The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-01

Special Despatch to THE NEw yoRx HERALD.
NEWPORT r. l., Aug. 31.-The Twenty
hfth annual Newport Horse Show came
o'clock this afternoon when the last Of
tho championships were awarded. Mrs.
Loula l.. Comhs's pair Of harness. horses,
Revelation and Reputation we're given
the highest award and that sterling
prize winning pai5, Eva and Neither
Pride, owned by w. -. Wananaker. Jr..
Of Philadelphia, and SHOWN under the
name or Woodroyd Farm. were awarded
the reserve. Mrs. Combs won one other
championship, that for single harness
horses with Animation and the Wood
royd Farm also won two champion
ships. one for harness pony pairs with
Wild Honey and Wild Heather. the other
for harness saddle ponies with Sir Eric.
Mrs. Walter II. Hanley won three
champion ships. Drlftwood Blaze I'M
beaten throughout the show, was given
the championship for saddle horses. her
Lansdowne took the high honors for
hunters and jumpers and her Sweet
Fern the championship for saddle ponies.
and two seconds. in addition to the
championships and two reserves took
three first and two second prizes, the
WoodroyG Farm horses took one first
and two seconds. and addition to the
two championships and two reserves.
Miss Grace G. Shuttleworth. exhibiting
only In the jumping classes took two
firsts. a second and reserve to the
championship. Mrs. Hanley took in
addition to her championships one first
and one second, the latter being the
only lapse from clean record Of hrsts
J,,rp1 tbrae davS show
NJ. IT. Murphy wen the honors in the
sour-in-hand class from Mrs. Jos. s.
Sylvester and also took a second, g
third and three-fourths. Mrs. Sylvester
was unfortunate in the string or her
horses today. getting only one second
and one third.
Lady Dilhnm Honorcd.
A feature Of the afternoon was the
showing in hand of the famous horse
show prize winner. Lady Dilham. and
the hackney stallion. Fortitude. now
the property Of Reginald G. Vanderbilt.
In spite of her eighteen years and Of
the fact that this is her fifteenth season
in the show ring, Lady Dilham went
with wonderful dash and spirit. As a
tribute to Lady Dilham and her owner,
Mr.. William III. Wananaker. Jr., the
largest exhibitor of harness horses In
the show, presented to Mr.. Vanderbilt q
beautiful piece OF English plate. the
other exhibitors joining with Mr.. Wanna
maker in spirit at least in the tribute
to the greatest show mare In existence.
The class for four-in-hands. which was
formerly one OF the great attractions Of
the Newport show. with memories of the
| late Charles F. (Fatty) Bates. the late
Alfred q. Vanderbilt and William H.
Moore. was tho feature of the afternoon.
Only two of the four teams entered were
shown, Mrs. Combs failing to put her
team In the ring. The two teams shown
by NJ. F.. Murphy and Mrs. Joseph s..
Sylvester were exhibited. attached to
regular road coaches with full appoint
| nents. and were heartily cheered IS
they circlcd the ring. The award went
to the Murphy team Of browns and bays.
although Mrs. syivester's appointments
were the more complete. The decision
was apparently made on the horses and
not on the complete turnout.
Another interesting feature was that