The New York herald., 1921-04-24
TIMELY GOSSIP
OF HORSE SHOWS
Winners and Losers From
Brooklyn to Meet Before New
Judges This Week.
ny GURNEY c. CUE.

The show horses and their followers
will move this week from Brooklyn TO
Durland's Riding Academy, where the
twenty-sixth annual exhibition is billed
to open on Tuesday evening Like the
one just closed. IL will be essentially a
saddle horse and hunter show. the
classes for harness horses having failed
to fill. An indoor polo tournament will.
however. give variety to the exhibition.
and while many of the best horses seen
in Brooklyn will come together again.
the interest may be increased rather
of new judges in the ring. Last year, 1t
VIII be remembered, there were some
striking reversals in the awards at the
New York show. L. Il. Waring and
James G. Marshall are to be the judges
Of saddle horses at Durland's this week
r.. Penn Smith and Thomas G.. Ashton
will judge the jumpers. and Harry =
Peters and Robert A. Grannis the polo
ponies. The show will close on Friday.
The conspicuous absence of horses
from Philadelphia. Boston and other
nearby cities at last weeks exhibition In
Brooklyn is attributed in part to the
present high cost of shipping by rail-
New express and freight rates are par
| ticularly discouraging to owners Of show
horses who could not often hope to win
expenses even under prewar transporta-
ton charges. Harness horses, of course,
are much more expensive than any
others to take about the country, as the
necessary carriages. harness and equip
ment require so much space in shipping.
That nearly all shows will have to rely
more largely on local entries in the fu-
ture Is the belief Of a good many horse
men.
Harness racing has long been under
fire for the length of time consumed in
scoring before the horses start In each
neat. but for leisurly judging and letting
things drag some of the horse shows
can give cards and spades to almost
any country trotting meeting. Such a
thing as keeping up to the time card is
virtually unknown. except on those rare
occasions when one judge who Is sure
Of himself officiates. With three In the
ring to confer and compromise before a
decision can be reached the finish of an
evening show is often In the early morn
ing hours, before empty seats whose
wearied occupants have given up and
gone home. The exhibition In Brooklyn
Let us hope for more prompt work at
Durland's.
WatchfuI one of the successful novice
saddle horses of last season and
prospective champion at this years
shows. had a narrow escape from being.
drafted into the German army a few
years ago, according to Frank J. Nc
Kay. The Twenty-fourth street dealer
~ a.l.AA
In lot of surplus United States cav
airy horses after the Swiss army in
spectors had rejected him as being too
thin. He was sold for $500 to J. K.
Dering of Chicago, who brought him out
last season. winning sixteen ribbons at
four shows.
r. u. Moreland Is fitting three fast
trotters for the horse shows Of 1921.
Bellni Worthy. :09%. is a candidate
sor heavy harness classes while Grace
Drake, 2:o9& and sublime. 2:O6A. are
for light harness classes at the few
shows which still retain them.
Wednesday, May %, will be Novice
Day at the Devon Horse Show this year.
Thursday Is designated as Hunters
Day. Friday as Hackneys' Day. Satur-
day as Childrens Day and Monday as
Champions Day.
The veteran Orange county breeder
and exhibitor, j. A. p. Ramsdell, sent
two exceptional novice saddle horses
into the ring in Brooklyn. Black Dia-
mond was placed second to June Day the
first time shown, while Glendee was
several times in the ribbons. Mr. Rams
dell sold the latter horse to Samuel
Keller Jacobs just before the show.