New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-18
CONVICTION Wins
l5-MILE ARMY
ENDURANCE RIDE
Brooklyn Horse Show
Feature Carried Through
Without a Hitch.
WINNER RIDDEN BY
TROOPER c. L. LOW
Miss l.. l.. Fleitmann'S Mounts,
in Jumping Classes, Capture
Three First Prizes.

Again favored by smiling spring
weather and a fine attendance, the
twenty-third annual horse show Of the
Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club
closed yesterday after series Of
spirited and well contested classes.
The outstanding feature IN the after
noon WAS an army endurance and CON
troll ride, carried out with thorough
wartime realism on the bride paths of
Prospect Park and on the Ocean Boule-
ward to Coney Island, with the finish
in the show ring.
ID was the first contest of the sort
ever held in connection with the show
across the bridge. The four men to
gain a place were representatives of
the State National Guard.
In the regular classes the success OF
Miss Ida l.. Fleitmann, Of the Long
Island hunting set, in riding the win
ners Of the three first prizes in the
large afternoon classes for jumpers,
was a remarkable incident, as was also
the successful temperance, after an
absence of four years from the local
horse shows, of Mrs. Preston Davie,
who won many successes when she was
Miss Emily II. Bedford with the cham
pion hackney mare Hildreth. As an
equestrienne Mrs Davie rode her
chestnut gelding Maximum to victory
in field Of clever riders and grand
saddle horses that included Mrs. John
Gerken and her many time champion
mare Margaret Tate.
Interest in the army ride until the
ring was cleared for the finish was
greatest outside of the clubhouse, but
the progress of the contestants was
announced by bulletins, read from the
judges stand between the classes. The
bulletins were illustrative also of war
realism, for they were telephoned over
n special wire laid over the route in
tho morning by a detail from Com
pany b, LIST Battalion Signal Corps, y.
G.. n. Y, under command OF First Lieu
tenant Otis S. Carroll.
The race started at 3 o'clock from
the Prospect Park Plaza. adjacent to
the Riding and Driving Clubs home.
General Leonard +. Wood, y. S. A.,
with his staff, witnessed the start. The
Judges. who also acted as starters,
were Captain David II. Biddle, L S. A,
and Lieutenant William N. Haskell, |.
5. A. They were assisted in the eX-
animation of the horses after the race
by the veterinarian, DR.. lngild Hansen,
L. S. A., retired.
There were twenty-nine starters. all
in khaki service uniforms. of whom
eleven were entered from the LIST Cav
airy, y. G.. y. Y, now the official rat
ing of Troop G. The United States
Army had four representatives, and
the other entries were from Squadron
A h..
I'd Field Artillery, besides an inter
state contingent formed of Major J. D.
Murphy, lst Cavalry, Vermont n. G.,
and trio from the Connecticut Ma
tional Guard; Lieutenant Frank F..
Wolf, Sergeant Frank L. Ferris and
Private F. WEIGH.
There was no restriction on the size
of the horses. which ranged from polo
mounts to nags of II hands. but it was
stipulated that the minimum weight
carried. exclusive of arms or personal
equipment, must be 255 pounds. The
minimum time allowed for the fifteen
mile journey was one -FOUR and twenty
minutes. and to exceed the maximum
limit Of one hour AM forty minutes
entailed disqualification.
At the outset the starters formed
/
that went off at hard gallop. and a
tortoise division. made up of some
fifteen riders, who did not strive for
speed. but intended TO score by finish
ing in better condition by travelling on
an even and steady schedule.
The four placed horses. as il turned
out, were chosen from the hares. The
leaders in the Aging squadron through
out were Covington, owned by Lieu
tenant McDougall, of the LIST Cavalry,
and ridden by Trooper Charles l.. Low;
Captain A. II. Plstt, of the 1st Cavalry,
who rode his geldinR, Chance; Lieu
tenant b. S. Young. of Squadron A. on
Scout; Lieutenant l. r. Gowdy, of the
LIST Cavalry, on Farmer, and Captain
Robert S. Thomas, L. S. A.. who rode
his gray gelding, Frying Pan.
Covington was the actual leader
throughout, except for a short interval
on the return trip. Prospect Park was
traversed in eighteen minutes. and
Covington set the pace down Ocean
Boulevard TO the Brighton Beach Rail
road tracks at Coney Island. where he
arrived in forty minutes from the start.
Grooms with stable equipments had
preceded the contestants in automo-
biles, and the horses were watered and
rubbed down before beginning the re-
turn trip. Frying Pan led Covington
by "A squirt at the re-entrance TO Pros
Dect Park No time was taken at the
finish. for it was evident that there
would be no disqualification, and
there was a general halt after arriving
at the Prospect Park plaza to enable
the men and horses 20 "spruce up" be-
fore entering the show rirg.
At precisely APO o'clock the soldiers
rode in. two abreast. with Coyington
and Farmer in the front rank. All the
horses finished in goO1 condition, the
grooms having brushed off all traces
Of the journey, and after the inspec-
ton by the judges the gold cup was
awarded TO Lieutenant McDcugalls
Covington. The trophy was the gift of
the Whitehall Club, and Lieutenant
Low. the rider. bore il on a triUmphal
circuit Of the tanbsrk
Covington is 15.2-hand brown geld
ing. that is said TO be a thoroughbred.
He won the Army endurance race at
the Piping Rock horse show last year,
and has also been a winner in classes
for officers chargers az Piping Rock
and elsewhere. The otners to be placed
we're Captain A. II. Pla,t. with Chance:
Sergeant B. S. Young. with Scout, ard
Lieutenant |. r. Gowdy. with the e.
gantic l72-hand gelding Farmer.
The awards follow:
Saddle horses do.Sed or uudcrkei lopen to nern-
bers Of tie Riding and Drifting cub o1y Won gy
George \ Anderson 3D. g. Magrgor. l'ltt
beverley. 800. hands. yrs second Mis-, Ruth
Tuglss b. M. Little Fan lj.0l3 hands. yrs.,