The New York herald., 1922-06-18
Latest NeVS and Gossip
About the Horse Shows
Press Agents Occupation Is
Gone as Promoter of Pub
licity Exhibits.
by G. CHAPLIN.

The management or horse SHOWS. En-
terprising secretaries in other days were
accustomed to making public in ad-
vance through the newspapers every
thing OF interest concerning exhibitors
and their entries as a means of attract
ing the crowds. Apparently for the rea-
son. real or fancied. that Mr.. Jones may
not show The Monarch If he finds out
that Mr. Smith is going to exhibit The
Parader against him, the effcrt of a
good many secretaries nowadays is di-
rected to keeping news Of exhibits and
exhibitors out OF the papers until after
the horses are on the show grounds
Entries in the big Stakes" which
would be particularly interesting to
horsemen, are carefully guarded instead
OF being given out, and the whole situa-
ton at the opening Of show Is strik-
ingly suggestive of that juncture at
masked ball at which the dancers un-
mask, or of a game of stud poker at
the stage when the player with an ace
buried turns it face upward on the
table.
The passing of the Monmouth County
Horse Show Association and its annual
exhibitions at Long Branch occasioned
little surprise. though many regrets,
among horsemen who had FOR almost
thirty years made practice of attend
ing the midsummer reunions at Holly
wood Park. But for the generous finan-
cial support of Harry Content and Few
others the old show probably would have
been abandoned more than ten years
6a IN.
possible to drive fine carriage horses at
the summer resorts which originally
supported it the annual exhibitions
steadily declined. In it's palmy days 1t
was essentially a harness horse show,
and when Fatty Bates, Frank ]. Gould,
r. F. Carman, John Spratley. H. G.
Hoskier, Mrs. John Gerken. Mitchell
Harrison. George B. Hulme, T. Il. Cor
don and Strauss & HeXter were bringing
out their fresh high steppers there to
get a line on them for the later exhibition
at Madison Square Garden there were
few more interesting or important shows
than the one at Hollywood Park.
The Monmouth County Hunt will hold
a horse show at Long Branch July 27
to 80. This announcement will interest
many prospective exhibitors. as 1T was
supposed that no show would be held
there this year. we'll arranged prize
list of fifty classes for saddle horses.
ponies in harness and under saddle. polo
mounts and hunters and jumpers will
soon be issued. The committee Is made
UP of G. Jason Waters. Rufus c. Finch
and Arthur r. Jones. The secretary Will
be w. S. Blitz.
l.. f. Lambert of Baltimore has re-
Gently established a notable horse breed
ing stud and show stable at Mountain
View Farm, Germantown, Md. He IN
tends to breed and exhibit saddle horses.
hunters and hackney ponies. TO this END
he purchased at the Devon Horse Show
sale the imported pony stallion Take
Wldfre. winner and sire Of winners,
together with several pony mares from
the stud of James Cox Brady. At the
DISPERSAL of the Glen Meadows stud
short time ago Mr.. Lambert acquired
the saddle bred stallion Glen Chief' one
OF the successful sires OF his breed. and
for getting hunters he has the Imported
thoroughbred horse De Grey. by the 81.
Leger winner Troutbeck. from the Duke
of Westminster's stud In England. MT.
Lambert was in New York last week
looking at some promising shrw pros
meets in NJ. 3. Newcomb's stable.
Frank Babcock. another new exhibitor
Of note from Toronto, Canada, is assem-
bling a stable of show horses TOT ms
daughter. Miss Marian Babcock. to ride
and drive at this weeks exhibition there
and afterward at Rochester, syracuse
and the National Horse Show In New
York. His latest ACQUISITION is the
chestnut pony Glover Nipper, purchaseu
last week from Arthur E. Hopkins OF
Svracuse. This bantam hackney mare,
then only three years old, won two piue
ribhons under saddle at Rochester IN
1o2O when owned by Lewis B. Jones,
vice-president Of the Eastman hodak
Company. and las: year at syracuse
with little C. c. Bradley, Sd. In the sad
die. she defeated Never Bounce for the
championship of the New YORK state
Fair Horse Show after the latter pony
had wrested the supremacy OF the Ma
tional Horse Show from Mrs. +. r. Gar
vans long invincibie Chestnut Blossom.
NJ Rabcock Is reported to have paid
"a 500 for the promising young mare
she was bred by Mrs Catherine west
,nyhouse Fletcher at Halcyon Farms'
Goshen. NJ ", and was got py MIS-.
R,,rke-Roche's noted winner, lrvington
MINER out of Pflox, by imported
Zambo.
The Huntington Bay Club VIII noiu
the f,rst horse show of the season on
Long Island next Friday and Saturday.
One week later the Babylon Horse snow
will take place at August Belmont
Nursery Farm, on the South Shore. ana
tben will follow the Islip Polo Clups
anr,,al show. with Mineola. Locust val
Low and Smithtown still to come. Az
,h,s weeks exhibition on the North
chore the saddle horses will come pc
fore n new Judge to add to the interes.
q, their competitions. DR.. oscar Seeiey
NJ philadelphia. who has not oiten Of
ciated in the vicinity OF New lork,
e. award the ribbons unassisted. MI.
I,,r,e and Hamilton II. Salmon WIN
indge the harness horses. Robert a.
Crann,ss and George G. sherman ,he
nolo classes and Harry l. Ncnoias'
Henry L. Bell and Il. Il. Car'e 'ne
hunters and Jumpers.
r, addition 10 the best saddle horses
"a hunters on Long Island, the winners
~ the most important classes AT ias.
,,,ao,,,. tYestchester County Horse Sho"
go ,isted among the five hundred entries
g. tho Huntington Bay Clubs snow
~ h,d,,lad FOR next Friday and SATURDAY.
N,ss Eecky JIanler Is sending silver
rras, and Dixie; Percy Rockereiler tne
o,yonol<e Farm horses King Neison'
co,den swell. Great Heart and Comno-
80 NIiss Ivy Madison her champion
.aadio horse Myopia. Miss Betty Bury
1raar Not. Miss Clara S. Peck. Winona
rfor,i,,er n. Fuller the Brooklyn cham
.s,,',, Anher Crest. and Mrs. G. l.. Red
P''' li.,. THE contest for the