New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-07
Annual Show Opens at
Garden in Midst Of
Floral Fairyland.
PONIES DELIGHT
CHILDREN GUESTS
Miss Long and Miss du Pont
Winners-Six-Year-Old Rider
Thrown, but Captures Blue.


From tanbark 20 the vast sheets of
sky-blue bunting that formed natural
heaven 10 the arena. the Garden was
glory Of garlands, and even the crowd
/ of FIVE thousand persons somewhat
small because Of football games that
attended the opening was merged in
maze Of evergrecns and deckings OF
black and gold and red and white.
/ Clusters Of poinsettias hung every
where. and grove OF giant cedars,
parked picturesquely az the east end,
/ to the rear Of two large white gate
ways. gave correct impression Of
/ formal English garden.
! The entrance 10 this fairyland OF
! landscape gardening, which is the work
/ Of Charles Slayter. is a series Of gar
landed archways, with ripping foun-
/ tains 20 either side. and broad mirrors
whose reflections give further effect
of water. Visitors Of every sort agreed
| that never had they seen the Garden
so beautifully decorated.
In the afternoon, above the blare OF
/ the band and the 'oorays Of partisan
Frooms urging the charges of rival
/ stables 10 first honOrs. could be heard
the hum Of two thousand children's
voices, like one vast scnoolroom with
out a teacher For yesterday was Chill
I drens Day, and following the precedent
established N 1909 by the late Alfred
/ g. Vanderbilt, the inmates Of fourteen
/ charitable institutions in the city were
guests OF the show.
Ponies Delight Children.
| Being guests. the youngsters felt 1t
! their duty TO cheer every event. but one
: bright lad. when be learned that
certain little horse had won the first
prize, could not understand. "Aw, say,
/ how DO they fgger that horse Won
He was way behind"
OF course, the ponies were their ospe-
cial delight when Master William ".
Duryea drove Shinfeld Antelope 10
handsome win over Master W. Ashton's
Supreme. in Class 10. the applause was
such as one hears at a Boy Scout bat
/ tie. And in Class l0l. when Master
Luther Tucker, aged six, the shows
youthfulest exhibitor, was thrown
from his diminutive mount, Swagger'
and Master J. Flynn Immediately dis
mounted and went TO his rescue, the
applause increased TO roar; and when
Young Tucker took the blue ribbon IN
spite Of his fall the roar became
bodlam.
A group Of pickaninnies from the col
ored orphan asylum watched the per
formances in wide-eyed wonder. why
amt they any mule ponies one
wanted TO know Another CHAP VINO
/ had been present at the last show
voiced the sentiments Of every one OF
Yesterdays visitors By stating mat
/ ;'Dis show has de last beat mile.
Do We get candy again
Tho first of the 14S classes listed 20
be shown (the largest number OF
classes in any show with one exception
! since 1899 was exhibited at u a. m:
Interest in the morning session centred
on Mrs G.. II. Chipchase's Sceptre and
ME- Marjorie Hubbs's Nidalla in the
class for locked and unlocked saddle
horses. with Jcssica, the $3.50 horse
that turned out to be winner at the
White Plains Show, as runner up.
After o close competition Sceptre was
awarded the blue.
Miss Long u Winner.
Miss Loula Long, of Kansas City. Mo.
who has brought nine horses from the
/ Middle West. started the afternoon au-
spioiously by taking first place IN
Class az. for pairs Of novice harness
horses. with CONSERVATION and Hest
tatiou. Later in the afternoon, driving
herself. with her three prize terriers
et her side. she took second prize with
Pevelation in Glass 80 and fourth prize
with Animation and Aviation IN Class
IS.
One Of the finest arrays Of horsehesh
ever seen at any show was eXhlbited III
Glass so, when twenty-one novice sad
die horses. all more than 10 hands
inches. took the ring. Miss Marion
du Point rode her siX-year-old chestnut
gelding Twenty-four Karat to mag
nifcent win over ". II. Rhoades'S Ra-
diant. Walter Hanley's Moonbeam.
frequent placer at summer shows, was
forced 10 take the yellow, and such
good horses as Pointer, The Nut and
Experience went unplaced.
In "A smaller class of equal quality.
FOR ladies' saddle horses. Miss du Pont
again scored a blue with Twenty-four
Karat. being the only double winner
of the afternoon. John Hartford's
Gossip, with Miss Louise Beavor-Webb
!, riding, scored a close second.
Paired with Model Fire, Shinfield
Antelope. winner in an earlier class,
exhibited by Willisbrook Farm. vas
driven 70 an interesting win in pony
tandem. an exhibition which was much
admired by the crowd.
Lovers Of the American-bred product
were delighted when Mr.. Keene pinned
the blue ribbon on the bride Of
Thomas j. Regan's shapely chestnut
from Westbury. Stalwart Model. This
horse was up against formidable oppo-
sition i'm Emlen Woods chestnuts, Day
light and Cherry. recently imported
from Sir John Barkers polo stud farm
in England. The winner was bred az
G.. Is. Wilson's farm near Lexington,
Ky. by Stalwart. son of Meddler, but
the former was then owned by the late
William c. Whitney.
Dash Takes Blue.
The next class. for pony mares suit
able for breeding polo mounts, wit
! messed the triumph OF Stewart and
' Terence Freezes bay mare, Dash, a
two-year-old that will 90 20 Juarez for
tho race meet next month. Lieutenant
Colonel Henry 7. Allen, u. 5. A..
carried off the red ribbon with his
mare Mary Ann, which he has used fire.
Iouentlv on the regimental polo fields.
Miss Constance Regan's cute little
brown mare, Promise, took the third
ribbon.
ing by FactorDance Spirit by Rock
.snd. of the Belmont stud, and nom
mated by August Belmont for this
ears Futurity. The pony won nine
aces last sea.1n and defeated the noted
sprinter, Culvert, at the kumson
Country Club meeting.
The railbrds did not agree entirely
with Mr. Keene's placing OF the en-
tries in these classes.
Tho smartest field Of the evening was
sbown in Glass 90. which consisted Of