New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-13
NEW YORK IN VAN
AT HORSE SHO'Y
Entries from Metropolis
Carry Off Laurels in An
nual Brooklyn Fixture.
BY BRIGGS

New York dber allies. 20 be specific,
the Ohio entries Of John l.. Bushnell
and the aspirsnts of the Philadelphia,
A. W. Atkinson, was the keynote Of the
Judging In the harness classes at the
opening of the Brooklyn Riding and
Driving Clubs annual horse show last
night. The interstate and intercity NV
airy was q triumphal procession, near
IL. for greater New York horses and
horsemen.
Always a society function across the
bridges-the affair has been held Tor
twenty-four years nOw-the gathering
last night was typical in its debutantes'
older girls. mstrons and men OF brooa-
lyn life. The reciprocity when TINS
season is TO make harmonious the
spring shows was evinced oy the pres
once of many committeeman OF the
Easter week New York Spring Horse
chow-John Gerken, ;. X. Jacobs, A.
Naclave. John T. Mex. Bowman, q.
Jason Waters and others among the
Judges and onlookers.
The first class Of the show was Tor
unlocked saddle horses, over ~ ana
under 1872 hands, which brought nfteen
on the tanbark. The winner was the
stockv and well-mannered Lady Gray,
a haif-bred hackney. bred, owned and
ridden by Emil Antony, the professional
of the Riding Club of Manhattan. The
sire IA the imported English hackney
Towthorpe Duke, and the mare Is the
first gray hackney, or half-hackney, ever
seen in a metropolitan show ring ne
color. as in racing families having that
tinge. comes from the dam, which IN
this instance was another Lady Gray,
show winner In her time. The Brook
lvn-owned brown mare Springtime, en-
tered BIZ c. F. Hubbs's Sequatogue
Farm and ridden by one Of the club
men, George A. Anderson, was second.
A class for polo mounts was lively
feature. and the winner was MISS Nira
Cornell's gray geiding Sterling VIC
tory that scored for Westchester Coun-
~ for the owner and Dick Donnelly,
he rider. hailed from Rye. Among the
bea.en were II. ;. Crossmsn's Irish
mare Meteor, handy pony, nicely nd
den By Archer W. Kinny, which was
second.
In the harness horse classes, New
York scored in the opening event, for
show novices l5.2 hands or over By
the clever action and good looks OF
Emil Seelig's BAY gelding Hercules
Ohio. in the person OF Mr. BusnnelIs
The Prince, getting the second ribbon.
A similar class for horses over Ia
and under 1872 hands was a repeat
as 70 the interstate feature, a. u was
won by J. Campbell Thompson's hack
nev. Nestledown Blszes, driven Dy
Charles Barrie. with Mr.. Bushnell Z Nv
ing his Gypsy Boy into second place.
The most important class for the
high-steppers was for horses over l3.3
hands and IL brought eight splendid
types into rivalry. Hackneys predoml-
mated among the octctte, the winner
being Mr.. Thompson's Nestledown
Chancellor. the owner driving. with the
trotting-bred gelding President, own
el bv Emil Seelig. second. The Phila-
delphia gelding, Mr. Atkinson,s Walton
Treasure. and Felix VI. Warburg's
black gelding. Woodlands Marquis,
were among the beaten.
There was a special round Of ap-
rlause for Mr. Warburg's entries from
the onlookers, az the appearance put
denial on the rumor widely circulated
that the New York banker had "qu..
the show game" as the horserlen e1-
pressed Y.
The awards follow:
"a s-y urt-- i5s hsntsI-Vron y Ern A.
tSuy. Er Lady G.,y ,e.gad s.l4riteFr, Fa-'
Pr.arsush: fourth Ms. Preston Dawes b.
"a. IS w. .ss . r 49,: 49,, 49, i' Her. sssi'
s-ori John l. Buhneus , "a. tlih'S ~
? NJ w,..--rs ~ Wool nt,s No.
',n-,h. A W. A;tins1is ch n. MnirHs' Rose
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