anything that |
i finished saddle horse ought to do, !
70 make matters worse several eX-
pets declared that he seemed to be |
affected in the wind and a trifle lame.
Giving him the blue over such horses
as Mrs ". j. Hesss Doctor Garner
and Walter H. Hanley's Iron Tail /
was the last straw
Mr. Hess took the initiative and.
with other exhibitors, organized a
strike. When the bugle sounded to
call out the next saddle class, only
one responded Emil Antony,
agent" roCe in on S-r. Townsend's
Cd favorite, Irish Heather. and all |
the rest remained in the barn lnno-
c1nt OF the cause of their failure to |
obey the summons. the bugler kept |
sounding the call, and Mr. Antony |
kept. IRISH Heather parading before
aIr Townsend and Mr. Hume but
no others came In TO ioin them.
\ smile at last told that the Judge /
rndp' fir understood the situation, !
the like of which was never seen at /
IN American horse show. Mr.. Town
send was game" He went on about /
his bus ness as jauntily and confident
" az ever, and unshrinkingly gave
the blue to Irish Heather. 1t was no /
sooner affixed TO the horses bride !
Inan IL Tell TO the ETOunu' out MI
Antony quickly recovered it and bore
it away in triumph
There was another splendid display
of high stepping harness F~~ses to-
day. with well filed claSe plenty
of quality and keen comp, .Jion for
every ribbon that was tied.
The feature of the program was the
annual contest for the Patten Chal-
lenge Cup. This trophy for gig
horses must be won three times by
the same owner before becoming his
property. It was won in 1911 by .
Mortimer l.. Schiff's Baron Brown. in
1912 by Henry w Beeds's Corinna.
and last year by John l.. Bushnells I
The Governor Corinna, now owned /
by A. ". Atkinson. of Camden, was
among the entries today. Goodwin. +
her trainer brought her out in T
blooming condition. and she was an
outstanding winner, putting up per-
Torrance not often equa1led for style, +
speed and action. Felix NJ. War
hurg's fast black gelding, Woodlands I
Emperor, got the reserve ribbon. +
Nine of the best horses in the show
tried for the prize.
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