Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-16
LADY BECK DELIGHTS
HORSE SHOW THRONG
First and Only Woman Tanbark
Judge Has an lawful Time"
Picking New York
Winners
PRANcERs GET PRIZES

NEW YORK. Nov. is.-Tbe Horse Show
didn't really begin today until Lady Beck.
wife Of sir Adam Beck. OF London Ont. and
first and only woman horse show judge
that the world has ever known walked
across the tanbark and took her place at
the Judges stand. II never does.
with her beach basket hat clamped
firmly on her head her round chubby face
oil smiles, note.pad In one hand and pencil
In the other, Lady Beck appeared In the
center Of the big oval at t0A5 to give her
verdict on eight prancing saddle horses
A most particular Judge Is Lady Beck.
No horse can give her the laugh First sha
had them put through their PAGES round the
rim OF the bowl. carefully noting every
point OF walk, trot and canter. one by
one sho then lined them up before her and
ran circles around them TO see their fine
points She seooted In and out among
the hony legs OF the thoroughbreds like a
brownie with an evil genie after t.
She had an awful time" deciding be-
tween seventeen saddle horses in Glass 20.
She couldn't seem TO choose between W.
II. Rhodes's Radiant. ridden by a young
woman who Thoroughly lived up to her
mounts name. and Buren Arnold, exhibited
and ridden by Miss Anna A. Austen. Final
" she gave II to the two Radiants.
FINE PONY DISPLAY
As for the horse show in general there
never were so many hand-laundered horses
together In one place In the world
Take the pony CLASSES A pony class
consists Of two ladies and misses size
horses, 4isB on n double last. These
are attached to a two-quatter buggy built
on wire frame and fitted with dropstitch
wheels Add one tall thin man, who has
collapsed on to his seat in sections. and
there you have II.
After n while they turned loose flock of
gorihed stage coaches equipped with four
horses apiece and "all tho harness In the
world Several times around having
brought no excitement but the yelling of
the crowd, a long-lcgged old man In short
trousers leaned over and barkod through
his goatee to know when they were going
to stage the robbery. Somebody told him
the bandits had gone on strike for an eight
hour day and time and half for over
time.
HAcKNEYs ON VIEW.
They finally cut this act and brought on
eleven hackneys and let them hack. Other
two and four footed performers followed.
and there was some show OF interest In
them, OF course but, after all, it's with
horse shows as II s with afternoon teas
the horses and tho tea are all right, but
It's the color scheme that counts.
The color scheme OF this horse show ia
red and white. The upper halves of the
white grooms and boxes are trimmed in
red. The only time you get a complete
flag ls when a blue policeman comes in
and stands around.
The really maddening thing though is
the red and green symphony at either end
of the Garden. There they have thousands
of red lights blinking behind billowing
curtain of evergreen branches This Is
more than any man with three drinks and
thirty minutes In warm room can stand.
Society was there in force and furbe-
lows. The boxes were filled with the lat
est in lingerie.