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The Biggest and Greatest Horse Show By CROMWELL CHILDE TT has come to be an old story for me to repeat each year Mathias, Mogul and Exquisite, and Lawrence Smith is putting and keep on repeating "the best, the greatest Horse Show into the ring Hamilton Star and Scotchman. Brooklyn has ever had." I notice that every year I am saying It is like a harness competition of old times. In for the this. But what else am I to do? There is not a Brooklyn Eagle Cup will go Montpelier Pearl and Irvington Ganymede, Horse Show the past decade that has not surpassed its prede- Netherhall's Pride and Fireaway and Hamilton Star, while cessor. The advance never stops.

One does not have to the tandems that are to be pitted against each other are Irving-exaggerate at all to make an enthusiastic forecast each spring ton Ganymede and Montpelier Pearl, Eve and Netherhall's that comes around. Pride, Hamilton Star and Scotchman," and, Ideal Mathias and Look at it as you will, it is altogether remarkable that it Mogul. In addition, among these harness classes, there will be should have been possible to build up here in Brooklyn, with of an exhibit of three horses of one owner, new to all the opposition of the island of Manhattan, within thirty Brooklyn. years, what with little question is the very first horse show Mrs. Francis P.

Garyan dominates the harness ponies, as in the country outside of the Garden. Such success can only last vear her Tissington Belle, her Hamilton Flame, her be laid to the skilled guiding, the personality, the broad vision Hamilton Dianthus and her Brown Belle, with Miss Corinne of a group of men, who, business men first of all, horsemen Poth and Bounce a possible rival. In the combination class second, had the real showman's instinct. In other words, they there is a great array Frederick D. MacKay's champion, knew how to put on a good entertainment and then to assemble Checkmate; Miss Alice Dodsworth's new brown gelding, Chick the crowds, developing a reputation that was an asset for the Harley; Samuel Keller Jacobs' chestnut gelding, General future.

Pershing, and his chestnut mare, Santa Barbara Mrs. James Good fortune and forethought picked the chiefs for this A. Hewlett's (Marjorie Beard) MacGregor, Charles F. Hubbs' enterprise, chose Thomas L. Leeming as president of the Riding Springtime, Franklin B.

Jourdan's Irvingtpn Belle (Mr. Jour- and Driving Club, and, for several years now, Charles F. dan also figuring this year in saddle), Miss Clara Peck's Allah, Hubbs as the head of the Horse Show Committee, adding Miss Lisbeth Higgins' Selena, Frank C. B. Page's Hazel Young, such aides as Hamilton H.

Salmon, secretary; Franklin B. M1SS Marv Louise Almys Kose ot Killarney, Mrs. L. b. Jourdan, treasurer; Stanley P.

Jadwin, Joseph K. Smith, Fred- Woods' Bohemian Silk, Mrs. A. Lindsay's Nancy Bright and erick V. Clark, Frederick D.

MacKay and W. S. Blitz, assistant Mrs- Richard Newton, Jrs, Flashlight, secretary. The men at the top are what make an enterprise The saddle entries are very many and most interesting, "go through." Five come from the stable of Sequatogue Farm (Mr. and Mrs.

I have prosed, I fear, but something was needed to make Charles F. Hubbs), and alone make the most brilliant of it plain that it is no mere talk when it is said that Brooklyn showings. They are the new chestnut gelding, Melody; a next week will have the horse show of her history. The grey, Thistledown, who had his first triumphs at the Garden advance saie oi Doxes ana seats, the number of entries, the Iau anoiner cnesinui geiaing, sun juiai, ana tne well-return of harness classes, all prove this. Records have been known and many times ribboned Nidalla and Springtime.

Miss made before. Now new records are to top these. It will be Janice Liggett is bringing over to Brooklyn her Gwydyr Rose; difficult though the coming generation may accomplish it Miss Alice Dodsworth her famous Thus, one of the best saddle to surpass this Show of 1920. horses of the time Harvey S. Ladew will "be present" with In the first place, there will be considerably over 600 entries.

Lf Lad a chtnut mare; Miss Isabella Wanamaker xn nrt i. i with and Freneririr T) MarKav with OiPrlrinat vviicu uw was iuuuicu a year ago me norse worm rainy 7 JT pasnpd Nnw the- nM flour ic utt These but begin the long list of entries. Miss Clara Peck .1. 1. xt.

1 has in Wamnntn and Wtnntia 1 Mr InnrHan IrtnneH-nn PoIIa wcck ago lasi vveunesuay, iwo weeKs Deiore tne onow was to A'. V. open, every one of the thirty-five boxes was gone, a thing A' Ardery a new hig saddle horse, Sir Edward. Miss utterly unprecedented. And horsemen everywhere, feel a keen Clemence Crafts is showing The Moose; Dean Bedford, thrill of interest, such as they have not felt for some years, Toronto KmS Mlss Winifred Horwill, Buster Miss Mary the certainty that next week will see really striking com- Vtm "1U1U uuflure.

aura iurr oeveny; petitions on the tan: bark between harness horses. It was A- Ames Forest King; Miss Lisbeth Higgins, Salena. Other thought the motor car had done away with the harness horse, entrants in these classes include Miss Regina Kiely with Co-It thrust him aside vigorously, indeed, all but drove him out quette' Mlss BessJe Roulston with Hightime and Sometime, of existence. But not altogether. The harness horse has come Frank Pa-Se wlth Michael, Tracy Higgins with Kitty back; he is making his real debut in Brooklyn next week on Mav J- C- Meem with Trixie, J.

