The sun., 1915-11-14

Judge William II. Moore was the most
successful exhibitor at the thirtlcth an
nual Horse Show in Madison Square
Garden last week. His stable Of harness
forses won twenty-nine ribbons, including
four championships. and the total value
OF his prizes was $3.50. The Judge has
Tor years had one Of the finest stables
OF high steppers and he bids fair to
continue his success for some time un-
less other exhibitors obtain some won-
dera.
The show this year was. from a
horse standpoint. the best In the history
| or the association. and what was most
remarkable was the way in which the
harness horse has come back to popu-
iarity. In one class there were twenty
nine nne animals entered, and instead of
tnere being three or four entries I'm
these classes. as In former years. every
contest was keen one, with rarely less
than ten exhibits.
Miss Loula Long was popular with the
spectators and she won seventeen rib
oons. capturing the .Waldorf-Astoria
cup, which she will have to win twice
moro before 1t is her property Miss
Longs horses are snowy and she drives
them In a dashing way.
j. Campbell Thompson beat Judge
Moore In the road four-in-hands and
won the first leg on the Vanderbilt
memorial trophy. This must be won
three times. The Thompson four wero
fine. while those Of Judge Moore were
too parky and SO wers beaten. The
Judge. however. had revenge in the class
Tor park teams. which he won.
winners OF Legs on Trophies.
OF tho trophies which have to be
taken two or more times, Walter H.
Hanley won the Louis Sherry cup for
| two saddle horses, Miss Marjorie Iubbs
the Cdo NJ. Fleischmann cup for ladies'
saddle horses. Walter II. Hanley the
Biltmore challenge cup for the best sad
die horse. Miss Loula Long the Waldorf
Astoria cup for the best hackney bred
in America and John L. Bushnell the
sir James cup for the best gig horse.
The thoroughbred made his influence
felt In no uncertain manner during the
week and the success of the exhibition
depended in large measure upon the
, excellence OF the saddle and hunter
horses which had large amount OF
pure blood in their veins There were
many superlative harness horses on
view OF both hackney and trotting
Strains, puI dlltT al II was tne jumpers
which furnished the thrills and got the
spectators excited on number of oc-
Casions
Many spectacular exhibitions took
place over the regulation hurdles, fences
and walls. and although seven fee, was
not reached in any OF the high Jump
ing events gallant old Confidence and
the younger Skyscraper gave perform
ances that brought the spectators to
their feet again and again. The Jump
ers of pure blood. while lacking the sub
stance OF the three-quarter and half
bred horses. fenced with dash and
brilliancy that was more characteristic
of the steeplechase ground than the
show ring.
The Canadian bred horses. many OF
which are now owned in the United
States. as usual showed that finish and
style which such trainers as the Will
sons, Hugh and Willie, Jack Hamilton
and Tommy Smith Impart to their
chargers. Most of these horses. among
which LansdoHne; Wasp Skyscraper
lronsides and Confidence stand out most
spectacularly. are half or three-quarters
thoroughbred.
Thoroughbred Blood showed.
The stable Of Major Kligour OF Toronto
had several good performers over the
jumps that were strongly bred. while
two of his best timber toppers. Mayer
dale and Sunday World, are pure thor
oughbreds. and It is doubtful whether
there were In the show. a better and
cleaner pair OF jumpeU than these
chestnuts.
In the home guard among the thor
oughbreds that were asked to negoti-
ate the fences 1t would be hard TO
beat Morton Schwartz's St Patrick or
Charles d. Lanier's Down East. the
former only a four-year-old. being due
for stii. higher honors next season.
Nancy Pansy, the Washington beauty.
imported by Edward Il. Mclean and
daughter OF the crack English sire
Mentone. was another thoroughbred
that gave dazzling performances on
more than one occasion.
In the saddle classes thoroughbred
influence was manifested daily. In the
lightwe class all four ribbons were
won by horses of pure blood. while the
heavyweights had thoroughbred on
either sire or dam side in every In
stance The Judges seem TO favor the
clean bloodiks qualities which are in
separable from the thoroughbred and
great credit must be accorded Lady
| Beck and James Marshall for their
consistency in awarding the ribbons.
az they clung TO type tenaciously
tbroughoi,f the show.