The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 29, 1896, Page 15

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1896. HE next thing is the horse show. g While the_laws and rules (!mt_ wx_ll goyern-eve 1g connected with it are inflexiblé and “as numerous as those “whichHave made the Medes and Persians handy to quote as ':}mpics there will be " nothing severe about it. 5 True,.there are rules on judging and instructions to judges, reneral rules and regulations to be observed by exhibitors and rules relating to the jumping clagses, etc.oall neatly printéd in red twpein a prospectus, but- the thousands who will attend the show will ngver know anything about thems The judges willhave the right to ride or drive any of the contesting horses when it may be tonsidered necessary to test their respective merits. They will be con- spicuous figures while the various exhibi- tions _are in progress. They will have autocratic power to dash the hopes of riders of jumping horses, who will be the | most fiery competitors of all. It has becomea custom to hold the San cisco horse show later than the New how. -This enables the more enthu- asticof the devotees to visit New York end cast a critical glance at what is there fiered for the admiralion and enrulation the. experts. Bvery year since San ranciéco has enjoyed a horse show of its own, lédies apnd gentlemen, to whom the sbarp, §taccato crack .of a whip in crisp air, on’a good road, is'the best of music, have journeyed o New York. have returned and deveted their best ener- .gies tn the exaltation of the California | horse and its appointments. This vear has been no exception to the rule. What the New Yorkers say about their show may be easily summed up, and it 1s interesting and somewhat amusing. “Each horse show,” says an eminent writer &f Gotham, in some particular, ke others, but, also, it is vastly difl from all the rest. Thisis nat only so with Tegard to the horses, but mo: with regard to the spéctator: . The truthis that the spectators Wave become m attractive than any other ft of the “show. If has been noticed at’*the high dames of fashion, the bali- shy buds in their te from the same New York The lrorses that been more numeresus than heretofore, and-deeidedly superior in quality. Walter Hobart saw the New York horse show ‘and observed keenly its various peculiatities. <While Sun Franciscans are completing their fingl® preparations to ‘make ‘the coming show in this City a dazzling success Mr. Hobart's remarks " come in opportunely. “There was some protest,” said Mr. Ho- bart, *‘at New York bécause dealers won 0 ‘many prizes. Dealers entered “the “ genflémen class, and as they had perbaps twenty Lorses to one -owned by the-ordi- nary horse-owner they had a‘large advant- | . “Still,” said Mr. Hobart, with the true spirit of the sportsman, “I think that " any one who has the best-horses isen- | tled to the prizes. The. éntries at New York were large. “'There were'from fifteeri to forty entries in about all the classes. There weresirom -forty to fifty. entries in all the jumping > classes. Last year, a inare cailed Spoons won a first-class ribboh. This year there were twenty better animals than Spoons . in the°same: class. With few exceptions last year's winners were not winners this year. ; It was true that. many in the crowds © ‘Gf-spectators went more to watch each _:oth€r thian 1o look at the horses. Yes, sir, when the hig est jumping was going on _the crowd on the promenade looked at the “boxes, and not at the horses. A great : many.. seémed_to -be there to see what athers wore. .The .people would look at the occupants'of- pne box and then move on to another box, and seemed to regard them as'curiosities. *‘One interesting class at New York in- ciuded & backney stailion with four of it get and.a trotting stallion with four of its set. The get were considered as carriage | horses, and the trotting stallion beat the | .backueys .o | ““Therg Was one very curious incident. | A.mare was entered in the hackney class for two-year-old filliesfdnd it was not a .backney. Neyertheless:it won the first “eprize, and défeated all the other fillies of its class, one of which had previousiy won everything when .exhibited in England and- in the United States. Other ex- hibitors protestéd, ang the protest held, and the-blue ribbon was taken away. But it had beaten full-blodded hackneys for high-stepping and conformation. -."