The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14

the officers charger or the market type
OF walk-trot saddle horse will be selected
as the best, however, remains to be seen.
Never before, perhaps. has the number
OF Judges been so large as II is this year.
There are no less than thirteen divisions
in the prize list. each with separate
jury of experts. though some OF these
experts are to officiate on more than
one jury I'm making the awards. TO
bring together the judges the principal
exhibitors, officers OF the Horse Show
and other guests John NICE. Bowman. a
member of the executive committee will
give an invitation Horse Show breakfast
at the Biltmore to-day as he has done
every year since 1915. These annual
reunions form delightful prelude to
the great show at the Garden and there
are usually more than one hundred
horse fanciers OF country wide promi-
nence seated about the horseshoe-shared
table in the music room at the Biltmore.
There will be luncheons and dinners
every day In the rooms of the Horse
Show Club at the Garden. the most
notable of these being the annual
| luncheon given on Wednesday by Regi-
maid G. Vanderbilt to the members of
the American Hackney Horse Society.
dent. The third day of the show is
designated as Hackney Day. and the
high stepping English breed will ho'd
the centre of the stage morning. after
noon and evening" A feature of the
afternoon programme Is the class for
four-n-hand teams OF registered hack
neys bred and driven by the exhibitor
the prize being a gold cup costing $1,000
and offered in the name of the society
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who is one of the judges Of heavy har-
ness horses this year. Judge Moore is
the only exhibitor who has ever quail
! fled for competition under conditions
so exacting and difficult as those gov
orning this valuable Horse Show trophy.
| which must be won three times by the
same breeder-ownerw whip. He now has
two legs on the cup. and it is a foregone
| conclusion that 1t will become his prop
crty on Wednesday afternoon.
The most valuable prize OF the show is
a new one offered by Mr.. Bowman for
officers chargers owned by the United
States Government or regular officers of
/ the United States Army and ridden by
officers in active service and in uniform.
1t is known as the Bowman Challenge
Cup and is valued at $500. The trophy
must be won three times by officers of
year will receive a piece of plate to
commemorate his victory. Twenty five
chargers have been entered for the first
competition. which will take place at
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon.
w. r. Brown. president of the Arabian
Horse Club will be the host at lunch
con given on Wednesday at the Hotel
Vanderbilt to army officers and other
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| airy endurance test There will be a
discussion at this time Of the conditions
and the plan of organization for next
! years contest. The horse of the desert
| is to have quite a prominent place in
this years show, and Friday seems to
| be Arabian Day. In the morning five
Arabian stations and nine Arabian
mares viii compete in two classes under
saddle, While at o'clock in the evening
a class of sixteen Arabian saddle horses
is to be judged
! Harry Worcester Smith, one of the
| judges of the recent endurance test
! and an amateur horseman who has
won his spurs by riding innumerable
| winners of important cross country
races is not proud of the showing made
| by American army horses and riders
| in the International Olympic Games
| at Antwerp this year. Our officers
cut Il sorry figure there" he said yes
! terday. There were several great con-
! tests, one OF them being fifty kilo-
meter ride. of which five kilometers
| We're across country and the remainder
on the roads. the whole to be covered
within three hours and half In this
and in the other tests our picked entries
| were never in the hunt Norway,
/ Sweden, France, Italy and Belgium
beating them at all points. / say this
with regret. because l know full well
that we have just as good horsemen
| among our army officers as there are
anywhere II they are given n chance,
but you can't make trained equestrians
in a day. and. as Spencer Borden has
well said, You can't build a plant to
turn out cavalry horses. Our officers
should have better horses. better train
ing under qualified instructors, and.
above ALL more riding competitions at
the horse shows. And the shows should
provide competitions along the lines of
European shows, with courses laid out
over natural country where there are
obstacles which take doing and over
jumps without wings, not the little
flimflam hurdles one sees at so many
horse shows and steeplechase courses
here"
Pony classes will feature the pro-
qramme on the second day of the show.
Shetands and bantam hackneys pre-
dominating. The strength of some of
these classes is truly surprising. One OF
The interesting entries is the little bay
hackney mare Trillo Magic. a champion
in harness at Western shows this sea-
son, recently purchased by Mrs. Combs
IT George A. Heyls dispersal sale in
Washington. Ill. At the Garden she
will meet Miss Isabella Wanamaker's
Syracuse champion. Wild Honey one
OF the truest going hackney ponies seen
m many years. also a galaxy of other
good ones from the stables of Mrs.
Dering, who Is perhaps the largest
breeder of hackney ponies in the coun
try Mrs. Francis r. Garvan. owner of
the invincible Hamilton Fame: Miss
Janice Lggett. whose string includes the
smart little pair, F>ulgora and Fulange
Mr. and Mrs. J. Macy willets Of Cas-
ellis Farm. who are showing some OF
their own breeding. and Mrs. c. W.
Fletcher, whose entries include the flf-
teen-vear-old blue ribbon winner, Irving
ton Nipper.
The housing problem for horses In the
vicinity of Madison Square Garden is
giving exhibitors and officers OF the
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