The sun., 1915-11-10
GUARDIANS OF NATION. STATE AND CITY FURNISH
MOST BRILLIANT DISPLAY YET SEEN At HORSE SHOW

men from President StOteabury's box.
The Canadian challenge cup closed
the evenings performance, and this COM
petition revived pathetic memories In
tho minds OF those who have watched
the competitions for this prize since II
was offered Rrst In 1910. The cup was
given then by the Hon. Adam Beck. and
II was won first by Lieut.. Walwyn Of
the Royal Horse Artillery. England. The
next year II went to Lieut.. W. II. Sifton
Of Canada. In 1871: 1t travelled 20 Eng
land again, having been won by Capt.
Mervyn Crawshay Of the Fifth Dragon
Guards. and In 1913 1t WAS won by Lieut.
Baron de Meslon. representing France.
With theexcsptio Of Lieut.. sifton all
the winners of this cup have been killed
In the war. and many OF the other ON
too. When the war broke out the cup
was lost; 1t IL supposed to have been
put In a place OF safety by Baron dc
Meslon and, as he is dead, having been
shot In Flanders. no one has been able
to find the trophy This year Sir Adam
Beck replaced 1t with another one.
The cup was won by the Rhode Island
National Guard after keen competi-
tion, in which Ave horses tied and had
to Jump off. The winner was lronsides.
ridden by Lieut.. Gerald Hanley.
An accident early in the morning
caused thrill to the railbirds In the
Garden. Miss Margaret Tompkins was
riding Maximum. owned by Harry Balfe
OF Brooklyn, when she was thrown and
hurt rather seriously. Maximum was
a rather hard horse TO handle but Miss
Tompkins, who is only 1s years
OF age. is such thorough horsewoman
that no one feared for her. Maximum
suddenly reared on his hind legs and
then seemed to literally sit down and
Miss Tompkins toppled over backward
and struck her head on the ground.
BrNtc Young Woman Returns.
Several horsemen ran into the ring,
picked up Miss Tompkins and carried
her out. Mrs w. A. Mc9ibben as
sumed charge of the young woman and
took her to her home. For while Miss
Tompkins was unconscious, but in the
afternoon she had so far recovered from
the shock that she visited tho show
and Insisted that she would ride Max
imum in the class in which he is to
appear this evening. Miss Tompklns
is one OF the most expert horsewomen In
! this section. She has ridden a great
deal In the open air shows here and. al
! though an amateur, Is greatly In demand
as rider by owners OF good saddle
horses.
The Bitmore cup for the best saddle
horse proved "a hard class for the judges.
This cup, which is valued at $3.50, has
To he won twice by the same exhibitor
before 1t becomes his or her property.
and amCng the horses shown. On which
Lady Beck and James G. Marshall had
TO pass, were Twentyfour Karat. ridden
! by Miss Marion du Pont. TWllight rid
den by Mrs. Walter H. Hanley, well
known in this section as the former
Miss Rasmussen The Monk. Talismar
/ Fisherman, Supreme and Wildfiower 1t
was required that some member of the
! owners family should ride. The judges
finally picked out Twenty y-four Karat.
Twilight, The Monk and Supreme, and
then It took long time to select Twi-
light As the best of the lot Twenty-four
Karat won the reserve ribbon.
Smylax beat Of Police Horses.
! After the police had gone through thei-
I drill the Judges selected Smylax. ridden
by William Murdy of the Thirty-thlrd
precinct, as the winner. The second
/ prize went to Bingo ridden by Thomas
{ Leonard Of the same precinct. Third
was won by Dude, ridden by LIEUT..
Harry Eason, chief ot the second
platoon, also OF the Thrty-third precinct,
and the fourth prize went to Hermis
ridden by }. j.. Byrne of Traffic u.
The competition for the Canadian
challenge cup was keen. After ,he
thirty horses had Jumped five were Sc
lected to jump again, and then as they
st!ll tied they had to jump the ;hrd
time. These five horses were Lans-
downe, Nimrod, Metaphor, Ironsides and
Obey. In all the tive had to take twenty
| hurdles. The cup went to the Rhode
Island National Guard. being won b,
Lieut.. Hanley's Lansdowne, Capt. Cards
J Nmrod, from West Point, being second
Capt. AleXander's Metaphor, also from
West Point. third. and Lieut.. Hanlsv'-
lronsides highly commended.