The New York herald., 1922-08-27
PARK SADDLE TYPE
AS SEEN BY EXPERT
Baretto de Souza Describes
Trotting Action for Riding
and Driving.

When the judges at the London Inter-
national last June placed Radium first
and Lighthouse second in the class for
park saddle horses George Watson. who
then owned the beaten mare. went to the
noble lord who was distributing the rib
bons and asked him what constituted
park hack, in his opinion. The answer
he received was not convincing to the
New York horseman. who maintains that
a horse to ride in the park should have
some style about him. with action
enough to make an attractive appear
ance on the bride paths. Baretto de
Souza, q veteran expert in the school
ing of fine horses for riding. goes q
little further than Mr.. Watson and de-
mands unfailing docility along with. dis
tinguished bearing. and a way of going
at all three saddle gaits that represents
a high degree of perfection in natural
and developed action. THE real park
saddle horses trot,'' he said the other
day, must be such that he lifts his
fore and hind feet in diagonal pairs to
level varying from just above the fet-
locks to just below the knees and hooks.
The difference between harnessy action
and park saddle action Is that In the
first the horse pumps up and down with
his front legs and ,goes forward with a
bent knee. his hind action not being,
usually, comparable to the front action
in height or tempo. while the saddle
horse. having lifted his knee at the same
time he extends his shoulder, thrusts his
foreleg forward and stretches the foot to
ot, ri o.
or pointing.
Mrs. Josephine Reynolds. s.who has been
missed at the summer shows this season.
returned from Europe on the Aquitania
few days ago after a motor tour
among the horse shows OF England and
Scotland. Mrs. Reynolds says one of
the noticeable features of the British
shows is the popularity of the side
saddle. 1t Is used much more than the
cross saddle even when women play
polo in England. according to her OBJ
servation. Some OF the early defenders
Of the innovation which has now become
the prevailing fashion in this country
are beginning to regret the change that
has made o side saddle almost as unsal-
able as a brougham or a road wagon.
Not that the cross saddle is less suitable
figure. but the clothes that have come
with it are for the most part such as
as to make the judicious grieve.
Entries for all the early closing stakes
Of the National Horse Show will be due
next Friday along with the rent and the
dividends. Intending exhibitors need
not name their horses until October IA.
when entries close for all regular classes
of the show, but in the eight stakes re-
Gently announced the owners must ante
on September 1. The terms Of subscrip-
tion are even more liberal than they
were last year and the prizes aggregate
$10,500. not including the sweepstakes
for Eunters. which doubtless will raise
the total to $4,000 or more. This Is
big money for show horses. and as there
are six prizes in each class every owner
of a good one will have more than a
fair chance to get his entrance fee back
II he fails to capture the first prize.
Entries will close Tomorrow for tho
horse show to be held in connection
with the New York State Fair at Syra-
cuse on September 11-15. The exhi-
bition there follows the Rochester Ex-
position Horse Show, which in turn fol-
lows this weeks Newport Horse Show
beginning Tomorrow. All three ere
among the leading outdoor shows of
the country, and among the few that
retain their harness classes as of old
Many of the smaller shows have been
forced to abandon these classes for want
of exhibits, but not so with the exhibi-
tions named, which annually bring out
some Of the finest harness horses in the
whole country. Under the direction of
Pierre Lorillard, Jr.. the Syracuse show
has liberal and diversified prize list
for all classes Of horses and ponies,
while its stabling Is probably unsur-