The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-15
CURTAIN RAISER
FOR HORSE SHOW
Notable Company of Sports
men Breakfast With John
Nee. Bowman.
ARMY OFFICERS PRESENT
Unusual Tribute to w. III.
Moore, Amateur Whip Who
Makes the Mare Co.
ARMY OFFICERS PRESENT
by GURyEY c. CUE.

More than one hundred and hf,v
horsemen and army officers were guests
OF John Nee. Bowman yesterday at q
Horse Show breakfast in the Fillmore
which embraced both OF those rare
delicacies that In combination left Major
William r. Johnston. the Napoleon OF
The Turf" from witnessing the $4,000
match race between Eclipse and Henry
on a historic occasion at the Union
Course almost one hundred years ago
Turf history tells us that II was obster
and bubbles The gathering was a prel-
ude to the thirty-flfth annual exhi-
bItion of the National Horse Show AS.
scc.ation which opens at cen O'CLOCK
this morning In Madison Square Garden,
to continue until Saturday night
Carpeted with autuQrn leaves. and tai
ccdars surrounding the great horse shoe
shaped table, the tastefu'ly decorated
music room made a wonderfully pretty
So ting for the function. In welcoming
his guests Mr.. Bowman put ban on a |
sreechmaking. but this could not pre-
vent James ]. Fox, "the Village Black
smith" of Old Westbury, from propos-
irg at toast to william II. Moore. who's.
generous support of the Horse Show
was known to all present. 1t called
forth cheers from the fast breakers, and
there were more cheers when Mr.. Moore
paid a tribute to the host for making
possible the delightful preludes to the
Horse Show which have become "flxed
e. ents" in connection with the annual
exhibitions at the Garden.
Around the Horseshoe.
It was a notable company of horse
men that Joined In the applause. Among
H. ont
Of the National Horse Show Association
and in years past a breeder of haclneys,
trotters and Clydcsdales Alfred b. Mac
lay. vice-president of the association and
votary of fox hunting and horse shows
r. Lawrence Smith, chairman Of the
executive committee. who has been one
of the wheel horses In organizing this
years promising exhibition; John K
Townsend the honorary social secretary
of the show, who has long been promi-
nently Identified with riding. driving
hunting. horse shows and harness rae
ing Major Pierre Lorillard, Jr. of Tux
edo Park who holds more official posi-
lions In the, horse world than any other
amateur of the day Reginald c. Van
derhilt. president OF the Association OF
American Horse Shows and OF the Amer
lean Hackney Horse Society: l. j. r
Muurling. president Of the United Hunts
Racing Association and Howard
Davison. former president of the Inter
national Live Stock Exposition
In notable group near the host Were
William du Pont, vice-president OF the
Hackney Horse Society, and donor OF
the 81 900 gold crp for hackney fourth
hand teams at this weeks show Arthur
G. Leonard of Chicago. president of the
Union Stock Yards and director of the
;xra ton FL .
ton soon to be held here; +. Viviar
Cooch Of Wndsc' En~l n
grown gray in finding suitable saddle
horses for kings. queens and princes oil
his native Britain, and who has just
crossed the Atlantic TO attend the Gar
den show; John T. Madden. breeder OF
Sir Barton, who sold the Derby favorite
Sir Martin, through Mr.. Gooch for
$4,000 to Louis w. Winans. and p. van
der Horst Koch. horse show judge and
four-in-hand whip who alternated with
Alfred C. Vanderbilt in driving the Ven
ture and the Viking on the Brighton
road In England.
In another group were Reginald w
Rives first among all amateur four-in'
hand whips In America and vice-presi'
dent of the Coaching Club =. S. J. Me-
viclar, Judge and exhibitor at the ole
westchester County Horse Show In Other
days: Louis Haight, another of the old
guard Guy A. Ward, manager of the
last Westchester show; Clinton Il. See
ley, a horse fancier who once gave q
dinner at Sherry's which startled the
town: Fred r. Field. president of the
Brockton Horse Show. and William T
Koch. Judge OF saddle horses at many
Eastern shows.
Veteran Horse Show Judges.
George b. Huime. owner of the match.
less little gig horse Lord Brilliant al.
most q quarter of a century ago and now
the busiest judge In the show ring was
in another noteworthy row Of horsemer
which included George Willing OF PhiIa.
delphia. who. has been coming to the
Horse Show as Judge. exhibitor or spec.
tator for thirty years or more: William
IL Wanamaker. Jr., also of the Quaker
City. who is managing director of ths
great Devon Horse Show; w. s. Blitz
professional manager OF n score or more
of horse shows. and James G.. Marshall
breeder, .-hibitor and judge of saddle
horses Hamilton II. Salmon OF Brooklyn
owner of the unbeaten tandem Flash.
light and Highfer In the great days OF
the high stepping harness horse at the
Garden, and Harry ID. Holloway, another
old time exhibitor and amateur whip
from Philadelphia.
]. A. p. Ramsdeil OF Newburgh, vet
ERIN breeder and exhibitor of saddle
horses: Herbert L. Camp Of Middietown
Conn. who has just chlorofofmed his old
time champion saddle mare Scala on ac-
count of blindness, and Edgar Y Ciauser
OF polo fame had their heads together
discussing and condemning w. II.
Gocher's story In yesterdays New YoRR
HERALD saying gray horses were no,
popular and were considered soft. Within
earshot wss Carl S. Burr. one OF the
Judges OF trotters. on whose Long Island
farm stands the century old barn In
which the gray mare Lady Suffolk firs,
OF all trotters to beat 80, was fo1led
elghty-scven years ago. Near him were
George A. Coleman. another of the Judges
OF trotters and sometime master of cere-
monies on the Harlem River Speedway
Samuel Willets. once owner OF the fast
gray trotter Island wilkes. 2:13M and
this year exhibitor of the beautiful gray
thoroughbred mare Sweet Kfss; J. Macy
willets. secretary of the Association OF
American Horse Shows and breeder OF
hackney ponies: John r. Thompson OF
Chicago. who recently paid $4,000 In
England for two hackney harness horses
TO show at the Garden. and T. j. Casey
secretary of the Long Branch Horse
Show.
Some Of the other we'll known horse
vice-president of the Westchester Rae.
ing Association q Jason Waters, wno
managed the American Horse Show held