The New York herald., 1921-04-03
TIMELY GOSSIP
OF HORSE SHOWS
Type for Saddle Glasses Nu-
merous in Brooklyn Prize
List This Year.

. Adopting the principle OF type for
purpose. the Riding and Driving Club OF
| Brooklyn has made two interesting new
, nlssses for saddle horses at Its annual
| horse show, beginning April 20. Both
are for horses exceeding fifteen hands,
but one Is for those OF park type. while
| the other is for those of thoroughbred
type No horse can be shown in both
classes. Conditions in the park class
call for horses "of commanding appear
ance, suitable for park riding: must be
we'll made. of good temper and have
quality. style and showy action at the
walk, trot- and canter." Horses in the
other class must be of Thoroughbred
type, suitable for an easy ride; must
have quality and fair amount of style
and action at the walk. trot and can
ter. and be of good temper" Other type
for purpose classes in the prize list are
for SADDLE horses up to carrying 200
pounds. ladies' side saddle horses. road
hacks and branded hacks or ponies.
Manners especially considered" is still
among the conditions in all saddle
classes for women, but the necessity for
better manners In these classes than in
others is rapidly disappearing. So many
women nowadays ride so well and have
such skill In handling horses that they
hardly need this special protection.
Riding astride and without tie long
skirts formerly in use to handicap them,
the feminine equestrians frequently ex-
hbit the most unruly and high strung
horses in open classes at the shows; In
fact, there are several women whose
equals are not readily to be found
among professional men when 1t comes
to getting a good show out of hot
headed one.
The Devon Horse Show Is receiving
loyal support from exhibitors and horse
fanciers in all parts of the country and
now promises to be an Outdoor ma.
tional" indeed. William H. Wanamaker,
Jr., it's amateur secretary, recently
made a trip to the West in the interest
OF the exhibition and returned with the
promise of a small trainload of horses
from Chicago and Kansas City. e. J.
Lehman of Lake Villa. ILL.,, offered
$500 trophy for a competition yet to be.
arranged; Charles N. Hancher of Wheel
ing. w. Va, has offered $2o0 trophy
to be won outright by the grand cham
pion horness horse or pony; Isaac Fl.
Clother, Jr., gives the Sunnybrook Chal-
lenge Cup for champion hunters. The
Bellevue -Stratford Cup for gig horses
will be a $3.50 trophy. ]. x. Dering OF
Chicago gives $3.50 cup FOR hackney
ponies and r. r. M. Carpenter OF VIII
mington, Del, series of cups. all OF
which will make a remarkable collection
of valuable" special prizes.
Entries for the twenty-ninth Brooklyn
Horse Show will close next saturday
The exhibition on April 20 to "a Will be
the first important show OF the year in
the East.
The New York spring Horse Show
at Durland's Riding Academy on April
26 to 20 will have a novel class for
registered saddle horses this year Not
only saddle bred horses. but thorough
bred race horses Arabians. trotters,
haclsneys and Morgans may compete
II they are duly registered In the stud
books of their respective breeds Mr..
Durland reports almost unprecedented
interest in the coming show, entries to
which will close on April IA.
w w. Bourne, one OF the leading
breeders and exhibitors Of hackney
ponies in England. is dead. He came
into prominence by purchasing the pick
of the late william Fosters Mel Valley
STUD on It's ulSpersdl III l5lf, anu ldlet
winning everywhere with Tissington
Bauble, for which he had paid $3.50.
and with Fame, Fire and others. He
bred Fusilier. the champion pony of this
years London Hackney Show, that
brought s11,500 at the Bourne dispersal
when three years old This remarkable
pony is by Fusee, out of Colne Marvel
by Gentleman John.
Prize lists for the Paris Horse Show
| disclose the interesting fact that the
/ French Government Is stimulating the
breeding of horses by providing that a
small share of the prize money in each
class for registered horses shall go to
the breeder of the winner. even though
the horse is no longer owned by him.
Morris f. Hewlett says this practice
prevails at all horse shows held under
Government supervision In France, and
also at all trotting races, these types
of horses being recognized as national
asset An attempt was made some
years ago to introduce a similar prac-
tice In harness racing In the United
States through the medium of the rules
OF the National Trotting Association.
| hut II was never adopted.