Johannes Anderson with the tan bark made famous twenty-five years ago by Frank 0ver There Lewis E- Person with Rob Roy, Miss Alice Good Beard, Timothy L. Woodruff and John S. James. with Vanity Box, J. B.

Lingard with First Mate, John F. For the sake of the record, let it be said that this Brooklyn pVT VT pi TT? Horse Show, the twenty-eighth, will be given at the Riding. Smith Wlth Polychrome' Wllham H- Vldor and Driving Club Wednesday. Thursday. Fridav and Saturdav ana JN.

J. ttess. of next week, that each evening will start off early with Entered for the President's Cup, one of the great trophies jumping (the -new idea), and that box holders and judges of the Show, a saddle prize of the first note, won by Miss will be Alice Dodsworth with Thus last year, among others, Boxh'olders (in part) Alexander M. White, Harold Fish, Thus again, Checkmate, Leading Lady, Irvington Belle, Sir Thomas L. Leemincr.

Franklin B. Tonrdan. FrpHenVV Mar- Edward, Springtime, Vanity Box, Iron Rust (owned by Jere Kay, Erskine H. Lott, H. C.

Van Cleef, Edwin A. Ames, Collins), Kitty May, Toronto King and Santa 'Barbara. Peter Winchester Rouss, James W. Lingard, Donald Wilson, In the officers' chargers class are competing Trpop of the George W. Baker, John R.

Anderson, H. D. Roosen, William First Cavalry of New Jersey, the First Cavalry of. New York, Schenstrom, B. I.

Ward, James F. Hurley, Frank Bornn, Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Lewis E. Pierson and Edwin A. C.

P. Schlicke, Walter A. Ardery, Ambrose T. McCafferty, Ames. The polo mounts include those of Miss Belle Baruch, C.

S. Berrian, J. R. Van Brunt, William H. Vidor and William Thomas L.

Leeming, Thomas K. Alford, Maxim Karminski, M. Parks. Carl Pflug, Colonel Howard Borden, George C. Sherman, Judges Harness horses and ponies, George B.

Hulme, G. Maurice Goodman and Godfrey Preece, and the ponies under Jason Waters; saddle horses and ponies under saddle William saddle, Wah-Wah-Taysee (Miss Clara Peck), Chatterbox (Miss T. Koch, Harry T. Peters; polo mounts, Harry T. Peters; Janet MacKay), Chestnut Blossom and Lady Manners (Mrs, hunters and jumpers, Henry L.

Bell and Richard Newton, Jr. Francis P. Garvan), Bounce (Miss Corinne Poth) and Lady What people will want to know and what is of first im- Perfection Macy Willets). The hunters and jumpers will portance is the Show's personnel, the men, women and make a splendid showing. Some of them are to be horses who will make it.

Here is the compendium of the four Fox Catcher FarmV Silver Tip and Nickel Tip nights and Saturday matinee, the vade mecum who will be (William Du Pont, Rosemont, Harvey S. Ladew's Gay- in the fifty-nine classes, those from whom the blue ribbonites, light, Samuel D. French's Westfield and Atlanta, Colonel How- the prize winners, the championships, will come. It picks but rd Borden's Blarney and Pat, Dean Bedford's Lone Star, the "high lights," of course. Miss Lida Fleitman's Golden Duck, Miss Michelle S.

New-Franklin B. Jourdan of Brooklyn, new contender for blues borg's Killarney Jim, Miss Maud Hadden's The Ace, J. Macy in harness, with the most promising of "strings" and the real Willets' Lady Perfection, Mrs. James A. Hewlett's Spinning "topllner of horse "showing this spring "Miss Isabella Clarence' Robbins' Silvertail," Aymar Johnson's Gar-maker of Philadelphia.

A. W. Atkinson of New Jersey and ryowen, Miss Elsa Home's Grey Eagle and Mrs. F. A.

de R. Lawrence Smith of Long Island are to divide honors in Peyster's Hamilton Equality, harness. Mr. Jourdan has entered Montpelier Pearl and Wad- dington Rector, chestnut mare and chestnut gelding, and Irvington Ganymede, chestnut gelding. Against this strong trio Wesleyan Concert Given at Adelphi College Miss Wanamaker has five, her Eve and Netherhall's Pride, a A large audience attended the concert given by the Wesleyan new pair of big roans that will certainly be one of the Show's University Musical Clubs at Adelphi College last Saturday great features; Amazement and Astonishment, and her Fire- evening.1 The affair was given under the auspices of Psi away, who carried off nineteen blues in, the season of 1919.

Chapter of Phi Mu for the benefit of the Adelphi Development A. W. Atkinson's offerings in these classes comprise Ideal Fund. 17.