The New York herald., 1921-02-06
TIGHTENING UP
AMERICAN RULES
FOR HORSE SHOWS
Committee of A. A. II. s.
Puts New Code in
Force.
LOOSE METHODS TO GO
Fines and Other Penalties for
Managers and Exhibitors
Who Are Delinquent.
LOOSE METHODS TO GO
BY GuRNEy G. CUE.


designated at the recent annual meeting
of the Association of American Horse
Shows got together last week and put
in force the proposed amendments nnen
toned on this page last Sunday. These
were nearly all in the direction of better
methods of keeping the records of ex-
hibitions held by members. many OF
which have been rather loosely con-
Quoted in some particulars. Decidedly
the most important amendment adopted
is the one which provides: I'm all breed
ing classes each horse must be registered
in the recognized stud book of the breed.
and in addition to it's name, age, sex,
color and height (if four years old or
over). its registered number and pedi-
gree must be given on the entry blank
and appear in the catalogue. In all
classes for a specified breed. other than
breeding classes q. e.. thoroughbred
hunters. hackneys In harness, &c.). the
sire. and dam. and in half-bred classes
the sire or dam Of each horse must be
given in addition to it's name. age. sex.
color and height. but need not be pub
Iished in the catalogue"
AS compared with some of the English
shows the best of our American exhibit
LiOn3 nave always Deen open 10 CTlIiclSiil
for the lack of particulars I'm the cata-
logue concerning the competing horses.
Even in breeding classes 1t is customary
here to neither publish their pedigrees
nor require them to be given with the
entries. At one of he largest New Eng
land shows last season exhibitors were
permitted to win rrizes without putting
on record so much as the names of their
horses, the exhibitors name alone being
used TO identify the horse shown. The
new rules as amended by Messrs. Regi-
maid c. Vanderbilt, j. Macy Wiilets and
Alfred 3. Maclay will put stop to this
practice on pain of fines or other penal
ties. But those who look upon horse
shows as something more than mere
display OF horses and fashions will re-
gret that the committee did not 20 a
step further in it's amendments and re-
quire the publication Of the name of
sire and dam and breeder, IL known. of
every horse i'm every class of the show.
Such information is always OF keen in
terest to a large lumber of persons at
tending the shows. and it's publication
would doubtless increase the sale OF cat
alogues. besides giving to the exhibition
an appearance OF being something more
shan mere vanity fair.
At the International Horse Show In
London this commendable practice has
long prevailed, and its catalogues are
preserved by horsemen all over the world
tor the Information they contain about
the breeding OF the prize winners. No
vacing programme and few programmes
CT harness racing at important meetings
nowadays omit these interesting par
ticuiars concerning the horses perform
Ing. but when 1t comes TO horse shows
t,,a inf tim ia conSDicuOIfg by its
absence although the spectator often has
10 pay fifty cents for the catalogue
which should contain it.
Through W. D. Grand, Major Joseph
xilgour OF Toronto has sold to John
NcE Bowman four noted Canadian
Sunters from the stable he exhibited
ast season Over There and Waterway
are chestnut geldings by the thorough
bred horse Wax Candle. the former
Queens Plate winner in Canada and the
latter n weight carrier that jumped close
10 seven feet at Toronto last season.
bar zant Is a dark chestnut, By thor
oughbrod Hafling, that has won under
saddle as well as over the jumps. while
riyermedc Is brown gelding. lb.2
hands high. and clean thoroughbred by
Ssanhope out Of The Globe His new
owner intends TO make point to point
horse. Of this one
Mr.. Bowmans new horses are now at
his private stable in Port Chester. An
other notable occupant of the box staiis
there Is the recently imported Irish
hunter and polo sire Ballnasloe, owned
by Mr. Grand. This Is a strikingly hne.
strong chestnut stallion and King
Premium winner in England as well ns
second prize winner at the Dublin Horse
SHOW. Mr.. Grand says III he still owns
the handsome son OF Bealing and Cissy
Cav uext summer he intends TO exhibit
him at the American horse shows
In speaking OF show horses few days
ago Mr.. Grand remarked that he would
like TO see an exhibition exclusively Tor
trotting bred horses at Goshen next Au-
gust lust before the annual trotting
meeting there. Though never Identified
with harness racing. Mr.. Grand has sold
hundreds Of trotting bred horses for car
rlace and saddle purposes and he Is a
great admirer OF the breed. His sugges-
ton OF " show at Goshen exclusively Tor
the trotters IA an interesting one. and IL
Is 10 be hoped that T.. Roland Hartman
Pierre LOrillard. Jr.. and the other ON
ccrs Of the Orange County Driving Park
Association may sec ut 20 try the expert
mcnt The circuit horses Will arrive IN
Goshen on Friday. with nothing TO dc
until the following Tuesday. when the
meeting opens. show on Saturday or
Monday on the track in front OF the
grand stand and the Goshen Inn. which
ls the club house Of tho driving park
should be curtain raiser worth while
Stripped OF their boots and all the
other artificial appliances which dsfg.
urc thenf In harness racing the trot-
ters might surprise good many horse.
men bv their beauty Of form and their
duality and style when shown 20 halter
or to jogging carts. Most ot those
.snvs 81 Csofeu would OF course bc
"A training condit'o.. but the handicap
would be the same for all. II is Otter
remarked By old time horsemen that
the wonderful Improvement OF the trot-
ter in point OF speed has scarcely more
than kept pace with his improvement
in conformation and quality, taking tho
breed az a whole. There were many
fine looking horscs among them ever
IN the earliest days and there arc
many weeds and bulls to-day. but ths
average s.s ncomparably lower 20 OF
20 yearr sso ,han Il now is. ~ more
thoroughbred blood having been nitro.
luccd 81 the interim. the vastly i7
creased refinement Of figure Is aainl,
duo 10 the process OF selection continue
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