The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-11-18
BOHEMIAN ACTRESS
BEATS CHAMPIONS
John 2. Crozer's $4,000 Mare
Put on Top in Stake at
Horse Show.
MELBOURNE FIRE FIRST
Mr.. and Mrs. James Put
nam's Saddle Pony Takes
$1,000 Stake.
SECOND FOR SIR ERIC
Flying Eagle, Thoroughbred
Which Raced in Cuba, Wins
Blue Ribbon.
SECOND FOR SIR ERIC

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John p. Grocer of Upland, Pa, paid
$4,000 for the bay mare Bohemian
Actress. at Louis X. Liggett's dispersal
sale IN Durland's Riding Academy last
spring, and he got his moneys worth
in half an hour last night at the Ma
tional Horse Show in the armory of
Squadron A. She was entered in the
largest stake for saddle horses ever
decided at the National-a purse of
$2,0n0-and with Quinn Davis on her
back she won it in outstanding fashion
from field of champions such as sell
dom if ever has been matched for
numbers and quality.
Despite the presence OF horses like
Driftwood Blaze, Hazel May and My
Delight, Bohemian Actress was out in
a class by herself from start to finish
Old habitues of the Horse Show de-
clared they had never seen so perfect
Il performance as she put up, and
when lined up and stripped she looked
good enough to match BE- hemian Silk
III u InOuel CLASS. n littie ciiiiu COuiu
have judged the big stake, SO far as
first prize was concerned. The judges
placed Mrs. Loula Long Combss novice
winner Hazel May second, Driftwood
Blaze third and Shelby T. Harbison's
gray thoroughbred racehorse Fire
store, formerly Fire Eater, fourth.
The rider of the winner came all the
way from Kentucky 20 handle the high
bred mare. Few Others have ever been
able to ride her successfully in the show
ring. r. Z. Mr. eIard Brought her out
for Charles w. Leonard of Boston at the
National Horse show Of 1919 and she
won the championship. Last year. be-
fore different judges, she did not win
first prize at the Garden show. The
horse that got the championship on that
occasion has never won since.
English Exhibitors Win.
Mr.. and Mrs. James P':tnas,, the Eng
lish exhibitors OF hackney horses ana
ponies, came into their own yesterday
by winning the $1,000 stake for harness
ponies and two other important classes.
1t was not their much talked of Park
Caynaton that pulled the ribbons out
OF the fire. however. She made her first
appearance in harness in Class 100. but
her department put her beyond the pale
OF consideration. She cantered, reared.
plunged, wheeled and cut up rough gen.
orally. deserving the gate. though not
getting 1t. When she struck trot. as
she did occasionally, she could go about
as high as the Mount Vernon veranda,
but it was the freakish action of
Menella which failed to hypnotize Amer
lean horsemen.
Mr.. Putnam drove her. while his
trainer James Black. handled the
smaller pony. Melbourne Fire. 4 full
brother TO Mrs. T. p Caravans Hamil-
ton Flame shown in the same class. Fire
was the wheeler OF the Putnam pony
tandem beaten by Flame and Dianthus
on Monday afternoon. In single mar
ness Fire got the decision over Flame,
but ii was close thing all around, Will
lam III. Wanamaker, Jr.'s. sporty bay,
Sir Eric, coming in for second prize with
Flame third. J. r.. behring's Belle South
worth was fourth. All of the ribbon
winners We're imported.
Buckley Fame. the four-year-oid lead
er of the Putnam tandem. won hard
earned blue in single harness in the first
class OF the afternoon. beating, among
others. Mr.. Wanamaker's newly inn
ported mare Kitty Melbourne that was
placed above Fire at the Richmond
mer William S. Miller of Perthshire,
Scotland. who is judging the hackney
breeding classes owned both Buckley
Fame and Kitty Melbourne before they
came here.
When it came to the $1,000 stake the
judges let their previous decision stand.
Without very prolonged trial or the
contestants Fire was placed first. SIR
Eric second and Kitty Melbourne third.
Little Mighty Mite, the smallest thing
in the ring but tremendous goer, was
fourth John X. Thompson's Braishhcid
Lois fifth and Miss Louisa ia. Carpen-
ters Smbus sixth. Flame was not en-
tered IN the stake.
senton saxon Beaten.
Judge Moore's Seaton Saxon. winner
OF the championship for hackney stall
lions shown in hand on Wednesday. was
beaten when he essayed to go in har-
ness for the Edgeware challenge cup
offered by Cant. Bertram w. Mills for
the best American bred hackney har-
ness horse in tho show. The trophy
was won by william du Points chest
nut mare Montpelier Corinnc. bred by
her exhibitor at his Montpelier Farm in
Virginia, Judge Moore's Moncreiff get
ting the reserve ribbon
His brown gelding Melancthon. that
gave Mrs. Putnam's Field Marshal his
first defeat won the class for harness
horses SHOWN to George w. phaetons.
women driving and appointments count
ing 80 per cent. Five OF these now rare
and always beautiful park equipages
were shown, making as pretty spec
tacle as any in the show.
Mrs. Combs. who drove Temptation,
was second: John r. Thompson's Lady
Warwick was third and O. w. Lehman's
Royal Connaught was fourth Mr.. Leh-
man. it was authoritativey stated yes
terday paid $1,000 for Field Marshal
when he bought the English harness
horse on Wednesday evening.
The retired race horse. Flying Eagle.
that was running in Cuba in the colors
OF w. v Thraves a year or two ago,
won the class for thoroughbred saddle
horses. beating Mine Sweeper and sew
oral others. The gray horse IL now
called E'irestonc. and IL owned by
shelby 4. HARRISON OF Lexington. KY,
who spotted him as riding horse rather
than a race horse before he started in
.f,i,iir Mr. fIaYbfgon sovs he ia 100