“The jumping- classes were very poor, and not“up °to my expectations. In one class of jumpers no prizes were awarded. Théy were not up to the New, York stan- dird- of cjumpers. I .think that the im- provemént in the quality of horses exhib- ‘ited at New York, year by year, is due to ¢.weeding process that the managers have adopted. . If rox}y' horses enter the | _rinz in<any ong’ class the qwners of all| exgepting eight or -so hear the word S Gate? =2 o | " “That means that the horses are to’go :6utof the gafe. There are, perhaps, only . four: prizes, but ths owners of the eight horses® that were permitted to remain have thé satisfaction of not ‘getting the gate. One man would have been & prize- AN FRANCISCO TO VIE WITH PROUD NEW YORK IN HER GREAT EQUINE DISPLAY. | winnerif his groom had not been drink- Then they | re so, perhaps, | as much as the horses | have been g the .séason just. ciosed | ing too much. *“No horse was allowed to win in two | classes. Excepting in championships, one | horse was entitled to receive only one prize. Al the jumps were soit. An odd fact was that last year Terrebonne was a Prize-winner and this year she got the gate, *‘The judging at New York is absolutely fair, and there were few protests. As a] Tule, if a man finds that he is beaten he is game encugh usually not to say anything. 1can say, concerning our San Franc\rgo show, that we are right up to date. This is the third California show. The first show our horses were not equal to those Shown the second year,and those exhib- ited the second year will not be up to what will be exhibited this vear. The horses that get blue ribbons here this year would stand a good chance in New York. 2 “Thatapplies to ail the classes which will be exhibited here this year. The thoroughbreds exhibited at New York are not nearly vp to California. We bave at | least six thoroughobreds here that could easily have won first prizes in New York. | The New Yorkers were not in it in the | matter of thoroughbreds. ‘*Of course there were more rigs in New | York than we shall be able to show, be- | | cause there are so many more people there to exhibit, but the select rigsof the New Yorkers are no better than the select rigs we have here. The exhibition of ponies | there is no better than the one that| ill be made here. The riders in New | York were very good—a good lot. The | class of workhorses was quite a feature.” There is no doubt that Mr. Hobart will be considered a thoroughly competent au- | thority and that his estimate of fhe com- | parative merits of the classes exhibited at New York and California will be interest- | ing to many. His work has indicated the enthusiasm which has actuated him. | The entries for the coming show in this City have not been completed. The show | will hold from Wednesday to Saturday— | | December 9, 10, 11 and 12 inclusive, and it | is announced that the premiums will az- gregate §15000. The following summary | of entries will be found to be approxi mately correct, although there may be a { few additfonal entries in some classes: Thoroughbreds, 16; trotters, breeding | classes, 22; trotters, driving classes, 14; | | roadsters, 37; pacers, 6; horsesin harness, 125; horses and delivery wagons, 24; tandems, 14; unicorn, 4; four-in-hands, 11; ponies in harness, 16; saddie-horses, 30; ponies under saadle, 15; polo ponies, | 8; jumping classes, 3. There are some | important classes in which the entries are not here given for the reason that they are not filled, but probably will be. J most spectacalar. are offered to jumpers, up to carrying 160 The jumping classes are perhaps the | professional coachman driving a pair of For these premiums | horses. vounds; the jumping class open to all; ’ sharp rivalry of Walter And ceaseless] On her sleek Come drift with me about the bay Where changing 1ights with shadows play And ships at anchor safely rest Upon the bay’s untroubled breast; Where here or there a man-of-war, Unmarked by raging battle’s sear, With polished guns feom sight coucealed, Suggests a strength but half revealed. Goat Island rises from the deep Like some leviathan asleep, waves break in spray es aud slip away. Against the amber-tinted sky i Mount Tamalpais rises high Where sparkling waters laughing dance Down devious ways to quiet haunts. And nearer, where the mad tide runs, Lies Aleatraz, with silent guns Forever guarding on her bregst The Golden Gatewey of the West, ¥ But fairer far than all of these, Sweet with the scents from wind-swept seas, I Greeting the world with outstretched hands, Feir San Francisco smiling stands, She smiles on far Sierra’s snow, Upon the ocean’s ebb and flow, While here the olive, there the vine, Yays generous tribute to her shrine. How much hath