The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 10, 1896, Page 8

HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1896. Swagger and swell and quite English from roof to dome was the opening of San Francisco’s third annual horss show yesterday at the Mechanics’ Pavilion. i ybody who ciaims to be anybody in | 80 particularly in the evening. Thatis when 1 the horse show looked its best and was at | its best. The tanbarked inclosure forred a typi- | cal arena, and there was just enough of | | was much applause. close, and so it proved. One of the judges ascended to the box of Mr. Pope'’s crack team, Arlington and Arsenal, and drove them several times around the ring. Then he did the same with Mr. orin the circles of the professions, | bart’s other entry in this class, Damrosch | are many, comprising carts, sulkies, four- business or retired capitalists was there, " and Seidl, a pair of bays. The blue rib- | in-han i coaches, road wagons and pretty Ho. bon, first prize, was tied to Arlington and Arsenal (the Pope crack team), and there Mr. Hobart visibly reddened, but was otherwise impassive. Then the red, second prize, was pinned | James McNab, the Fire Department and | draft horses. Space is allotted on the north and south sides of the Pavilion for exhibits of vari- ous styles of equippages. The varieties | nearly every description of ultra-fashion- able body that runs on wheels. Confronting the main entrance of the Pa- vilion, so that everybody may sec them who enters, is an exhibition in a glass case the tanbark arena about it to call the at- | to Damrosch and Seidl, and Mr. Hobart's | of the costly prize cups to be awarded win- tention of another sense than the eyes that a horse show was on. The costumes | of the officials of the ring, the grooms and i attendants were decidedly English, and | this was even 80 of the wave and crack of the whips. | In the afternoon the real blast and blare | of the trumpet began, and the horses jumped into the arena for judgment. The machinery of the horse show worked a little out of joint at first, in tbat the sev- eral classes did not respond as promptly | as they sbould to the trumpet call, but | hitches of this kind are likely to occur on irst days at a horse show ag they are on first nights at a theater. The attendance was not large in the forenoon. The attractions then were a parade of various classes in the arena, in- cluding some very stylish four-in-hands, and this, as a matter of fact, is really one of the most attractive features of the show. In a word it is all the horses on dress arade. This was the special delight of the millionaire norse-fancier, who likes show as well as speed. Ladies and children were largely in evi- dence in the afternoon in the boxes. Racetrack people were also sprinkled through the crowd. But it was not| till evening that ‘“everybody'’ was| there. The scene was a brilliant one. The boxes were crowded with people in | evening dress, by far the greater number being ladies. Many of the toilettes were very stylish and beautilul, and in the beauty of the feminine occupants of the | boxes it cannot be said that San Fran- cisco is one tint or color behind New York, The promenade between the boxes and the arena is somewhat narrow, particu- larly for the use of ladies, and it was crowded during the entire evening. In the center, below the grand tier of boxes, is the arena, with its tanbark floor. All| eevning long it was ascene of prancing horses, tandem carts, platform traps, hackney and Titbury gigs, coupes, phae- tons, carriages and nearly every other de- scription of vehicle. The boxes were occupied much earlier than has been the rule. The carriages be- gan to arrive at the main entrance early, and by 9 o’clock the show in the boxes was in full swing, as were the exhibitions | in the ring. Burlingame was well repre- sented. The swagger set did not ses Walter Hobart’s New York prize team in T-cartor phaeton for park use win the white ribbon in the afternoon, while the blue went to George A. Pope’s crack team, Arlington ana Arsenal, a pair of crack chestnut geldings of great style. It will be remembered that among the other noble steeds Mr. Hobart purchased | at the New York horse show for the pur- pose of overcoming the San Francisco horse | show were The Czar and The Sultan, two very stylish bay geldings, for which, according to the telegraph, the types and proof-readers of San Francisco newspa- pers, he paid $40,000. Several gentlemen of the ultra swagger set were found in the promenade vesterday after- noon who averred that the types| made an inconsequential error of 000 in the cost of The Czar and Tie Sultan, and that it should have read §4000 instead of $40,000. Anyhow, this was the first appearance of these noted steeds, and when Mr. Hobart, a little late, but driving the beautiful bays himself, entered the arena there were many who looked upon him as the ‘‘young Lochin- | var who came out of the West.”” Certainly | this team made & great impression. It | was its first appearance and clearly the | event of the afternoon. The Czar and The | Sultan trotted together as pretiily as any | two steeds ever stepped. 1f horses can really be said to possess style of their own, theirs was very stylish yet dignified. Evidently these prize beauties, which were reported to.have taken the hrst prize in New York, felt their oais and tieir prestize. Mr. Ho- bart’s face was unexpressive, though he, of course, knew that all eyes were on his air. The other entries in this clase also made a very superior appearance and impres- sion. Messrs. Rives and Carman, the judges, assumed a very serious expression of countenance as the six teams in this s expression of countenance was a puzzie. The white, or third premium, was attached to the New York prize beauties, and the yellow, and fourth, to Mr. Pope’s Sweetheart and Surprise. Arlinston and Arsenal, very handsome chestnuts that t ey are, seemed to feel the honor and distinction. Ariington reared into the | mers in the several classes. | The cup of the Pacific Jockey Club is of | gold, and the other ten are silver. The | donors of the silver cups are: H. J. | Crocker, J. 1. Grant, R. F. Morrow, A. B. | Spreckels, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, C. P. Huntington, Palace | Hotel, P. J. Donahue, Shreve & Co. and which certainly must have realized that they were the cynosure of all eyes. Mrs, J. G. Boyne’s bay gelding pony, King Billy, most gracefully ridden by the owner's little daughter, Miss Mildred Boyne, scored an instantaneous triumph. The pretty equestrienne, suitably arrayed in riding costume and wearing neat leather leggings, made a veritable picture and was loudly applauded as she made the circnit of the rinz. Mrs. Farnsworth also made her debut mounted upon her pretty mara Stella. George A. Pope ex- hibited for the first time a new team, composed of Sweetheart, a bay mare, ana Surprise, a bay gelding, and his handsoma chestnut, Romulus, also made his 1nitial appearance and was approved by even the hypercritical. At 11 o'clock precisely C. A. Baldwin created a mild sensation as he drove into \ I ) /) i ) Hil / air. Arsenal pawed the tan bark first with one foot and then the other, and witha bound they started around the arena on the customary circle of exhibition. Mr. Hobart did not wait to parade The Czarand The Sultan continuously with the other prize winners, He drove off the tan bark into the stables. Richard Graham officiated as ringmaster, as he did last year. The judges who will act during the week are: James B. Ferguson and R. Van Brunt will judge thoroughbreds; A. B. Spreckels, R. N. Graves and Green B. Morris, trot- ters; R. W. Rives, coaching stallions; Rives, R. F. Carman, Marion Storey and Van Brunt, four-in-hands; George Van Gordon and J. D. Horan, lasso-throwing, and John McCord, R. F. Morrow and Rudolph Spreckels. The cups were greatly admired by a crowd of people. The horse show will continue through the week, ending Saturday night. The vrogramme for to-day is perhaps longer than yesterday, and fully as attractive. It includes roadsters, pacers, saddle- borses, horses in harness, six-in-band driving, saddle-ponies, parade of horses for exhibition only, unicorn teams, | monnted park police class, tandems, cab horses, fire engine teams, jumping ponies, etc., throigh morning, afternoon and evening. LAUNCHED ON THE TAN WITH A LUNCH. proceedings during the forenoon i The class, No. 50, pranced around the ring. It was apparent that the contest might be Two of Pope’s Equine Pets, opened at 10 o’ciock with a grand ring parade, under the supervision of the ring master. The ring committee for the day was composed of Major J. L. Rathbone and J. B. Crockett. The attendance of spectators, occupying boxes and prome- nading outside the inclosure, was mnot quite so large as might have been antici- pated, but the throng continually