The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-18
HACKNEYS' DAY
AT HORSE SHOW
William III. Moore Scores Note
worthy Breeders
Triumph.
JOAN MAY BE CHAMPION
Novice Saddle Mare Defeats
Bohemian Actress and Other
Champions.
JOAN MAY BE CHAMPION
by GURNEY G. CUE.

Society was we'll represented ut the
Horse Show yesterday. New York's
prettiest girls. best dressed matrons
and most perfectly groomed beaus were
at Madison Square Garden to watch
the judging of the horses and incident
ally show off their best bib and tucker.
Men and women of social prominence
from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washing
ton. Boston and Chicago were among
the thousands who filled the arena
boxes and thronged the promenade. Not
often. If ever. has the association rea-
lized more successfully Its ambition to
make 1t truly national horse show.
Wednesday IL always officially 'iesig-
mated as Hackney Day, and the versa
tile English horse and his breeders and
admirers had field day at the Garden.
Reginald c. Vanderbilt gave luncheon
In the rooms of the Horse Show Club
to one hundred members of the Ameri-
can Hackney Horse Society during tha
midday intermission, following a meet
ing at which he was reelected presi-
dent of the organization. William du
Pont was elected first vice-president,
William II. WanamAKer, Jr., second
vice-president. and Messrs. j. Wesley
Allison, A. w. Atkinson, Thomas q.
Ashton, John l.. Bushnell. Charles e.
Coke. K. Dering. Paul Moore, Fred
Pabst and ]. Macy Willets were elected
directors.
More Horse Show Cups.
At the luncheon Mr.. Dering, who
breeds hackney ponies at Lake Villa,
Ill., announced the gift of two trophies
10 cost $3.50 each as prizes for the ex-
hibitors winning the largest number OF
ribbons in hackney pony classes next
season at the New York, Rochester
and Devon shows. Fred #. Field of
Brockton. Mass, announced that he
would give $500 cup as a similar
prize at next years Brockton Horse
Show. Harry ID. Holloway Of Phila-
dephia followed with the donation OF
cup for hackney saddle horses at
the National of 1921, and S. w. Taylor,
speaking for The Rider and Drtuer,
duplicated this prize for the Devon
show. which hereafter IS to be the
great spring show OF hackneys in the
East, as the South Shore Country Club
in Chicago is to be the leading exhibi-
ton in the West.
The hackney breeders were out early
in the morning to follow the awards IN
the classes for stations, mares ana
young stock. In some OF which classes
tiere were noteworthy exhibits. The
offspring Of William H. Moore's remark
able young sire, imported Marlboro. by
Matthias, literally swept the board In the
breeding classes In which they were
shown Seaton Dunbar. a four-year-old
colt bred by Mr.. Moore and sold to X
Lawrence Smith for $4,000 at the Horse
Show OF 1918, won all four OF the,
classes for stations, while Medea won
the championship for mares. In the COM
petitions for yearling and two-year-oid
stations the winners were foals OF Mr..
Moores famous old harness mare Lady
Seaton, three times champion OF the
Garden show The two-year-old Seaton
fc hnr
youngster caused a sensation by his
striking beauty OF form and brilliancy
of action. Together the two colts won
the class for the best foais from the
same dam. In tho classes for yearling
two-year-old and three-year-old fiilies
the entries by Marlboro were again in
vincible. winning every first prize.
Du Pont Gun for Mr.. Moore.
Altogether IL was such a showing as
no other breeder or sire ever made at n
National Horse Show. and to cap the
climax Mr.. Moore in the afternoon put
four young harness horses by Marlboro
before his park drag and won the $1,000
gold cup offered through the American
Hackney Horse Society by William du
Pont for the best four-in-hand bred by
the exhibitor. No one disputed the SUI
premacy with Mr.. Moore In this class.
and having won 1t twice before In other
erty.
In the classes Tor hackney ponies Mr..
and Mrs J. Macy Willets of Cassilis
Farm almost matched the record Of Mr..
Moore by winning four of the five COM
petitions for stations, mares and colts,
and later In the day winning leg on
Mr. du Points Montpelier Farm cup for
the best hackney harness pony In the
show. This competition brought out all
the good ones and was the harness class
Of the afternoon. II was close ques-
ton az between Miss Isabella Wanna
makers Wild Honey, Miss Janice Lig-
Rett's Foulange and the Cassilis pony,
Mighty Mite, an airy. india rubber bit
of horseflesh that was the smallest
thing in the ring. The judges. II. Victor
I,oew and Mr.. du Pont. hesitated long
time while the Garden rang with APP
plnuse as the rival goers, hooked to
Caffrey and Perrsa speed wagons. sped
over the tanbark. Mrs. f. T.. Caravans
champion pony Hamilton Flame was
among the unplaced. Foulange getting
tho reserve ribbon.
The open class for saddle horses at
rnid-afternoon brought into prominence
the probable winner of the champion
ship prize on Saturday afternoon.
twenty-five of the best big ones In the
show answered the bugle call In this
omen class When Lady Beck and Harry
McNair placed Herbert L. Camps chest
nut mare. Joan. first, with last years
champion, bohemian Actress. second.
Miss Ivy ID. Maddison's Myopia, third.
and Miss Wanamaker's Dark Flower
fourth, they rendered decision which
will have TO be reversed IL they do not
give the trcolor ribbon to Joan on the
closing day OF the show. She won the
novice class on Monday and as yet has
not met her match though she has now
met and beaten practically every dan
gerous competitor In sight.
Mr.. Camp. VINO Is brother of the
famous football critic. Walter Camp
bought Joan In West Virginia only about
six weeks ago He tried her out for the
Garden by showing her for the first time
at Columbus. where she won every class
in which she was entered. The mare
was bred by Ball Brothers of Kentucky
and II by Montgomery Chief. dam by
Chester Dare. She produced foal last
year by Bourbon King the full brother
70 her own sire. A. H. wndsworth of
Wheeling trained her before she was
purchased by Mr.. Camp Joseph H.
Collins rode her az the Garden, and she
seemed to answer every signal of The
Boston expert, showing that she In re-
markedly we'll srhuoled. Her canter Ms
well as her conformation, pleased the