Nature to thee lent, O glorious Queen of Occident ! Whose sounding seas their praise intone In tireless homage fo thy throne. H. R. HURLBUT. the jumping class for ponies fourteen hands two inches and under, ana the high jumpers. Peculiar interest will he manifested in the best performance of a George A. Pope continues. The fashion- ables will scan their entriesand the per- formances of their horses with very marked attention. “But,” said a wag who is a friend of both, talking of their rivalry, “they are good friends excepting when their horses and rigs are in com- Hobart and 'petition. In fact at other times they be- It is generally understood that the long to the same Sunday-school class.” A list of those who have already en- saged boxes is as follows: Henry J. Crocker, R. J. Wilson, J. D. Grant, E. E. Eyre, Mrs. E. L. Hager, J. B. Crockett, Maurice Case Eleanor Martin, A. S. Tubbs, Miss C. J. Flood, W. G. Henshaw, E. W. Hopkins, Henry T. Scott, H. E. Wise, Mrs. B. Schweitzer, J. 0. Reis, W S. Hobart, Claus Spreckels, W. B. Brown, E. Gallois, W. J. Landers. William Bab- cock, John C. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. J. Clark, L L. Requa, C. F. A. Tal- bot, J. J. Moore, Wiillam Alvord, P. E. Bowles, Mrs. M. P. Jones, Mrs. D. T. Murphy, Mrs. W. J. Som- ers, H. von Schroeder, George Almer Newhall, James D. Phelan, Mrs. L. L. Baker, . C. A. Spreckels, John F. Boyd, Charles Maimn, T. H. Williams Jr., A. B. Spreckels, J. A. Donohoe, Mrs. E. J. Bald- win, W. M. Lent, H. Datard, I. W, Hellman Jr., W. E. Brown, Mrs. N. Kittle, W. F. Goad, Colonel Fred Crocker, G. W. McNear, D, W, *Earl, George A. Pope, C. de Guigne, Mrs. C. W. Crocker, Frank J. Sullivan, Mrs. W. B. Hooper, Mrs. Major Darling, John Barton, E. J. McCutchen, R. F. Morrow, P.J. Donahue, Mrs. R. F. Carroll, Charles L. Fair, Timothy Hop- kins, G. W. Prescott, C. B. Stone, John Parrott, W. H. Crocker, Mrs. R. Tobin, Charles Baldwin, J. J. Crooks. | The rivalry between Walter S. Hobart and George A. Pope will excite curiosity | concerning their entries. Mr. Pope will | exhibit Arlington, his chestnut gelding, fifteen bands and two inches high, with white heels, in all the double classes. He is entered in the brougham class with his mate, Arsenal, and also in single classes. Mr. Pope will also exhibit Sweetheart and Surprise, each being sixteen hands bigh, bay mare and gelding, with white heels, respectively. They will pe shown in the brougham and other classes. Ar- lington and Arsenal won the first prize as mer. Last year Sweetheart was shown with Senator. Sweetheart won the first | prize et Long Branch last year in the park class and also in the high-stepper single. Gypsy Queen has never been shown yeu as a saddle horse. She is a promising mare, six years old, and is entered in the ladies’ saddle class. | Romulus and Remus, which won in San Frauncisco last year, will be entered again this year. This information is given by Aleck Dillon, manager for Mr. Pope. The horses which Mr. Hobart will show bave been previously mentioned in TuE CaLy, but a recapitulation is appropriate in this connection. Mr. Hobart brouzht from the East eighteen selected ponies, hackneys, coach horses and Lunters. One of the new horses from the East is Paragon, a $7500 brown horse 6.years old, over fifteen hands and two inches high. Merry Boy is another, a Canadian bay gelding, 5 years old, fitteen hands and three inches high, renowned as a hunter. Tadpole, which can take the hurdles in fine shape, is one of the Hobart entries. Other horses, new to the San Francisco show, are Sultan and Czar, Frills and Spot #and Lightfoot. Henry J. Crocker, the president of the : Paraon. Hexry JCrokers Pony SSIE Hien HurROLE RACE AT THE HORSE SHOW. "“r"’,/ . PRizE G.A POPE'S’ ' GIPSY QUEEN. e gvezrnsm-_ AND SurPrise- ) | obstacles, which carriage horses at Long Branch last sum- | ORSES WILL PRANCE - AND EQUIPAGES = GLITTER AND SOCIETY WILL BE OUT EN MASSE Horse Show Association of the Pacific Coast, expressed himself® as vary much pleased with the ountlook for'an exhibition this year that will compare favorably with the New York: show in many respects. Mr. Crocker is to the association largely like what Napoleon was during the French army’s fantous march over the Alps. He keeps everything in motion while the an- nual campaign is mtaking. A The statement that there are-" eleven en« tries in the four-in-hand classes wiil ex- \cite the interest of the genileman drivers. A. B. Spreckels has offered s prize of $200 in plate for the best performance of an amateur in driving a four-in-hand through