in- creased with the lapse of time and a very respectable uverage was maintained throughout the ufternoon. But as yet the galaxy of human female beauty had failed to distract more than casually the atten- tion of the male portion of the spectators from the equine display within the ring. Many handsome animals scattered the tanbark yesterday morning, and the keen rivalry of the various exhibitors was plainly manifested by the absorbed man- ner in which they put their four-footed charges through their paces. Nor is it too much to add that this sentiment seemed to be shared by the animals themselves, the inclosure his c-lebrated four-in-hand team, comprising those beautiful speci- mens of horseflesh, Ruth, Demon, Downey and His Lordship. The only feature of the turnout which excited adverse com- ment was the jehu's costume. This in- cluded a gray jacket and a straw hat, | which the initiated declared were not ex- actly ‘““the thing,” you know. However, Mr. Baldwin showed himse!f irreproach- ableasa driver. He passed through the posts without touching them. President Crocker’s coach, with that geutleman on the box, and Walter S. Ho- bart manipulating the ribbons, was the next to enter. After the latter had given a brief display of his skill Mr. Crocker took the reinsand gave a highly creditable exhibition, albeit he krocked down a sin- gle post. Joseph D. Grant followed with his four- in-hand—Music, Minstrel, Myrtle and Madene—all gray mares attached to a very fin de siecle break of the most approved vattern. That break, however, was the only one discernible throughout nis per- formance, which was in every respect ad- mirable. Mr. Bennett subsequently took the reins and showed to-a wondering world how they did it in England, and truth to tell if they ali do it like Mr. Bennett they do it very weil indeed. The last Lour of the forenoon was de- voted to riug practice of horses entered in the jumping classes—some thirty in number. They include animals of all shapes and sizes, big and little, fat and lean. Occasionally the jumbping qualities of the equine competitors was in inverse proportion to their avoirdupois, and the “'sticks” never phased them. Mr. Hobart has several handsome entries in this class, as, for example, Merry Boy, Hun:- ress and Lady Greensleeves. Blairheart, better known as “Jerry,” a brown geld- ing, a grandson of the famous English horse Blair Athol, helied his ancestry and showed a marked disinclination to exert himself, Tbe inaugural luncheon at midday given by tie board of directors of the as- sociation was informal in character, and the guests wasted no time whatever in oratory. The proceedings of the forenoon had evidently given one and all a keen appetite; and more than justice was ac- corded to the ample menu provided by a thoughtful commissariat. Over three hundred guests were spe- cially invited, and of this number more than two bundred responded. Governor Budd was, of course, the guest of honor, though President Crocker presided, the chief executive occupying a seaton his right hand, further supported by his staff, composed of the following: Colonels Peeler, Burgen, A. Andrews, Herbert Choynski, Frank Vail, Young, Bush, Pippy, Sanborn and Captain F. de L. Car- rington, U. 8. N. Georze Aimer Newhall of the board of directors did the honors, which did not prove exacting. The majority of those present, including President Crocker him- self, were rather surprised that no local Demosthenes aspired to air his eloquence on an occasion so auspicious, Many ex- pected that the Governor would say a few words, but he, it is understood, disclaimed expert knowledge of horseflesh and feared to commit himself beyond hope of recov- ery in the presence of so critical an audi- ence, The remainder of those present included the following: Fuiton G. Berry of Fresno, W. 3. Barnes, Colonel Jobn Bradbury of Los Angeles, John F. Boyd, 8. K. Bigelow, George Bites, Thomas Bowhill, Waketield Baker, J. Naglee Burke, Frank H. Burke, E. D. Baylard, J. W. Bennett, J. B. Crockett, Maurice Casey.J. M. Cunning- ham, H. T. Creswell, H. 8. Crocker, Wil- liam Corbitt, J. A. Donohoe, Supervisor Dunker, J. W. Ureypolcher, W. H. Egan; General Forsyth, U. 8. A.; J. D. Grant, C. de Guigne, E. M. Greenway, Jules C. Gamage, Walter 8. Hobart, Timothy Hop- HOBART’S SULTAN AND CZAR IN A SKELETON DRAG. g3 “ " kins, C. H. Hastings, A. Heynemann, H. E. Huntington, W. 8. Holmes, Major- General James