The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-12

Lady Beck showed her thorouehncss
In Judging the heavy weight champion.
shin class. where the contestants Were
well matched. They were subjected to
a more severe test than any of the
saddlers mad undergone at the show,
heinc required TO change direction and
show what they could do when start
ing from the left instead Of the right
foot. The result MAS a reversal Of 4
reyious decision, A W. Atkinson's
sandy Mcdonald receiving the cham
piouship over Miss Clemence Cafts's
The Monk. which had beaten Sandy
Mcdonald IN. the class Judged on
Wednesday. The new champion is by
Rex Mcdonald. Il registered saddle
horse. and the dam is a thoroughbred
mare.
The Garden was we'll filed when the
,wenty-four candidates eligible for the
Jockey Clubs special prize for horses
suitable 20 become troopers mounts was
called. This competition. which was
omen to all saddle n hunter entries in
the show, has been a subject of inter
est and for the past six weeks
and has been regarded as OF tremendous
educational value inasmuch as the find
ings OF the Judges would give the horse
breeders OF the country an opportunity
TO note the type of animal most desirable
for the government needs. From the
ONE the class was first
horseinen all over the country with ideas
Of their own rs TO the proper type OF
horse Uncle Sam should develop have
been eager 10 have the judgment Of
competent men as a guide,
Major-Gen. Leonard Wood originally
was asked TO judge the class. hut he had
some pressing engagements for this week
and suggested that Lieut.. l.. L. Gruber
of West Point, Capt. Charles +, Harvey
OF Fort Ethan Allen, VI, and Capt.
Frank Parker of Fort Oglethorpe. Ga,
pass judgment upon the class. There
were a number of distinctive types
eligible from tho thoroughbreds Rock
Bar, Sir Dixon and Welshman, ranging
through the ~three-quarter bred and half
bred down to the heavyweight ex-police
horse Baron. IA winner In the heavy
weight trooper class on Tuesday night,
with "A pedigree that Is unestablished.
Charlton BEST Troopers NOunt
After seeing the horses at the walk.
trot and canter all were eliminated but
seven and these were put through their
PAGES in the endeavor to find any pos
sible flaws. 1t tool the best part OF
th~ree-quarters OF An hour to decide in
favor of the half bred Charlton, a four
year-old. owned by Martin Il. Saportas
OF Saratoga. This horse is by the thor
oughbred Mahomet, dam a Morgan mare
Ottawa, owned by y. Bryce VIM was
second. Third place was awarded 10
Lieut.. j. a. Pearson's Lady Blansford,
a Virginia mare, pedigree unknown, but
which had thoroughbred confirmation,
and was said to be of pure blood. Highly
commended VAS the portion of Capt.
William H.. Mitnhelrs thoroughbred Sir
Dixon, "a distinguished winner already
IN the show; no Is by tho old time
Dwyer champion racehorse Sir Dixon,
while his dam Is by Guardsman. Capt.
Mitchell Is attached to the General STAFF
OF the Army In the War College at
Washington and his sturdy gelding is
well known In and around the horse
shows at the capital and In Virginia,
The winner vas ably ridden by James
SChwagcr, who at the conclusion of the
contest gallopod proudly arOund the
ring with the Jockey Clubs cup tucked
snugly under his arm, II was the uni
versal opinion of horseinen OF all stripes
that no competition aroused greater en-
thusiasm or Will have greater benefit
inasmuch as 1t viii be "A guide 10
in rs much as II will be IA guide to
breeders the country over.
Miss LOula Long showed what Il thor
Ough horscwoman she h last night and
also her versatility by driving a high
stepping hackney in the competition for
the Waldorf-Astoria cup, which she won.
and then coming out again In the next
class and driving her trotter Illumina~
| ton In 4 style tina would have made