corresponds. with .the prize offered by John Bradbury of $200 in plate for the best performance of -an ama-~ teur driving a taniem thréugh obstacles, The large first prizes for which competie tion will be sharp are as follows: The Huntington challenge cup, solid silver, offered by C. P. Huntington for the best thoroughbred stallion, three years old or over, the terms of competition being that the cup must be won thrée years. in succession by the same exhibitor before betoming his prop- erty, and in the meantime to be held in trust by the association. : Silver cup, offered by the:'Pacific Coast Jockey Club, in addition to the $60 prize of~ fered by the association, for the best thoroughe bred colt, two years old, the value of the cup being $250. The Mofrow challenge cup, value $300, for the best four-in-hand Pacific Coast bred horses, to be shown before a coach, body break or wagonette, the cup to be won (wo years in suc- cession by the same exhikitor befofe becoms- ing his property. There are many prizas of $200 and less, .and among those who offer these prizes are Henry J. .Crocker, George A. Pope, Joseph D. Grant, Walter S. Hobart and the California Jockey Club, all of whom offer valuable and leading, prizes. Of course, it must naturally follow that, if the standard set this year in San Fran- cisco shall be materially. higher, as claimed, thar it was Jlast year, the. horse show next year must be even finer- than the one of 1895, and so pn progressivi A well-known writer, John Gilmer Speed, reviewing the New York show of 1890, agrees, in'Leslie’s Weekly, very weil on several points .with the observations made by, Walter Hobart .concerning the same. “Tlé .improvement for several years past,” says Mr. Speed, *‘has been more marked, perhaps, among the classes in the breeding of which we have not been particularly distingujsheds *‘We have been ttying for a long time to breed a runner who avould not ‘enly ho!d his own but surpass his cousins in’Epg- land. In this direction we have had some success, and the trophies of the Derby and the Gfand Prix have come: to. us. But we have, as.’breeders, worked even to. more purpose in our efforis‘to produce a trotter that would clip the few remaining seconds from’ two minutes to the mile. The trottér has become America’s greatest achievement in horsebreeding.’” Mr. Speed also bas the following to say of interest to gentlemen drivers: “It may be that not gregter skill is required in taking a horse cross country-than in tool- ing a coach with that dash and observance of good form characteristic of the best whips who wheel about the tanbark of Madison square’ with a complete control of their animals and an amiable content with themeelves. There is one advantage that the coachman has over the hunter, and _this is . made "conspicucus each | autumn wherr we gather in Madison ( square to see the horses. The hunter, if | be have the misfortune to get stout, may | soon have to give over his hunting ene tirely, for few horses can shoulder more than 200 pounds and get very far from the level ground. But a coach can-hoid all the fat you can put upon it, and a man can drive unworried by avoirdupois so long as he can lift himself to the box. Considering thct nine out of ten of us begin widening in the girth so spon as ‘we come to 40 year,’ this aavantage of driving over riaing is not to be underrated.” Grant's Greatest Record for Gigars. Hancock came to headquarters about 8 p. Mm.—(after the battle of the Wilder- ness)—and kad a .conference with the general-in chief and General Meade.- He had had a very busy day on ‘is front, and while he was cheery, and showed that there was still plenty of fight leftin him, he manifested signs of fatigue aiter hig exhausting labors. General Grant, in offer- ing him a cigar, found that only one was leftin his pocket. Deducting the number he had given away from the supply he had started out with in the moraing showed tifat he had smoked that day about twenty, all very strong and of formidable size. But it must .be remembered that it was a particularly long day.., He never afterward equaled thatrecord inthe use of tobacco.—General Horace Porterin the Century. . —_——— - A Novel Advertisement. “‘Charity” suffereth long and is kind, but its patience is sometimes putsto a severe test. Here is an advertisement from to-day’s Evening Post: N EXTREMITY—A COUNTRY VICAR CON- tinues his appeal for HELP 10 raise £60 for im- mediate necessities; wife; children: please help torescue him from daily terror; £6 5:. received. For particulars address, etc. —Westminster Gazette.