The New York herald., 1921-05-23
TIMELY GOSSIP
OF HORSE SHOWS
Record Breaking List of En-
tries for This Weeks Exhi-
biti0n at Devon.
BY G.. CHAPLIN.


entries. Ahead OF last year notwtth-
standing loss OF eleven prominent
stables not 2howing this spring. Har-
ness horses strong. sixteen pairs In
novice class. ! Hackney entries good.
Hunter classes with sixty-two entries.
Ponies wonderful Wanamaker." This is
the telegraphic message from William H.
Wanamker, Jr., which tells IN few
words Of the outlook for the Devon
Horse Show, scheduled to open on
Wednesday Ever since the close uf
last years exhibition Mr.. Wanamaker
and his associates have been working
effectively and INCREASINGLY to make 1t
an outdoor national" and 1t is graft
flying to receive this assurance of their
success The strength OF the harness
classes. as indicated by sixteen pairs in
the novice class, will be particularly
pleasing to those who think a show
without the high steppers is only half
horse show. When the harness
classes had to be declared off at the
two spring shows in New York this
year good many persons thought it
presaged a similar condition at all the
other shows to follow. but the Devon
entry list viii dispel any such impress
sion.
Directors Of the Association Of Ameri-
ocan Horse Shows at recent meeting
in New York made an important ruling
In relation to horses whose names
have been changed Not only is 1t
obligatory for the exhibitor to report
the former name in entering such a
horse but the management OF the show
must publish 1t in the catalogue. oev-
eral fines were imposed for failure to
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Durland shows. but the A. A. II. s.
those thus mulcted.
Mrs. Joseph r. Davis of Roslyn has
been invited to officiate with Gen. Charles
I. De Bevoise as judge Of saddle horses
and ponies at the twenty-efghth annual
exhibition OF the Westchester County
Horse Show Association. AS Miss Mol
lie C. Maxwell she was a prominent and
successful exhibitor at the horse shows
not so many years ago. Hamilton III.
Salmon will Judge the harness horses
and ponies at White Plains. Col l. A.
Beard and Thomas Symington the hunt
ers. Thomas lie Boutillier, Jr., the polo
ponies and C. ]. Fitzgerald the breed
Ing classes, of which there will be
several In the prize list. The harness
classes number twenty-five. Of which
eight are for ponies and one for trot-
ters; the saddle classes twenty-seven
and the hunter classes twenty-six.
William du Pont of Wilmington, who
Is probably the largest breeder OF hack
ney horses in the United States, ex-
hibi.ed his homebred high steppers in
seven harness classes at the recent In
door show In Philadelphia, winning five
first prizes, three seconds and one third
Montpelier Excelsior, five-year Did
roam gelding by Oxford King out of
Trumans Beauty by imported Volunteer
H.. won the class for gig horses, defeat
ing Miss Isabella Wanamaker's Sir
James challenge cup winner Fireaway.
At the annual meeting Of tho Mon
mouth County Horse Show Association
last week II was decided to limit this
years exhibition to three days, begin
ming Thursday. July 2s. Harry Content
was reelected president. Joseph ].
ODonohue. Jr.. vice-presldent: p. J.
Casey. secretary and treasurer, and
Charles w Smith. manager. w. c.
Durant was elected to the board of
directors.
Ability to handle a horse Is becoming
a part OF the education Of girls as well
as boys at many schools these days.
Students Of the Rosemary School at
Greenwich took part in competitive
exhibition of riding before a large gall
lery OF parents and friends few DAYS
ago. with Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Nc
Gibbon of Harrison as the Judges OF
poise, hands and horsemanship. There
were six classes on the programme, one
Of them a jumping competition. w. II.
Madison OF Greenwich supplied all the
horses for the show.
Byford Ryan. of Locust Valley, I. T.,
has entered his four-year-old saddle horse
Comet at Tuxedo and West Point. This
promising novice was engaged all
through the Brooklyn and Durland
shows, but a mishap In shoeing pre-
vented him from appearing in the ring.
The official calendar OF dates Just
published by the Association OF Ameri-
can Horse Shows is IN gray and white,
the personal colors Of its president,
Reginald c. Vanderbilt The calendar In
cludes the dates OF several shows that
had not been arranged when the annual
meeting of tho association was held in
January.
Prize lists for the London Interna-
tional Horse Show disclose a total of
s27.5oo in premiums for the exhibition
scheduled to open on June Is. Except
in military Jumping competitions. where
France, italy, Spain, Holland. Sweden.
the United States and Belgium probably
will be represented, the outlook for for