The sun., 1916-09-22
GIRL OF THIRTEEN
SHOWS UNUSUAL
EQUESTRIAN SKILL
Miss Ivy Madison Rides Four
Jumpers in One Class at
Wcstchester SHOW.
ZIEGLER'S TEAM WINS
FOUR IN HAND f
~ DANIEL.

wHirE PLAINS. Sept. si.-she is only
Q mere slip Of a miss. but how h a
ride. She WAS the cynosure Of all eyes
SD the subject OF general admiration.
vas Miss Ivy Madison OF Greenwich
Al, the westche~ter County Horse Show
Al, the Gedney Farm Country Club this
afternoon. Though she II only Is years
old. Miss Maddison'r equestrian skin
held the onlockers spellbound. The Con-
nec;icui lass,c right now 10 one Of the
free, riders among fair amateurs in the
East.
The beauty Of her riding and mastery
over ser mount were accumulated In the
frn.er class for woman ridefs. Miss
Madison piloted four entries over the
Jumps. her own His Grace the Duke. the
Little Farms Mr.. Meleady. Charles d.
Lanier's Becky n the Owenoke Farms
Lady Betty. Though she could get no
better than the white ribbon with her
orn hunter. she was largely responsible
for Beckys taking the blue. Miss Joan
Michler OF Rye won the red with her
Radiant. and Miss vira Cornell. rid
irs her Rock Cress, carried of the yellow
ribbon.
Had performance alone counted. Miss
Madison might have won all four rib
oOYh, Cug CONFORMATION anu way OF KO-
,ng were OF equal Importance with man
n.r Of going over the fences. The real
;.s, OF Mss Maddison's skin and nerve
came in her ride on Mr.. Meieady. The
Little Farms entry was inclined TO re-
sent being bossed about by a little girl
and grew nasty. He refused and reared
and tired TO run out.
Makes Hin DO Biddiug.
HI, Mr.. MeIeady counted without Miss
Ivy. Her coaxing and cajoling proving
Of little effect. she gave him a taste OF
-ather vigorous treatment. and Mr.. Me-
,eady was soon glad TO take the Jumps
and keep on taking them by a clear
margin. As II moved by a single i'm
pulse. the crowdc heered the miss TO the
echo II Mrs. Madison permits her
daughter TO ride in the jumping classes
~ Madison Square Garden the gallery
will surely have something non-sartoria
10 talk about for a spell.
An unusual and picturesque event was
he class FOR fo~ur-in-hands. which
brought out a quartet OF fours to coaches
-euylers and all. william Z,esier. Jr..
had an especially we'll matched four 10
he Gem. and they carried OF the blue.
j. campbell Thofnpson's four to the
-oac.I fanEhabNlla was second. and the
SAME owners team shown before the
coach Meteor was third. A.. W. .Atkin-
sons four. dra the coach Maple
AVN. was fourth.
only the horses counted. and n was
cutie a task for Howard Brown to Judge
he entries. Z!egler had four hays re-
'Hafkably well matched for color and
height. Tina; the victory was a popular
one was attested by the cheers that
greeted the award.
Owing to the keen competition, the
programme for ~ day ran behind time.
and two classes, for harness and saddle
Aorses. had to be postponed until noon
to'fnorrow. The final class to be Judged,
:or branded ponies. was finished in the
DUSK. with Felix N. warburg's Wood.
lands Waries hrst.
The judges did . wise thing in the
class for ponies In harness. The limit
was placed AT 10 hands and 2 inches,
ard al except Master .whiteIaw Reod's
Brown Beauty and George O.. walters
g.nsaboo were more than IL hands high.
bro~n Reauty and Jingaboo were placed
N a class by themselves, and young
Reid got the blue. The rest Of the
entries were classified as miniature
hackneys. and the leading award went
10 Hamilton FARMS 1rvington Model.
inner Geto DI0es
Mrs. Robert Z. Tod's Sceptre was a
double winner. scoring among saddle
horses not exceeding Is hands and re-
peat!ns In the class for women's saddle
horses not exceeding Is hands 2 inches.
Mr. o Gloria was adJudRed the best
morse suitable to become a hunter. and
ms Aviator took secon to Gerald T.
Haniey's Landsdowne in the open jump-
..ng class. L~andsdowne beat one Of the
Digest fields Of the show and did IL in
impressive style.
j. W. Harriman's National Horse Show
winner Sala proved the best gig horse,
and got the prize offered by Oliver Harri-
man As at Madison Square Garden,
Na.a had TO heat Flash. owned by Mrs,
W NJ diamond. The latter drove her
uorse remarkably well. Mr.. warburg's
woodlands Countess wal third.
The local class for harness horses
brought two ribbons TO ]. Campbell
Thompson. his Nestledown Brian Boru
oe'ng placed irst and Nestiedown Chan.
ceiior third. With Woodlands Countess
second. Mr.. T~hompson's Nestledowr
s!azer and Nestledown Blaxes proved
ne leading pair of harness horses. A
W. Atkinson's Supreme Polonius, a prom.
!hent winner, was the best harness horse
rnven by a woman. and his Sandy Nc.
Donald won the class for heavyweight
saddle horses.
Little Miss Alice fainter drove he,
Wee McGregor In the class for ponies In
la'ness, but failed to get a leading
place.