The New York herald., 1922-06-11
NEWS AND VIEWS
OF HORSE SHOWS
Devon's Exhibition Drew
1873 Entries and $1,000 to
See Decision of Big Stakes.
BY G. CHAPLIN.

William H. Wanamaker. Jr, says the
Devon Horse Show touched high tide
this year. with 1888 bona fide entries
and a crowd Of Is, 900 to see the horses
on Memorial Day. Judging the big
sweepstakes classes on the closing day
proved to be a successful innovation.
and a solution of the championship
problem. he reports. These stakes were
to all intents and purposes the cham
pionship classes of the show. and. in
stead of bringing out only handful on
horses, as is usual in championship
competitions, they gave the big crowd a
view of the largest and best competi-
tions of the show, sending everybody
away with good impression Mr..
Wanamaker recommends the adoption
OF this plan by all horse shows, 1t hav-
ing been successful from every point OF
view at Devon he says.
George Crouch's new ssddle mare,
Norma. won two blue ribbons at Devon,
beating such champions as Cherokee
Princess and Twilight Hour. while at
Tuxedo she not only took the blue from
Winona, Bohemian silk and other noted
mares, but won the championship for
saddle horses under 1872 hands. She is
Just under Is hands, chestnut In color
end was bred and raised within few
miles of Devon, where she was first
known as White Sox. w. H. Rhodes OF
Media, Pa, who formerly owned the
mare, says she was bred by Andrew
Curry and got by A. ]. Antelo Dever-
eux's horse Jake, out of Virginia mare
reputed to be by His Grace. Walter
Briggs Of Philadelphia, brought her out
at the indoor show there last year. win
ming tie novice class. Later she won at
Bryn Mawr in the class for park hacks
and was reserve to Donaconna in the
championship class
Among more than eight hundred en-
tries for the Westchester County Horse
Show, beginning next Wednesday, are
many of the best saddle horses. ponies
and hunters that competed at Brooklyn.
Durland's, Devon and Tuxedo. and they
are going to meet some new candidates
for ribbons which promise interesting
competitions at Gedney Farm. The
hunter classes in particular are expected
to uncover some fresh horses of excep-
tional merit. With a view to bringing
all the best horses together sweepstakes
events are included in each division of
the show The exhibition will continue
through the week.
Thomas w. Clark Of Edgemont, Pa.
has been invited to judge the saddle
classes at the second Babylon Horse
Show on June r3o and July /. M. Roy
jackson will be the judge of hunters
and jumpers and D. S. Iglehart the
Judge of polo horses. Fifty classes are
embraced in the prize lists just issued
for the show.
Two stakes of $1,000 each have been
opened for saddle horses at the show
to be held at Des Moines on August
1881. OF the $3.50 in prizes. $4.350
will go to riding horses at this show.
Prizes aggregating $11s.976 are to be
offered this year at the Iowa State
Fair. OF this amount $4,000 will be
for horses.
Frederick H. Dent Of Chicago has
Just imported another noted hackney
harness pony from England. High Ex-
plosive is his name and he has won
prizes at the London International,
Richmond Royal and other leading
shows. At Bath last year he was re-
serve champion to Park Carnation.
George Watson Of Teaneck, N. j.. was
the largest exhibitor at the Richmond
Royal Horse Show in England last
week. The enterprising American
dealer, who went abroad with a big
shipment of trotters about a month ago.
had twenty-three saddle and harness
horses entered In the show. Other
prominent exhibitors included Lady vio-
let Astor. Mrs. James Putnam and w.
S. Miller.