The New York herald., 1922-03-19
NEWS AND VIEWS
OF HORSE SHOWS
King of England Goes Into
Ring in London to Present
His Gold Cups.


had a close call this year, due to re-
port by a committee of the House of
Commons favoring q reduction of the
subsidies for horse breeding. This came
on the eve of the opening of the exhibi-
ton and, If adopted 1t meant the with
drawal of the Kings premiums which
are the principal prizes of the Thor
oughbred Horse Show. There was great
rejoicing when the Chancellor OF the
Exchequer announced at the eleventh
hour that that subsidies would not be
reduced.
Eighty-eight stations competed for
the prizes at Agricultural Hail. The
King offered a gold cup for the best
stallion in the show. and when the
judges awarded this championship to
Gay Lally the donor of the trophy went
into the ring and presented 1t TO Captain
Adye of the Compton Stud, where the
winning horse Is owned. Gay Lally won
the championship last year. with the
same horse, Scarlet Rambler, winning
the reserve ribbon. Photographs OF the
rival stations indicate Gay Lally to be
a big. slashing. bloodlike horse. rather
suggestive of the Barcaldine type, while
Scarlet Rambler is much tighter made,
shorter on the leg, bigger OF body, and
more heavily muscled all over.
Mrs. John Gerken and II. III. Salmon
Of the Riding and Driving Club OF
Brooklyn will judge harness horses and
ponies at the New York Spring Horse
Show in Durland's Riding Academy this
year. Louis T.. Stoddard, chairman of
the Polo Association, will judge the polo
classes. John NICE. Bowman and w. A.
McGibbon have been invited to pick the
winners in saddle classes, as have
Charles Scribner. Jr.. and Richard Nor
ton, Jr.. in the jumping classes. ID. Q.
Nelson and II. r. Guthrie will be the
referees in the indoor polo tournament
to be held in connection with the show.
Ridden by her owner, Mrs. Leland
Stanford Woods statuesque saddle mare
Bohemian Silk won the blue ribbon
in an unusually strong class at the horse
show which followed the Wednesday
evening music ride at Dt:rland's last
week George Grouch's htng OF Comus,
L. Schinasi's Radiant and Charles But
ler's Limerick were placed next in the
order named, while lot Of other fine
horses were unplaced. ]. Garner West
judged this class and also the jumping
competition, in which NJ J. Devaneys
Black Watch was again invincible. There
will be a special costume cotillion ride
for the most attractive sartorial dis
plays.
Despite the depression In draft horse
breeding and all stock breeding In Brit
ain the forty third annual show of the
Shire Horse Society. which opened the
spring season in London, passed off sue
cessfully. with total of 800 entries.
The King, who breeds winning Shires at
hn Ind Cln NJ
the championships and personally gave
the gold cup he had offered 10 the
woman breeder-Mrs. Stanton-who won
Il with Marlboro Null Secundus. stall
ion with n graceful top line and the
stylish carriage of Clydesdale.
The sale of ono Of the leading stables
or show horses and ponies In England IS
announced by Mrs. J. Van Newell Van
Hattum, an exhibitor from Holland
Her entries in the harness classes last
season defeated both Park Carnation
and Field Marshal. Dark Legend, the
horse that scored over tho grand cham
pion of the London International, is
six-year-old gelding and IL said to have
a capltal mate in his half-brother. Ak
holme Victor. by Matthias. Regal. her
bantam hackney that beat Park Carna-
ton, Is another OF the get OF Matthias.
Though a ven OF secrecy seems TO sur
round the list OF subscribers to the four
stakes which closed on March for the
Brooklyn Horse Show next month, u Is
unonicially reported that tho $1,000
prizes will call together an unusual num-
her OF new and untrled saddle horses.
Jumpers and harness horses. The sub
scribers must name their horses on April
G, when the entries close for all other
classes in the show.
The prize lists soon to be issued for
the Devon Horse Show, which opens on
May 25. will contain conditions govern
ing 100 classes. thus making II probably
the largest exhibition OF the year.
Frederick Dent Of Chicago has pur-
chased In England tho harness ponies
Berkeley Princess and Richmond Sur
prise. Princess ls a daughter Of Judge
William III. Moore's old winner, Berkeley
Bantam.