The New York herald., 1922-09-03
LADY DILHAM BEST
OF ALL AT NEWPORT
Unbeaten in Competition
With Two Champions of
National Horse Show.
PEACE REIGNS AT DUBLIN
Hunters From Ulster Prom
inent Winners in All-Ire-
lands Annual Exhibition.
By GURNEY G. CUE.

By GURNEY c. CUE.
Lady Dilham's remarkable record at
the Newport Horse Show last week put
the famous little daughter of Dilham
Prime Minister in the class with her
grandam, Elegance H.. a winner in
harness when 20 years old at the At
lantic City Horse Show. Lady Dilham
Is now in her twentieth year. and,
what is more. she has seldom missed
q campaign since her breeder. +. ID.
Jordan brought her out as three
year-old at the Boston Horse Show in
1906. Judged by Charles Z. Williams
of Stonington. Conn. who has never
shown great partiality for her. she
went through the Newport show un
beaten. winning the model class, the
American Hackney Horse Society's
medal, the open class and the cham
pionship for harness horses under 1872
hands, and finally the grand cham
pionship prize, offered by Francis p.
Garvan for the best horse or pony of
any size or type in the show.
It was the first time that Lady
Dilham had been shown since 1920
according to the Horse Show Blue
Book. Her present owner, Reginald
c. Vanderbilt. bred her last season, but
without success. Few mares produce
their first foals at her age, though
Goldsmith Maid 2:14, the Lady Dill
ham of trotters. did so when she was
21 and after she had been campaigned
eleven years. Goldsmith Maid equalled
the worlds record at 10, but Lady
Dilham has beaten it at the same age
by taking the grand championship at
Newport in competition with two
champions of the National Horse
Show.
The number Of exhibitors who now
Rdays keep show horses without showing
them more than three or four times a
year is one of the peculiar phases of the
sport Any one could name half a dozen
stables of harness horses and ponies, for
example. that should have been at New
port last week yet were missing. Why?
The Judge was one whose horsemanship,
courage and fairness are second to none.
New stables and special rates for ship
ping horses on the Sound boats from
New York were other inducements for
exhibitors to attend this old and impor-
tant show. 1t should have had dozen
harness horses in a class. whereas it
sometimes had but two.
While the horsemen OF Cork and Linz
erick were fighting among themselves
in the south Of Ireland Ulstermen
stepped in and played prominent part
with their hunters at the annual Dublin
Horse Show that opened on August Is.
The northerners carried away seven out
OF fifteen first prizes for hunter stations.
but they had a narrow escape In ship
ping to the show an attack OF irregulars
having cut the railroad at Dundalk the
next day after their horses went
through. A lot of harness horses then
on their way to the show were turned
back.
The horse shows recently lost two
prominent supporters through the tragic
death of r. 5. Peabody while following
the hounds on his farm near Hinsdale.
ILL.,. and OF Harry Whitney Treat OF
Seattle, Wash. while hunting in British
Columbia. MIR. Peabody was the owner
OF many prize winning jumpers. includ-
ing the champion Great Heart, that was
billed for an attempt TO beat the record
at this weeks Rochester Exposition
Horse Show. MIR. and Mrs. Peabody
gave horse show at their MayslalSe
Farm year or two ago. Mr.. Treat was
= brother OF Gen. Chrles G. Treat OF the
United States Army and was formerly
the owner OF stable OF show horses, be-
sides being at the head OF one OF the Pa
cific coast shows.
Frank F. Euren, secretary OF the Eng
iish Hackney Horse Society since 1899
and manager os the London Interna-
tional Horse Show and the London
III 4 A. II.
home In Mundon. England. His health
failed last December, but after rest
Of three months he resumed work in
order 10 supervise arrangements for the
big exhibition at Olympia. He was 81
years old He and his father, the late
Henry +. Euren. who preceded him as
secretary of the Hackney Horse Society
may be said to have founded that organ
ization OF breeders which has had
among It's presidents King Edward VII
and the present Prince OF Wales.
Horse fanciers OF westchester and
Fairfield counties are looking forward
with keen interest to the ninth annual
Greenwich Horse Show on Saturday
September 16 The exhibition Is to be
. held as usual at James McClenahan's
Nutbourne Farm, near Port Chester
James @. Marshall and Gen Charles l.
De Bevoise have been invited to judge
the saddle horses. Frank A. Bonsal the
hunters and Robert Bacon. Jr.. the polo
horses.
Shelter Island was the scene OF a
successful neighborhood horse show on
August g. exhibitors and spectators
coming from the Hamptons and from
Greenport and both flukes OF Long Is
land. Some Of the classes had as many
as twenty-five entries. The riding COM
petition for children proved to be the
feature OF the show. II was won by
Miss Jane Rathbone on Freckles. Miss
Edith Miller on David Jackson's April
Morn, second, Miss Jean Darrow on
vestL Tiiiey, third. and Miss Muriel
Miller on Billy Boy. fourth.
The New York state Fair Horse
Show at Syracuse next week will be
one OF the strongest of the season In
tta military classes. Gen. John J.
Porshing. Gen. James @. Harboard. tho
Third Cavalry and the Remount Serv-
Ace are among the prospective exhib-
itors. while Major G.. T.. Scott, the live
wlrs OF the Remount Service. and sew
sr~x other officers are to ride. Enlisted
men will give an exhibition drill each
day ce the show.
r. Lawrence Smith. chairman of the
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