C. Kirkpatrick, W. S. Kittle, W. P. Lawlor, H. McDowell, W. O’B. Macdonough, T. F. Meagher, G. W. McNear, George A. Pope, John Parrott, Henry Pierce of S8anta Rosa, Major Rath- bone, Crittenden Robinson, J. Shaw Rob- inson, George Rose, C. M. Shortridge, J. C. Simpson, George B. Sperry, T. H. Stevenson, Henry T. Bcott, D. J, Staples; Colonel W. R. Shafter, U. 8 A.; Colonel C. L. Taylor, Baron von Schroeder, R, Van Brandt, W. H. Vioget, H. E. Wise, Gen- eral Warfield, E. H. Williams of Portland and others. gt THOROUGHEREDS PACE IN THE AFTERNOON. A very handsome lot of thoroughbred stallions, class 1, were those which pa- raded on the tanbark about 20’clock in the afternoon. They came prancing through the gates at the sound of the trumpets and all eyes were turned that way. Among them was the thoroughbred stallion Isling- ton, owned by James 8. Robinson of Han- ford, which is entered among the special exhibits. A proud set were these male prancers. Every hair was in line, and the fetlocks and hoofs shone like their bur- mished coats. Their necks were curved and their steps high. It required no sec- ond glance, even of a novice, to see they were thorcughbreds, marrow and bone. The list comprised Burns & Waterhouse’s chestnut Lovdale, A. B. Spreckeis’ chest- nut imp. Creighton; the chestnut Crescen- do, belonging to J. Naglee Burke of San Jose; the imp. Artillery, owned by W. T. Parsons of New Zealand, and J. B. Hag- gins' Del Paso II1. Then came another parade of trotting stallions, comprising adout a dozen, in classes 5, 6 and 7. A special prizeof a silver cup, valued at $200, is offered by Shreve & Co. for class 5, which is stallions four years old and over kept for service, n addition to the regular prizes. These stallions made fully as creditable and stylish appearance as those of the previous class. This concluded the preliminary parading of the afternoon and the judges zot down to business. The first class to be judzed was 38, mare or geldin,, 15 hands and under 15 hands 2 inches, suitable for park use in a gig or phaeton, the winner of first prize being barred from taking a prze in classes 33 and 35. There were four entries: George A. Pope’s bay gelding Romulus, W. 8. Hobart's chestnut mare Friils (with Mr. Hobart holding the ribbons), Mr. Ho- bart’s bay mare Pride, and Mr. Hobart’s bay gelding The Bid, he making three of the four entries in the class. The stylish gigs glistened with new varnish and were radiant in their upholstery. Applause followed ti:e pinning of the blue to Pride. Frills took the red ribbon, The Sid the white, and Mr. Pope’s Romulus the yel- low ribbon. It could not have been much otherwise, but Mr. Hobart looked pleased with three out of four prizes, and his friends thou-ht be started out very well in the first day. The ponies had their innings next. They were very pretty; pairs in harness to phaetons or carts. This class, 63, in- cluded pairs of stallions, mares or geld- ings, or mare and gelding, 12 hands and not exceeding 13 hands 1 inch. W. 8. Hcbart made the only two entries: Imp. Spot, a skewbald mare, and Lightfoot, a piebald gelding, which were driven by him, and the Spotted Dip and Spotted Sparkle. The ponies were of special in- terest to the children and ladies, the little ones clapping their hands and erying out their delight. Three prizes were hung up but only one was awarded—the first prize of $60 to imp. Bpot and Light- foot, Dip and Sparkle trotted away with- outa premium. The chilaren said, “Too baa,” for Dip and Sparkle were very pretty ! indecd. The judges evidently thougit that Dip and Sparkle did not come up to the standard of second-prize beauties or they hesitated about giving all the prizes in the show, right away, to young Mr. Hobart. His steeds ha¢ been nearly the whole show so far. The gigs and the phaetons looked awfully small in class 64. This was for stallions, mares or geldings above 13 hands 1 inch and not exceeding 14 hands1 inch, three years old and over. In this GLASS 33 | 93 Sccn at the Judges’ Stand. class ‘‘there were others.” Wakefield Baker entered his bay stallion Tommy, Baldwin his bay gelding Tristan, Mrs. C. H. Leadtetter Jr. a roan mare, Lady Raye, and W. 8. Hobart a bay gelding, Button B. Mr. Hobart again had the satisfaction of seeing the blue pinned to the throat- latch of Button, and perhaps greater ex- uitation in watching the third-rate white tied to his cousin Baldwin’s Tristan, for society is well aware that the cousins are