The New York herald., 1922-05-14
NEWS AND VIEWS
OF HORSE SHOWS
Spring Exhibitions in England
and France Of Interest to
Many Americans.
ny G. CHAPLIN.


horses and horse breeding, Americans
must take Off their hats to the English.
The Hackney Horse Society Of which
the Prince of Wales Is now president,
moved its annual show from the great
city of London to the little town OF
Doncaster this year. and there on
three cold, wintery days the open air
exhibition, chiefly of breeding stock
shown In hand. attracted 10000 spec
tators. with gate receipts Of $1,000.
The horsey village in Yorkshire Is. Of
course, famous for its st. Leger and
other races. and 1t is in the heart Of
the old hackney section of Britain, but
who could have guessed that a breeders
show would prove such magnet In
these days?
The sensation of the show was the
winning of the novice class and the
championship for harness ponies by a
totally unknown little mare. Miss Freda.
| from South Wales. In the champion
ship class she met Axholme Venus win
ner OF nearly all the pony champion
ships in the last few years. The Man
chester Guardian said: ''She put up
such a show as has probably never
been equaled at a first display at the
London show since Venus herself cleo
trified ponydom" AS Indicating the
prowess OF the Doncaster champion. 1t
is interesting to note that Axholme
Venus was good enough to defeat In
the open class Mrs. James Putnam's $
Buckley Fame. champion of the last
National Horse Show in New York.
Sir Lees Knowles, an English breeder.
who sent the hackney stallion Salford
Victor over to the National last No
vember. won the open class with him
at Doncaster and took the champion
ship prize for mares with Slashing Doro-
thy, a nine-year-old chestnut by An
tonius out of Flash Dorothy, dam OF
Miss Amy E. du Points National Horse
Show champion, Rompng Flash. 1t will
interest many American horsemen to
know that Forest Star. the sire OF Flash
Dorothy. Is also the sire of Antonius' 8
dam. and that he is son of Judge
William Fl. Moore's famous old time
harness horse Forest King, that won
the original Waldorf-Astoria cup for gig
horses at'Madison Square Garden nearly
twenty years ago. Another interesting
fact about Slashing Dorothy is that on
the day before the Doncaster show OPP
ened she foaled a filly by Bentrano in
her box stall, and two days after It
was born the mare came out fresh and
| full of go and won three first prizes.
one OF them the championship. BY a
singular coincidence the sire of her foal
won the championship for stations.
The Paris Horse Show, which closed
on April -. was the longest If not the
largest exhibition likely to he held any
where this year. It opened on March
% with a program of 692 prizes aggre-
eating 321.392 francs. James Hazen
Hyde, of American road coaching fame,
gave prize of 5000 francs for four-in
hand teams. He and Herman c. Huffer,
Jr., another horseman well known In
New York, are working to induce a
number of representative American
owners to exhibit their horses at the
great French show next year. There
was one exhibitor from the U. s. A.. this
season, Mrs. Charles A. Mum of Phila-
delphia, having shown one of her saddle
horses. Due to her efforts, it is said.
women will next year be permitted to
ride in all saddle classes which have
heretofore been limited to men. The
Paris exhibition is held in the Grand
Palais. with a show ring 600 feet in
length and 100 feet in width, and with
seats for more than 10000 spectators.
! 1t always takes place about Easter time
not many weeks before the International
Horse Show In London, so that American
exhibitors could conveniently take in
both shows.
The National Horse Show Association
has moved It's offices to 342 Madison
avenue. near Forty-third street The
old headquarters at 16 East Twenty
third street, overlooking Madison square,
had been occupied by the association
almost from the beginning of its exist
ence in 1888. A center OF fashion In
those days. the neighborhood had long
since ceased to be a rendezvous for
patrons Of the Horse Show, and the
wonder is that a change of base was
not made years ago.
Frank Sherman Peer, horsesnan of
countrywide prominence in the days be-
fore motor cars. died suddenly a fort
night ago at Reading. England, whittier
he had gone to judge at the English
Guernsey Cattle Society's show and sale
Mr.. Peer bought for American breeders
| and exhibitors many of, the best Jer-
seys, Guernseys and hackneys imported
from the British Isles. For Frederick
G. Stevens of Attica, n. Y. he brought
over in 1895 the colt Langton Performer
and the filly Lady Sutton that won both
of the junior championship prizes in
in Madison Square Garden Fox hunt
ing was his hobby, and he was the au-
thor of two books on the subject. He
must have been about 65 years old.
William ii. Wanamaker, Jr. is elated
over the successful closing OF entries for
the Devon Horse Show. which opens on
Thursday of next week. to continue to
and through Memorial Day. Another
record for Devon entries" he telegraphs
to THE NEW YORK HERALD. "All di-
visions OF the show filled well. Hack
ney and harness classes strong. For
the first time all Americas champion
hunters will meet. Ninety-five horses
entered in sale. All we need is good
weather for Devon's greatest show"
Though no championship prizes were
awarded at the New York spring horse
show this year. the premier honors for
saddle horses plainly belonged to Miss
Cara s. Peck's bay mare Winona, that
went through the exhibition at Durland's
| unbeaten. Ridden by her owner, this
r1are has never seemed quite so formid-
able as she Is this year. When she won
the championship in Brooklyn last sea-
son she appeared 10 be n trifie heavy
+, for n saddle horse, but that criticism
cannot be made with justice this spring.
| Ehe smothers them all at the trot and
walks and canters with the best Of them.
The Horse Show Blue Book shows that
Winona last year won twenty-five first
lxizes, OF which three were champion
ships. This In her nth season in the
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