New-York tribune., 1921-11-15

Old Garden? Rather notl And thu
ucket booths are like rreNnhouses
ana the runwaya TO the stables arc
ntted with trellised garden gates. a
ieage OF real green encirrles the build
ing. and the ring has been fixed ma to
form row OF boxes all around the
armory, and promenade ia front Of
them Just outside the tan bark.
IhIs ring Is D. little sHrgsr sad
much wider than the rink at the
Sarden, which makes it nearly round.
Inc entire dome has bean draped with
laurel ropes and lunches of autumn
leaves, and the pillars are decorated
like maypoles, with blue lanterns on
the top of each. On the eastern wall
has been built y replica of the school
house in the Garden, which the Custis
children attended, and this is used for
an award board and for announcing
the winners in the polo games. Amer
lean flags on tall poles are grouped at
each end of the armory, and the flag
of iTT7 is also used.
Last year the entries for the show
numbered 1.70o, while this year 1900
entries were received, so all that is
needed are spectators to make the exhi-
bition a complete success.
Snappy Work This Year
Each year it has seemed to the spec
tators that the placing of the horses
for conformation after the, judges had
decided on the merits Of their per-
formaEce delayed the game terribly
and was not in the least interesting to
the layman, and this year some one
had bright idea which resulted in all
entries being judged for conformation
in the morning, receiving their mark
which will stand for every perform
ance during the week. 1t is so simple
that it seems strange no one ever de-
cided to do it before.
1t looks as though all of the 500-odd
entries which have swelled the lists
this year were made by the owners who
were new at the national show. Among
the newcomers are Jackson K. Dering,
of Chicago, owner of the Cedar Crest
Farm, whose hackney ponies will be
shown by Mrs. Dering; Mrs. J. Hertz
also of Chicago. who has a dozen en-
tries in the saddle classes; Grace Shut
tleworth, whose hunter, Outlaw, it is
stated, will make them all look to their
laureis; Louise Carpenter, who has
several horses entered in the various
classes; Major w. D. Crittenberger and
F. W. Mattheisen, OF California, who is
interested only in gated horses. In
Class lat Mr. Mattheisen's marvellous
chestnut gelding, Sinbad, was winner
in a strong class which had entries
WAS from the land of sunshine and
film stars. Judge Thurman, a bay
gelding, owned and shown by Miss
Loula Long Combs, is from Ohio. 1t
took the Judges some time to decide
between these two. but the Judge was
finally placed second. o. N. Lehman 8
Easter Star. the third choice, was
from Illinois, and Joe Davis's gray
gelding, Silver Plume, was from Mis-
souri,. He seemed to arch his beau
tiful neck and say, SHOW me-" which
the others speedily did. He was placed
fourth. The horses were in the ring
for long time, presumably because
it takes five times as long to judge
them as it does horse with only one
gait.
Olympia Winners Entered
Mrs. James Putnam, of England, has
raft of entries, among them her
famous Olympia winners. and people
are wondering just how the little
champion Mighty Mite, owned by Mrs.
J. Macy Willets, is going to like the
newcomer. Eleaonora Sears has Irving
ton Nipper Girl entered in the pony
classes, also, for the first time in three
seasons.
The opening class of the afternoon
was for novice saddle horses, and it
was this class which had aroused so
much speculation among the horsemen,
as it was believed that the winner of
this class would be the ultimate win
ner in the competition for the coveted
tricolor," asc the champ on ribbon is
called. Mrs. Lou1a Long Combs's
Hazel May, a homebred on. defeated
one Of the strongest classes of maidens
ever seen at the national show. She
was chosen over MayAower and Bohe-
mian Silk, good one entered by Mrs.
Leland Stanford Wood Major j. A.
Barry, on Moses, chestnut gelding
from Fort Riley. Kan, won the beauti-
fui trophy offered by William H. Moore
or omcers chargers over the jumps.
The red ribbon and $25 in gold went
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