far from being as thick as two in a bed and three in the middle, and that they look upon each otner with frowning brows. They don’t speak as they pass by, even on the tanbark of a horse show. Lady Raye trotted arouna the arena with the red fluttering from her temyple. The bsy staliion Tommy took fourth prize. At 3:20 o'clock the trumnet sounded for saddle horses, class 67, mare or gelding, 15 hands and under 15 hands 2 inches, four yesrs old or over, up to carry- ing 160 pounds. The entries were John Parrott’s brown mare Mousie, George Quarrie’s chestnut mare Czarina, J. J. Moore's black mare Topsy, Leon Boque- raz’s chestnut gelding Norval and Mr Hobart’s The 8Sid. The horses bounded into the arena and were much admired for their movement and style. Mousie took first prize and Czarina third, no other prizes being awarded. The next was oneof the most important events of the opening day—class 40, horses in harness, pairs of mares or geldings, 15 *hands high or over, for park usein T cart or phaeton, the pair taking first pri barred from taking a prize in classes 34, 37 and 42 These teams and outfits were, perhaps, the swellest of the day. The sil- ver chains of the harness jingled a pleas- ant music to the motion of the trotters, and the goid or silver mounted harness glittered in the rays of the sun that slanted from the upper windows. Theen- tries were: Henry J. Crocker’s chestnut gelding Fred and chestnat mare Elea- nor; George A. Pope's bay mare Sweet- heart and bay gelding Surprise; Mr. Pope’s chestnut geldings Arlington and Arsenal; W. S. Hobart's gray and brown eeldings Peacock and Paragon; Mr. Ho-, bart’s bay geldings Damrosch and Seidl} Mr. Hobart’s bay geidings The Czar and The Sultan, which he purchased at there- cent New York horse show for special ex- hibition bere. These teams were all well matched, and it was apparent from the studious looks on the faces of Judges Rives and Carinan, as the handsome turnouts trotted around the circle and described other evolutions in the arena, that they considered they had eome work to perform. Mr. Hobart held the reins over The Czar and The Sultan. These are certainly magniticent horses. Mr. Hobart’s face was almost impassive. Nearly an hour was consumed in passing upon this class, amid the greatest interest on the part of society people and all others present. At firstit appeared that The Czar and The Sultan would win first prize, but it was not to be. The blue went to Mr. Pope’s crack team, Arlington and Arsenal; the red to Mr. Hobart's Damrosch and Seidi; third prize to the New York prize-winners, The Czar and The Sultan, and tourth to Mr. Pope’s Sweetheart and Surprise, two prizes each for the leading competitors. There was feeble applause. Mr. Hobart flushed and did not stay to parade in the arena with the other prize-winners. Inclass 79, stallion not exceeding 46 | inches in h ight, not length, Prince Al- bert, a bay, owned by Thomas G. Klink, was the only entry. He was awarded first prize. Class 76, stallion three years old or over, exceeding 12 hands 1 inch and not exceed- ing 14 hands 1 inch, the only entry was the bay stallion Toramy, owned by Wake- field Baker. He took & blue ribbon. The next, class 20, was one of a numer- ous and a sort of a proud ‘amily showing. It was for stallions, four yearsold or over, with three of his get of any age. The en- tries were imp. Green’s Rufus, exhibited b; John Parrott, and imp. Paragon, a che: nut, exhibited by F. G. Berry of Fresno. They took first and second prizes respect- ively. The array of equine children was very frisky and a credit to their sires. The only entry in class 21, stallions, four years old or over, was John Parrott’s imp. Green's Rufus, a chestnut, which feit the vigor of every ounce of blood under his beautiful coat. He showed it, too, in his arched neck and graceful cavorting. He took another first prize and seemed to feel his doubie honors in the prancing he in- dulged in with a second blue ribbon flut- tering from his temples. W. S. Hobart’s Frills, in class 28, for colts, fillies or geldings two years old, the only entry, took another blue ribbon. Al Baba, John Parrott’s brown colt, in class 29 for year ings, and the only entry, took a second prize, no first being awarded. In class 29 A, 3 and under 5 years old, there weré eight entries, but none came up to the standard of a first prize. 'Ihe entries were: F. G. 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