New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-06
WOMEN and MEN
Vie FOR CUPS At
PONY CYMKHANl
Honors Even at End =,
Contest at Whippany
River Club Fixture
STRONG ARM TACTICS
TO LOSE A pRI7r
Meany and Miss Woods WI, /,
the Gretna Green Race al
MOrristoWn.

Many active young women srs ~.
OF Morristovn society took par I, ,
pony gymkhsna yesterday a, .h.T,.
pany River Club. They were rsu,..
banks for the afternoon and ,ls..
the parts with dash ard iolli,y. E,.
or. were declared even after thar
between Mrs. KIRK Haskell, Nn Tie
dore White and Mrs. A Tut.l. to,.a
ness Of hands, for each won q co.s
that required skill Of that sor. yj,,
quick eye, ard Harold Freeman s,It,
feet footed pony, Skurry, scored A.
est in Workmanship.
There we're ten events carted 4
arena being the park.ike inner A.lt,
the half-mile track, and over 1000 ,s
sons, among whom family groups =.
dominated, looked on from the ",
stand, the lawn seats or a double b.
Of automobiles, drawn up slors B,
rails. A band played and tea, M.
punch ard cakes were served mae,
to heighten the suggestion o. 4 k.c
garden party.
The women Of the msrry.n.t,,
we're Miss +. Wood, Mrs. Georss G.,
Henry, Mrs. Harold Freeman, yN
Marshall. Mrs Fritz Behr, Mrs ne.
dore White, Mrs. A. Dc Cons.irs n:
Mrs. G.. futile. The masculine ir.srs
vas impaired by Victor 0natiyis, H,,.
old Freeman, s. {. Meany. who rs
cheered on by the onlooksrs as s,.7,
Leroy Whitney, James Mclean, FRI
Behr, Kirk Haskell, Nelson White o..
". Wood
The women and men we're in ,sr
opponents in rivalry for the silver e.;
given as the first prize in each come.
tition, or partners in an efor; 70 vi.
one. according 20 the varied condi.icr,
Only the men were eligible for .,
bending race first on the card. Ex.
carried a polo mallet. and the trick w
70 twist the pony between posts, ris.:
and left alternately, 70 the finish lie
as in the classes for polo mounts q 1
horse show Nelson White won. Wit
Harold Freeman second.
A threadneed.e race came. NEXT 4,
men mounted. and 81 the word &c"
taking a needle and thread 70 ,ts'
partners, and with the two items nis
a whole in readiness for sewing er
raced around a post and back 10 IL
finish. Mrs. A. Tuttle's define. o.:
Skurry's speed won the cup, and ",
and Mrs. George Gar Henry were ~
ond. The also rams we're s. s. Near
and Mrs. Freeman. Mr.. and Mrs Ea
Haskell, Nelson White and III. Va.
shall, Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz Behr srt 7
Wood and MS sister, Miss Edith
After four heats the winner. w,
aligned in a final dash for the cup !,
the third event, a ball and basket ne.
They were Mrs. Theodore White, L,'cl
Whitney, James Mclean and Victor
Onativia. Perish the thought tts, 4
Whippany River Club member vcsll
ride out a whipping finish In 70,
with woman. There was what n,i,I
men would term mastery stroncs'r
riding" by each Of the trio, but M
White rode go cleverly she deserved
win anyhow. Leroy Whitney's po,i
with a lack of gallantry. forced b;
home a winner by length, but Wit
Sir Walter Raleigh or Chevslt
Bayard readiness Whitney disouslis,
himself by dropping the polo ball OF
side the basket. Mrs. White drop,
the ball into the basket with a elstss
for the receptacles were new y
buckets. masquerading as wlllowvsf
and so cinched the victory.
The musical stalls, with only Won't
competing. had the full band to lin
the dashes and quick halts o. q
ponies. and went of amid much lsuss
ter. Mrs. Haskell won, with Mrs. Hem
second.
In the Gretna Green rsce the 20:
pies rode with speed 70 a table, rss'
each man dismounted and wrote D.
name in a book. Remoun,ing, ns'
was a race around the course, and ~
- be disqualified each pair had 20 rsi
the winning post hand-in-hand, II
boarding house reach" OF s. 5. Nes,
by which he was able 70 cling 70 MI
Edith Woods hand, although his 20,
was swerving, won the cup for u
couple, with Mr. and Mrs. Harold !Fs
man a close second. =,
In the bobbing for apples race u
, new tin buckets were filed with vsn
and midway in the course the nae,
had 10 dismount and duck for the raoc
skinned fruit. Each had 10 finish q
with an apple held in his teeth. ~
heat winners were Leroy Whitney o.
George Gar Henry, the former vi ~
ming the final and riding of muneal'
his apple. just TO prove i wasnt
prop apple. Only Mrs: Hassell ~
Mrs. White won heats with sacce"
the ball and spoon race. all the men y
posed 10 them displaying a really CIV
clumsiness as "squires OF danes
the final Mrs. White dropped the %
when in the lead. Mrs. Haskell esI
ured the cup. ~.
The cigar and umbrella race, o.es
OF gymkhana features, wa. won 'II
a field Of seven by 5. $. Mesny, vi
just beat out Leroy Whitney rr
The judges were Richard H. III
Jams, Benjamin Nicoll and Genen
p. Meany. On duty as stewards w,
Norman Henderson. G. R. d: Sni.
felin, Harry Hoy, Robert A. Grar,l,
Arthur A. Fowler, A. Fillmore ny.
and William Shipper. frs, chsmplos