New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

Jeff
Entered In Bio
Show atCa:dcn
$50 Horses viii Compete.
Army Classes Numerous.
and Poo Games Nightly

An aggre gate entry Or $50 horsss
has been booked for the National Horss
Show at Madison Square Garden NJ.
vember Is to 20. This total is * nov
cent more than last year. and exceeds
/ by the same ratio any years cr.ries
since 1919. The increased support civ.
en- TO the indoor polo. the nsli.sr7
classes, the new classes for children ~
ride and drive and the new saddle horso
classes Is the cause oT the increase y
entries.
There are 339 entries for the clssssx
in which officers or privates in M
( form are TO compete. General Persr-
ing, who has taken d box for the SHOW
has made four entries, one his favor;,e
charger, JEFF. brown horse, which bs
rode IN France. His entries Will ba
ridden by his personal military aide,
Captain J. B. Queckberaer.
The military classes include inc new
ones for artille teams. in which siv
horses will gallop with heavy guns "A
they did in France, and classes for the
lighter and faster machine gun car
teams. One entry is from the army
team that did so well a. the Olympic
games, in Stockholm. but while tbe
horses viii be the same the drivers nav
be different. There are also artiller,.
> !
Camp Pike, Fort Myer, Fort Ethan Allen
and from West Point.
The first indoor polo tournament n
the thirty-tive years Of the National
Horse Show Will be staged. SIX teams
OF three players have been entered
with the following line-ups:
Boston-H- r. Guthrie. IL e. Blackwell
Brooklyn Riding and Driving. J. Far4
rell, H. Winn and +. X. A,vord-
ney and J. =. johnson ir.
Ontario-G. c. sherman. Earl W Hon.
ping and r. A. Granniss
squadron A. snow. J. lockwood ard
y. y. COOK; substitutes, z. Clausen and J.
Ryan
West Point-sfa.or 4. r. Wilson. Major
j. X Brown and Major Lewis Brown IT,.
substitutes Captain J. ". Rafferty,. Csp.
tain r. E. Anderson and Captain J. /.
There will be 2 game each night ss
o'clock, to consist OF two periods of
ten minutes each, with five minutes
rest between chukkers.
Three S1O0 trophies for the tirst and
three, $50 trophies for the second team
Will be the tournament prizes There
+ Will be classes for the best light and
! heavy weight ponies which PLAYED in ths
, tournament, with four prizes in each
of $3.50, 5000. $3.50 and 500 in plate.
A first prize Of 500 and second Of $50
viii be given to the best team of three
mounts whether played in the tourna-
ment or not, with several collateral
prizes. These indoor polo mount
classes will be judged by Charles
Lang, Gordon II. Maynard and Major
G NJ. Havercamp of West Point
There are twenty entries in each
class for polo ponies suited for the
game outdoors and some of the indoor
polo mounts reappear as entries, but
Donies seasoned in the game on Long
Island and other nearby fields pre-
dominate. Two new classes are for
polo mounts owned by the United
States government or officers Of the
Regular Army. The first prize in each
is 500 cup given by r. L. Straw
bridge and ". Averell Hartman.
Jumpers are TO have seven special
contests, IN addition to the classes Tor
hunters in which they are eligible.
Two OF them are for nigh jumps, a.
ways a thrilling sight, the bars being
first placed at five feet SIX inches,
and being raised three inches at tims
until the contests are decided Drafs
and artillery teams VII imaneuyei
every afternoon and night, besides
competing in their classes. There viii
be morning, afternoon and evening
sessions each day.