Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
FIRST BLUE RIBBON
WINNER CHEERED
AT HORSE SHOW
F fashionable Audience at
Bryn Mawr Applauds
Aw ard to James G.
Leipers Watchmaid.
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tFRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Where Is the, speedy racing car' It's parkel
Where D5bbin's b0odcd relatives are proudly
And where is the man who loudly shouts, the
| He's learning points Of horseaesh at the Bryn
Mawr equine show.
! BRYN MAWR. Pa. Sept. 21.-Society
/ folk from near and far applauded their
approval today when judges at the twen-
ticth annual Bryn Mawr horse show
awarded first prize to James G. Leiper's
W'atchmaid, winner in the hunters and
jumpers class, the first Judged
Edward B. Mclean. father of the mill
onaire baby took third prize in this
class with his Sir BraXton.
A glorious sun shining from a cloudless
autumn sky shone upon the glossy Lacks
of Is pedgreed thorouEhbreds, the largest
number of entries ever seen in hunters
and jumpers class at Bryn Mawr. II is
this class which has made the Bryn
Mawr show famous for years.
Watchmaid clearly showed her su-
perority over the other entries early in
the competition. The manner in which
the horse galoped about the oval, TAX
ing fences and hedges frequently drew
forth rounds of applause from spectators
seated beneath the canvas-covered stands
Another horse, not prize winner
hut whose jumping frequently Occa-
stoned applause was Warwick, an
entry from Eugene Levering's : Strontia
farms. Baltimore. There We're many
green horses in the first class judged.
which, Notwithstanding their ineNpert-
rnce as a general thing, made good
showing.
SHOW OPENS ON TIME.
Contrary TO custom, the show today
opened on time. When the first clear
note of the bugle loated across the
fields. the hands of the clock pointed
10 10 o'clock, exactly, a minute later
4r well-groomed horses galloped into the
enclosure.
The first spill of the day occurred
" nen a groom riding Emlen Woods
Bella plunged over mis- mounts head
while taking fence, He was not in
juTed.
a 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 af-
fair viii asst six days instead of fve.
In addition to that. the first hound show
ever held in America VIII 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
pos, Of first importance, For the last
twenty years ne has ushered in what is
practically the iniria. social event Of
the fall season. 1t is for this reason
tlst society folk from New York, BaItt-
more Washington Boston and other
places journey 10 the Quaker Ctty and
Join with ner SONS and daughters I'M pro-
claiming her supremacy on the tan bark.
Many familiar faces Were seen in the
oval today Smilingly urbaue, and Criti-
rauv malicious as ever Reggie Wander
h.lt, without whom no horse show is a
success. appeared in his usual place among
the Judges There is probably no better
gdpa Yr narsruesh in the country than
lIr. Vanderbilt, and once he has passed
upon tho merits Of any exhibit, the las,
word has been said.
George r. Hume and Z, F. Gerry, of
New York, are otheF New Norkers 10 be
seen among the Judges.
MADISON SQUARE EXHIBITS,
There were 9i5 entries in the 80 classes
when the first animal stepped on the
tan amk this morning The abandon
meqt of the horse show at Madison
square Garden New York, this year be
cause Of the European war, brought an
unusually large number Of out-of-town
entries To Bryn Mawr. For the same rea-
son the social importance from the stand
point of persons present and stable rivalry
vas considerably greater.
The hunting and jumping classes that
have placed Bryn Mawr horse shows in
the forefront OF American exhibits of a
similar character opened the competition
today, The fret class open to green
hunters only was put over fences at 10
O'Clock Among these animals were the
pick Of the best stables entering horses
at this years show. The roadsters came
| on at noon.
Twenty-Five new classes have been
added to the show. and for the hrst