The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
Singular Accident at BrocktOn
Destroys A. w. Athinson's
Harness Mare, The Wasp.

A. w. Atkinson OF Camden. n. j.. is
having more hard luck than belongs" TO
one of the most liberal supporters OF
the horse shows After importing from
England last year the hackney harness
mares, AS Exquisite and AS Ele-
gance, they 'caugh, cold coming home
from their first horse show this season
and died OF pneumonia. in spite of all
that could be done for them. To replace
this valuable pair. Mr.. Atkinson paid
long price to Miss Constance Vauciain
for the bay mares, Dragon Fly and The
Wasp. regarded by many horsemen as
the most promising pair in the country.
He exhibited them for the first time at
Rochester in September. At their sec
ond show, in Brockton, a few days ago
The Wasp stepped on an uneXploded
bomb as Charlie Barrie was driving the
pair into the ring. setting Il Off with
such force that 1t literally blew the shoe
off her left hind foot and carried away
a portion OF the hoof. She was taken
to a hospital in Boston and DR.. c. r.
Clayton OF New York was called to en-
anime her. When he arrived there on
Thursday morning he found the mare
had died the previous evening from ner-
vous exhaustion following the painful in
jury. A post-mortem examination
showed that the explosion had fractured
the bone of the foot in three places
which would have made II necessary TO
destroy her, so DR.. Clayton said yester-
day. The unusual accident breaks up
Mr.. Atkinson's small pair for the COM
ing National Horse Show in Madison
Square Garden.
Charles f. Coke, vice-presdent OF the
American Hackney Horse Society. tele
graphs from Philadelphia that he will
shortly sell all the hackney ponies at
Willisbrook Farm. Malvern. Pa. where
he has been breeding the bantam high
steppers successfully for several years
Both Chestnut Blossom and Freight
Bounce, champion saddle ponies of The
National Horse Show. came from his
select stud, as did Tissington Amity. the
pony that defeated Hamilton Model for
the harness pony championship at the
Garden show. The dispersal OF the stud
Will make big gap in the ranks of
pony breeders
There was a great upset Of the ole
favorites In saddle classes at the recent
Brockton Horse Show. After Miss
Janice Liggett's National Horse Show
champion Bohemian Actress had won
two or three blue ribbons with Triggers
ana QUIET BOOu ores peIlnu fleI Stl'
was beaten by the bay mare Artists
Model, a novice from Canada that is
said to be by that overworked sire
Warwick Model. an imported English
hackney. Artists Model in turn went
down before Andrew Adde'S Cherokee
Princess, a chestnut mare only fifteen
hands high that came cut last season
at the Boston Fair Horse Show. To
cap the climax. Cherokee Princess,
Artists Model and William Almy's
BROOKLYN champion Rose of Killarney
were defeated in the class for park
saddle horses by Miss Isabella Wanna
makers black mare Dark Flower, a
novice of 1890
In renewing his customary offer of
three cups for saddle ponies at the Gar |
den show John Nee. Bowman has this
year so changed the conditions that the
amateur childrens rule. which came in
for considerable criticism at the sum-
mer shows. will not apply. Last year
the conditions read ITO be ridden by
boys or girls, amateurs, under twelve
years % age" This year Mr.. Bowma n
says: ITO be ridden by boys or girls
under twelve years of age who have
never ridden for hire" AS Mr.. Bow
man was one OF the organizers and
is one OF the directors of the Asso-
citation of American Horse Shows.
which framed the rule. the revised con-
itions for his cup competition seem Sig
rificant. A great many horse fanciers
would like to see the association follow
his lead by making the amateur chill
drens rule read the same way
Frederick d. Mac Rays champion sad
Ole horse Checkmate is in the hands or
80
aration for the National Horse Show
When his manners caused his defeat In
the championship class ut Syracuse
month ago II was charged that persons
outside the ring clucked to him as he
passed them. making him unmanageable
But he did much the same thing Mt the
Piping Rock Horse Show the next time
cut. An examination OF his mouth by
Major C. A. Benton at this show dis
closed an liberated tooth which was
probably responsible for his persistent
tossing of the head and apparent at
tempts to run away.
w. A. McGibbon will have eight
classes OF yearllngs and two-year-olds
to Judge at the Garden for suitability
to become saddle horses or hunters
Four OF these Glasses are orcn 10 colt
and fllies by any sire Registered In
recognized stud book. The other fo'''
are limited to the offsnring OF saddf
bred or running bred slres. All thes'
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