New-York tribune., 1922-11-14
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Army Mounts
()utcIass Field
AtHorse Show
Fort Riley Cavalry School
Scores 0ean-Cut Victories
Over Private Stables at
Annual National Exhibit
Setting Is Picturesque
Military Champions Charac-
ter and Form Unequaled
i'm American Show Ring

in American Show Ring
A few years ago horse show follow
ers ignored the army entries in all
4 shows Army horses were dubbed
I .Aags." ard cavalry officer who won
fourth ribbon against a class Of
civilian stable entries received an ova-
ton on leaving the ring. At the open
ing Of the thirty-seventh annual Ma
tional Horse Show at Squadron A
Armery yesterday the army mounts
scored ciesn-cut victories against all
eorers and displayed character and
y. form that have been unequaled in any
Merican show ring In many years.
% The remarkable development OF the
army house was the outstanding fea-
# ture of yesterdays show. Experienced
4 horsemen and breeders declared the
Improvement of the army horse sensa-
sional. The result was attributed to
the personal selection and careful
training by Individual cavalry officers
st the various army training schools
In the opening class Of the day two
herses from the cavalry school at Fort
Riley, Kansas, defeated the champions
Of all the earlier shows of the year.
Miss Becky Lanier's champion Silver
Crest and prominent jumpers such az
yasbo, Down East, Boiling. Melchester
Moonshine and others from private
stables, after making clean perform.
ances, were outclassed by Moses and
Raven, two Fort Riley entries.
Setting ls Ideal
The National show this yeas is being
conducted in ideal surroundings. The
decorations, according 20 old horsemen,
sarpass anything that has been at
tempted in this country. The Mount
proved upon by staff of architects
! who spared nothing in turning the
building into a picture that rivals the
most costly show ring abroad.
n A blue and white fabric bunting has
been hung across the ceiling which
hides the black, ungainly girders of
last year, and, besides adding 6 sky
eject, reflects the ceiling lights in
such way as to add to the illumina-
sion Of the building at night The
poreh Of the tea room Is used age as
ses room run for charity. The -sp-
licas OF the old schoolhouse, the brew
Ing house and dairy st Mount Vernon
Ti.h the Potomac in the background
eovsr the eastern wall.
Although the box seats have been
raised this year so as to afford an un-
restricted view to the box holders,
many members Of society witnessed the
show from the promensdes built along
the ringside. Debutantes carried trays
Of flowers and candy through the
$rowd and found many generous pa
hons A detail of Squadron A cavalry
in their colorfuI full dress uniforms
paraded in front of the boxes.
Greatest Show Of All
Mt. Alfred B. Maclay, president of
She National Horse Show Association,
whsn asked what he thought Of. the
moving of the show from the old Gar
den at Madison Square. said that tho
tvo shows could not be compared. The
stsbles open to exhibitors at the AK
nory surpassed anything that the Gar
den might offer, he said. Mr.. Maclay
said that the horses being exhibited to-
day were far superior to the horses OF
years ago when some CLAIMED the show
horse was more popular. Unlike other
sports where old-timers insist that the
brightest period always existed In
memories and by-gone years, all the
old horsemen at the armory yesterday
chsmpioned the present show aa being
the greatest of all.
Judge William II. Moore, whose
coaching equipment has always been a
national feature, was unable to attend
yesterdays show because Of illness and
hts friends said last night that It is
likely he will be forced to remain
away from horse show for the first
time In many years. Mr.. Reginald c.
Vanderbilt, another prominent horse
man, visited the show In the afternoon
and sat in the judges box in the center
Of the ring. Mr.. Vanderbilt left around
3 4 o'clocks and arrsnged to give q
p luncheon on the porch Of Mount Vernon
for the Hackney Society on Wednesday
afternoon.
L. Do Exhibition Riding
i : New Workers were shown what United
bag ates cavalry troops can do In the
Hssssay OF hair-raising stunts when spe-
II sNai exhibition was given by twenty
Salrymen from Fort Myer. They en-.
e the ring in file formation, stand
I'M IN their stirrups, and their work
was a sensational exhibition of human
and equine skill. The troopers dashed
across the ring, riding at each other,
00od '~'-rod drowning from
sheir horses, and their buddies, coming
'.E from m ! behind picked them from the
sfsum "nlle riding at tuli speed.
Inc cavalrymen picEed handkerchiefs
from the ground, roped the white wings
OF the jumps and did tricks that never
were equaled for daring in New
York horse ring. 9 One trooper, white
going blindfolded, fell over his horses
mead and caught both hands around
tne norse's neck and dangled in front
OF the flying animal After two
minute battle he climbed back into his
eeoa.e and was given laundering
ovation.
Tulsa, Okla. and Ventura, Calf,
oSttied for more than half an hour
tnidst ovations that never were equaled
u even the old Garden when F. w.
Inatthiessen's Sinbad ridden by Quinn
laws, fought it out with II. N.
IIsiSs Eastern Star, ridden by Del
a19s!man, for $500 special purse In
Hve~gate event. A five-gate class is
~. ~ innovation to Eastern horse shows
ofses are shown under every con-
"A, ., aoie movement OF iocomotion pos
spie. The fox trot was the favorite
Se Sseaiae with the spectators and both
mad their supporters. Sinbad
sas 9a'ifornia horse, finally won tie
sssa ssssaaslon. Each owner had contributed
rooe 20 the purse and the Association
N'fioneed an additional $500.
Miss Becky Lanier Wins
Mss Becky Lanier, obviously the
aaVorite exhibitor of the show. was
.tnaple 70 put over winner because of
us performances Of the aymy entries
uhtii the final class. when sbs eac,,rsd