New-York tribune., 1922-11-17
Fat Mans Cll1I,
Holds Reunion
AT Horse Show
Alfred B. Maclay Is Host TO
Members; Weight Limit
Is ITS Lbs. or Over, but
a Few Others Get I'm
Judge Praises Entries
William McCibbon Says He
Sees a Steady Improve
raent as Each Year Passes
Judge Praises Entries
By Harriette Underhill

Alfred b. Maclay gave a luncheon
up at the Squadron A Armory yester.
day, where the thirty-seventh annual
Horse Show is in progress. Mr.. Maclay
is the president Of the club, as we'll as
the president of the Horse Show, but
the rules for members of the club are
stringent. Not every one may be ad-
mitted and you. cannot even be born
into it either, for 1t is called "Fat Mans
Cub" and the first rule is that appli-
cants for membership must weigh at
least 275 pounds, and there is no
"weight-for-age" clause. Two of the
members got around this. however, by
matriculating Jointly. They are John
NICE. Bowman, fondly called Jack by ali
MS friends, and "Bob" Fairbairn. Both
nope IN time to attain the portly pro-
portions which will entitle them to
hold full membership papers. Some one
suggested that the name of the club
De changed to "The Anaemic Club" but
this was promptly voted down.
Guy Ward, it seems, is the portliest
oI all the members. because Charles
Cox, Of Philadelphia, has dwindled
away to only 26o pounds since the
| entry lists closed.
Reginald Vanderbilt, who the pre-
vious day gave the hackney luncheon,
| and who liz member in very good
standing, sat at Mr.. Mackays right
| hand, and, of course, r. Lawrence
Smith, the popular and jolly vice-presi-
dent, was prominent in the gathering.
others present were James Fox, Pro-
fessor Muldoon, Pierre LoriilarG jr.,
! who has not the required avoirdupois,
but is gladly welcomed as member
because no gathering ia complete with
out him; John E. Madden, and David
Matlack, of Kentucky.
"Margie" Is Discovered
For years Bert Savory has been dig
| cussing "Margie" with Jay Brennan,
but we believe that we are the first
| person who ever has seen her.
She attended the Horse Show yes
terday, and we met her near the
Ninety-fourth Street entrance with her
| friend "El." OF course, we couldn't
speak to Marge, or she would have be-
come self-conscious, but we could
listen, and we did.
Not more than six or seven years ago
Margie and Ell must have been skinny
legged, cheeky, pig-tailed kids, jumping
rope somewhere east of Lexington Ave-
nue.. The two were very nervous over
the plunge into society which they CON
templated taking when we spotted
them. Listen, Marge, if them tickets
amt good an we get bounced III die"
"Say, what's eatin' you? He's a
groom, amt he, and he wouldn't of give
you no-good tickets. Can't you trust
| him?" So in they walked with their
eyes riveted on Eddie Nolan, the big
detective. Once inside Marge forgot
| her uneasiness in her admiration. "My
Gawd, amt it beautiful Real trees
and real skyi Lookit!"
Shut up" retorted Ell, "and act ele-
CANT! Look at the monkey up on the
hawse He can't ride, III say
But ain't it grand-the place Wisht
| could live here. Lookit the diamonds
| them guys in the red shirts?"
"Shut tup, my dear; shut tup;
ITEMS the judges an they'll hear
you'
Let's get nearer the rail. Wisht
/ had one of them horses--the henna one
over there like"
"say, wouldn't look like that dame
on q bet. Think I'd go out in q pair
OF pants like her. Not on your life!
Afraid the cops would get me-"
Jimmie said If we came we could
see Mr.. Vanderbilt I'd rather see
millionaires any day than hawses." In
which Margie and El do not differ
greatly from the majority of people
who attend the horse show.
Judges Have Full Day
William McGibbon, who ought to,
and probably does, know as much about
! the horses as any man that ever played
the game, had q full morning. He
| judged seven classes of youngsters who
aspire to being saddle horses or hunt
ers, and when he had finished he gave
long sigh and remarked, "That is the
finest bunch that ever has paraded be-
fore me in national show. There Is
a steady and notable improvement in
the yearlings as the seasons go by, and
1t certainly looks encouraging to a
horseman."
We noticed that Mr.. McGibbon
leaned to the Thoroughbred type, de-
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