The New York herald., 1921-06-12
TIMELY GOSSIP
OF HORSE SHOWS
Another New Exhibition on
Long Island to Be Held
at Babylon.
By q. CHAPLIN.

BY G. CHAPLIN.
and as the horsiest section of the coun-
try. women of the South Shore colony
have organized new horse show for
the benefit of the Babylon Post of the
American Legion. The exhibition is to
be held on July Is and 16 at August
Belmont's summer home, near Babylon.
where the training quarters OF the his
toric Nursery Stud will afford an at
tractive setting, with ample accommoda-
tions for the visiting horses. The new
show Is believed to be the only one In
the country which has a minister at It's
head. The Rev. Edward j. Birmingham,
rector of the Episcopal Church, Is chair
man of the horse show committee. while
Mrs. Richard C. Kettles. Jr.. is the secre-
tary. Among the members of the ladies'
committee are Mrs. Charles #. Hubbs,
chairman: Mrs. George A. Anderson,
Mrs. George A. Ellis, Jr., Mrs Humphrey
J. Kiely and Mrs. Alfred Wagstaff.
More than eight hundred entries are
reported for the Westchester County
Horse Show Associations twenty-eighth
annual exhibition. which opens on
Wednesday at Gedney Farm, near White
Plains No less than four hundred and
fifty of these are in the classes for
hunters and Jumpes. one class for anna
teur riders having forty entries. while
the ladies' class has thirty-two. Own
ers of saddle horses and ponies have
made 227 nominations, and about sixty
entries were received from exhibitors of
harness ponies. while forty-two polo
ponies are eligible to compete in this
division Of the show. Out Of town ex-
hibitors in the saddle classes include the
Misses Louise d'A. and Irene du Pont
Carpenter of Montchanin, Del. who own
Twilight Hour, champion of the National
Horse Show in 1919. Among the local
exhibitors are Miss Alice A. Dodsworth
who seems to have reconsidered her de-
cision to withdraw from the shows: Miss
Clara S. Peck, owner OF the Brooklyn
champion Winona: Mrs. Leland STAN
ford Wood, Mrs. N. J. Hess, Miss Ethel
Hanan. Mrs. Pierce Butler, Miss Evna
L. Crawford. Miss Janet Mckay. Miss
Ellen Louise Wallen and Miss Marie
]. Leary.
Another new town on the horse show
map is Scranton, Pa. Under the aus.
pices Of the Lackawanna Riding Club, a
remarkably successful exhibition Of sad
die horses. ponies and hunters was held
spectators present to see the award OF
ribbons and cups Major G. A. Benton
and ]. Garner West Of New York Judged
all classes, fifteen in number. The sue
cess OF the first show assures It's repeti-
tion on a larger scale next year. The
promoters have Joined the Association
of American Horse Shows and expect to
give three-days show in 1922.
M Roy Jackson, who judged saddl,
horses with John NICE. Bowman at the
London International Horse Show ir
England last year, has become q bust
ness associate of Mr.. Bowman in the
Westchester+ +Biltmore Country Club
Mr.. Jackson was formerly master Of fox
hounds of the old Rose Tree Fox Hunt
ing Club, near Philadelphia, which date,
back to 1859. He judged hunters las
year at the National Horse Show.
The Huntington Bay Club, whose
inaugural horse show is to be held or
Friday and Saturday. June "a and 25
has invited william r. Koch and Levi.
e. Waring to Judge the saddle horses
Henry L. Bell and Henry w. Bull vii
be the judges of hunters. Hamilton II
Salmon and George b. Hume OF harnes.
horses and ID. s. Iglehart of polo ponies
w. A. McGibbon judged the saddle
horses at the Toronto Hunt Clubs an.
nual horse show, which ended yesterday
The exhibition this year was held out oi
doors and continued four days.
After entering her through the show
John p. Grocer exhibited Bohemian Ac-
tress at Devon in only one class. which
she won. AS the $4,000 mare was
neither sick. lame nor sorry her absence
in later classes occasioned much COM
ment. -..-t-
Although Mrs. Loula Long Combs q
imported English hackney mare Reputa-
ton won the Belle Fern challenge cup
offered by Charles N. Hamcher for the
best harness horse or pony in the Devon
show. she had to take second place to
her stable mate the chestnut trottins
bred mare Animation. IN competition for
the $500 sweepstakes at the same show
Animation was champion at the last Ma
tional Horse Show in Now York.
William II. Wanamaker. William du
Pont and several other Eastern exhibit
tors shipped their horses to Chicago for
the South Shore Country Clubs annual