The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
HORSE AGAIN
IS MAGNET IN
GARDEN SHOW
Thirty fifth National Elk
hibition Opens in Beau
tiful Setting.
RED CEDAR in FORM
j. ?. Murphy's New Saddle
Horse Defeats Champions
i'm Novice Class.
BLUE FOR DRAGON FLY
Military Features Which
Prove Most Attractive Open
the Days Programme.
ny GURNEY C. CUE.


ison Square Garden. the thirty-fifth Ma
tional Horse Show opened yesterday.
calling together the lovers Of fine horses
from all over the country. Many thou
sands of dollars and infinite labor mad
been expended under the direction os
Charles Slayter to transform the barn
like interior of the Garden into a beau
tiful setting for the exhibition. and 1t
was the consensus among visitors that
the great arena never looked more at
tractive than it does this week. The
show will continue urtil Saturday night.
one day more than last year.
Military features arranged by Major
Pierre Lorillard, Jr., with the coopera-
ton OF the War Department. are giving
an unusual martial aspect 10 this years
Horse Show, while an indoor polo tour
nament adds to the varied character of
the exhibition. The first display of the
big field guns drawn by six-horse teams
OF active drafters and turned out as if
ready to go right into action. held the
attention of the crowd in the afternoon.
Four of the ponderous turnouts--one of
them mouflaged-rumbled into the
ring and circled the tanbark enclosure
with the horses put to a gallon making
spirited and warlike spectacle. Later
In the week these and other teams are to
be Judged for prizes.
Cavalry Horses Open show.
The exhibition opened at 10 o'clock
in the morning with a class FOR cavalry
horses of the type required for the
United States Army, the prize being a
cup offered by Lewis E. Waring. Picked
horses from Camp Knox, Camp Dix.
Fort Myer, Fort Totten, Camp Pike
and the headquarters stable of Gen.
Pershing, as well as one or two militia
"a
hibitor carried off the trophy, showing
that the best army horses are not al
ways found in the army. 1t was w.
II. Madison of Greenwich. Conn.
whose daughter. Miss Ivy Madison, is
one of the crack riders of the show
ring. who thus defeated the forces Of
Uncle Sam. His winning horse was
the chestnut gelding Cecil. a sixteen
hand hunter that is entered in several
jumping classes at the Garden. Gen.
Pershings entries, the chestnut mare
Princess and the bay gelding Tommy,
were unplaced. The judges who awarded
the prizes were Major c. l.. Scott.
Major Adna X. Chaffee and Edward
H. Carrie.
The novice class for saddle horses not
exceeding 1872 hands, which waG one OF
the events Of the afternoon sho-'. brought
together q notable company OF aspirants
for champion honors. Under the rules
m force at the Gerden any horse is
deemed TO be a novice unless he has won
there in past years or has won at
the International Horse Show in Eng
land. so that champions of the summer
circuit as well as green ones coud and
did compete. Hal ia dozen States were
represented by the numerous entries
which thronged the ring. Long prices
had been paid for some of them and
refused for some of the Others. Lady
Adam Beck OF London, Canada, and
Harry McNair of Chicago otfic'ated as
Judges. with Lieut.. Feline of the
French army acting as referee to give
the casting vote in case the other two
could not agree.
Red Cedar, white faced white
legged chestnut geldng. brough. out last
season by Walter II. Hanley of Provi-
dence and purchased only few weeks
ago by Joseph ]. Murphy OF Troy at Mr..
Ianley's dispersal sale in New York,
anne out of the contest with the blue
ibbon. Ridden by Jack Mcdonald, he
nut up brilliant show that surprised
even his admlreys. John r. Crozer's
bay mare Elelia, Pennsylvania entry
and new one at the Garden. defeated
the summer champions. Frederick ID.
MacKay's Checkmate and Miss Isabella
Wanamaker's Cherrystone, for second
place. Chcrrystone came back shortly
afterward and won in the class for
horses carrying 200 pounds.
old Champions Beaten.
One of the features of the afternoon
vas the defeat of Mrs. +. r. Caravans
hitherto invincib'e pony tandem. Ham
ilton Fame and Hamilton Dianthus
Miss Wanamakers bay Mares Wild
Honey and Wild Heather. were the win
rers as they have been at all the sum-
Sc
old hackney. bred and developed by
George Watson of Teaneck, n. J. wild
Heather Is an imported English mare
formerly known as Dinarth Fancy, and
shown In double harness with Tissington
Amity. champion at tho Garden "A few
years ago.
Dragon Fly, another brilliant young
hackney harness mare raised by Mr..
Watson, won for A. w Atkinson in the
class for horses not exceeding 1871
hands. She was purchased by Mr.. At
tinson only few months ago from Mrs.
William r. Hamilton, who was Miss
Constance Vauclain, and who witnessed
Dragon Fly's winning performance from
her box This mare and her mate. The
Wasp. were counted on to win the cham
pionship for small pairsSat the Garden
this year, but when going into the rina
at Brockton few weeks ago The Wasp
stepped on fireworks bomb which ex-
ploded under her feet, inJuring her so
badly that she died soon afterward
william II. Moore's smart four-year-old.
Seaton Feetwing. was placed second TO
Dragon Fly, while Mrs. Louia Long
Combs's recently purchased Trillo Magic.
now called Meditation. took the yellow
ribbon.
big Evening Attendance.
The evening show attracted one OF the
largest crowds seen In years on the open
ing day Novice classes for large saddle
horses and harness horses were features
OF n fine programme. In the saddle
class Herbert l.. Camp OF Alddletown,
Conn, uncovered o big chestnut mare
called Joan, that recently won eight first
prizes and the championship IN her first
show at Columbus Ohio Joe Collins OF
Boston rode her. and she got the de-
cision In an unusually strong class. with
fully n score Of good ones TO beat.
Miss Ivy y. Maddison's converted
hunter Myopia. formerly Golf Bail went
from this class, after winning acconC
prize, 20 beat n galaxy OF ladies' saddle