The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Latest Mems and Views
About the ShOw Horses
Winner of Belle Fern Chal-
lenge Cup Is Half Sister to
the Famous Lady Seaton.
ny G.. CHAPLIN.

BY winning Charles n. Hanchers Belle
Fern Challenge Cup for the best harness
horse or pony, regardless of height. Mrs
Loula Long Combs's bay mare Reputa-
ton made herself the grand champion
OF the Devon Horse Show. In the ex-
hibition which ended on Decoration
Day. she defeated nearly every high
stopper, big or little. that would have a
chance against her, excepting only her
old rival, The Whip. Ever since the
bay mare came out in the novice class
In 1915 the chestnut has been the thorn
In her path, beating her over and over
again for the championship at the lead
ing horse shows of the country. though
she turned the tables on The Whip at
Chicago last fall. when that marc made
her first appearance after John l.. Bush
nell bought her from Miss Constance
Vauclain. Her triumph was short lived,
as the judges at the National Horse
Show in New York reversed the Chicago
placing when 1t came to the champion
ship class at Madison Square Garden.
The decision was not without question,
however, for The Whip was not I'm her
lest form on this occasion, while Repu-
tetion never looked more like a cham
pion.
The first grand champion of the sea-
son Is O. half sister to Judge William IL.
Moore's famous old harness champion
Lady Seaton, both mares being daugh-
ters Of Seaton Queen, by Royal Charlie
IL. Two such winners in harness prob
ably never came from another brood
mare of the hackney breed. Reputa-
tons registered name Is Countess Sea-
ton, and her sire was the great Polo
MUS. She Is 15.2h hands high. or
lust an inch higher than Lady Seaton,
and Is almost as perfect as that mare In
conformation and quality. while she
lacks little of matching her in action
and speed. Like Lady Seaton again, she
Ia a little lacking In dash and presence
or style, and consequently Is seen TO
better advantage before ladys
George Nv. phaeton than In the shafts
of park gate gig.
Foaled in Yorkshire, England. in 1909,
Reputation was imported into western
Canada as a four-year-old by Law
renee ". Kerr of Regina. Saskatchewan.
Thomas A. Grow Of Toronto. VINO mas
found so many good harness horses
for Mrs. Combs. picked UP the future
ctarupion and sold her TO the Kansas
City horsewoman In 1916. Almost the
first time shown sho met The Whip at
Rochester,, and was runner UP to the
daughter of Leopard in the champion
ship class In the following year she
was first shown in double harness with
the perennial trottlng bred horse Reve-
lation, and they have continued until
this season to win wherever shown,
their last noteworthy victory having
been scored In the championship class
for pairs at the National Horse Show
of 1920. Revelation. then Is years old.
had been going since he was a five
year-old and was beginning to show
his age, although his legs remained as
clean as when he won his first blue
ribbon. Mrs. Combs had new mate
for the mare at Devon, and IL is sur
missed that Revelations long career is
ended.
Miss Isabella Wanamaker's Canadian
trotting bred mare Flreaway turned the
tables on William du Points home bred
hackney gelding Montpelier Excelsior In
the annual competition for the Bellevue
stratford Cup for gig horses at Devon
last week. After having won two legs
on the Sir James Challenge Cup, which
Ia the "linea1 descendant" OF the original
Waldorf Astoria Cup for gig horses. at
the National Horse show. the mare was
placed second to the gelding this spring
In a gig class at the Philadelphia In
door Horse Show.
r. T.. Mitten of philadelphia has ap-
narentlv chosen to retain Patrick O'Con-
nell as manager of his show horses. even
though he 10 thereby barred from ex-