New-York tribune., 1922-11-16

franklin B. Jourdan. Mr., Georpe
Crouch, Mr.. George 6. Haas nv wtkie r.
ar mam du Pont jr., Mr.. @. w. lehman.
mr; William Ziegler jr., Mr.. Charles
8. hamilton, Mr.. John Il. X. Scott. Mr.
| :. n. Dering, Mr.. J.. Wesley Allison
ar, John Gerken, Mr.. Harry D, Hollo.
way Mr.. r. Penn Smith, Mr.. Charles ri.
nansnsr, Mr' John e. Madden, Mr.. Ed
ward D. Emerson, Mr.. r. r. N. Car
Renser, Mr.. ]. A. P Ramsdell. Mr.. o.
y. Henkle, Mr.. Harry w. Smith and
Mr. Morton w. Smith.
one of the most important or at
least one of the most interesting
classes of the day was the exhibition
OF saddle horses over 1872 hands. Bo-
hemian Actress, the mare which ere
ated such furcr here last year, was
on hand again, and she gave a beauti.
tul performance, which left no doubt
IN the minds of any of the spectators
as to what the outcome would be.
Bohemian Actress is considered the
greatest saddle mare in the country,
and since she began winning in 1919
she has not met defeat.
Old-Time Gossip
As we stood at the rail for few
/ moments watching the jumping at
close range three of the old timers
stopped near Us and they all seemed
as much interested as ever. The Arse
was Miss Eleonora Sears, and it's a
pleasure just to see her walk and
hear her talk, She seems so vital
and SO efficient and so happy. George
Willing seems happy, too. He stopped
to ask Gurney Gae if he had seen
the picture of Maud S. in the Hotel
| Vanderbilt. 1t was very, very long
| ago when we first heard of Maud S.,
and pretty long ago since we last
heard her name mentioned. 1t must
have been some time before our ad-
vent that the famous mare startled
/ the world by trotting a mile in 2: 10, or
perhaps it was 2:oS. Anyway, when
we were old enough to understand
| English they we're still talking Of her
phen omenal performances.
Poor old Maud! 1t doesn't sound
| like much now, but it is wonderful how
the old horsemen love her memory and
speak of her with reverence still.
And then George Watson strolled up.
George was very unhappy. George al
ways Is unhappy. But this time he pre-
dicted the end Of nearly everything, in
eluding King Horse We asked him
| If he had read our story of the robot
horses, but he wouldn't smile on bet.
I'm buying polo ponies," he laid
sadly. Fifty of 'em-a hundred Of
em. Sending them to England. It's
! terrible, terrible!"
But, of course, he doesn't mean a
word of it. Nothing is terrible with
George Watson. He has always been
both popular and successful, and what
more need one ask? Louis Haight is
! another one of the devoted ones we en-
countered yesterday. He hasn't changed
| bit, and is the only man we ever saw
who looked exactly like F. P. A.
One of General Pershing's horses
won the Grafton broad jump in the
last class Of the afternoon. He Is
called Dandy Dude, and he easily
cleared fourteen feet across the card
board boxes which form the barrier,
Sunshine, chestnut gelding from the
stable of Princess Dimitri N. Golitzine,
| was second choice. He cleared the OBJ
stacle, but not in the final test at four
teen feet.
Fortitude Wins
Tires classes of unusual interest
were judged in the evening session.
The first of these was the ehampion-
ship for hackney stations, though it
was foregone Conclusion that Mr..
Reginald Vanderbilt's Fortitude would
win the tricolor, and he did. The
$4,000 stake for harness horses was
not SO easily disposed of in the minds
OF the self-appointed judges, and the
real judges seemed to have equal diff
ficulty in deciding between Mr.. Viii
liam Moore's Melancthon and Wood
royd Farms chestnut mare Eve. The
stake was divided into six purses, and
Field Marshal, who was picked to win
the red ribbon at least. just man
aged to get in the prize money by
finishing sixth. Again and again the
judges sent the horses around the
ring, for it was no easy matter to
pick the six best out of dozen such
good ones as were entered for the
big stakes. The horses finished as fol-
| lows: Melancthon, Eve, Montpelier
Corinne, Rillington Nimble, Moncrief
and Field Marshal.
| The third of the interesting events
was the completion of saddle horses
| for the Biltmore Cup. In the class were
Mrs. Walter Hanley's old favorite,
Driftwood Blaze, George Crouch's Sun
King, Mrs. James Colburn's gray geld
ing, The Mist, Annette Tilford's Mymi
Dare, Cherokee Princess, owned by
Janet MacKay; Clara Peck's Winona,
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