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Horse Show Perpetuates Equine Interest in CountyThird Annual Show of Fairfield County Hunt Club Is Conspicuous in Results It Achieves Beyond Those Connected With Actual .Exhibitions, Sunday Post Commentator Finds—New Riders Developed.Bj MAJOR H. C. MOBHIS,* They shall nor pass”:So suUl a fumaim general in theWorhrs war. when the horses ofIhwUIp troops pressed Hard upon the beleaguered city of Verdun■'They shall not piss. *lt;hi*d thecommander of the Amcriwn To c.e»ut flit* historic affair at Uelletm Wi mlTitov shall not puss. said the humII band of horsts lowers ‘hn some lhr#«' years ago guthe;ed to-Jiethot in a little barn-llkc ro Hit near the SnugaUick riMT, and lesolvert that the horse ‘‘honhl never be allowed to become a back number In the Bounty tf Fairfield.In the one cu^o the ta historic that Lhrilled the w» rlcli old of the determination ‘f the .UUes that nothin* should he allow -ed to get bv the lines of men that were fighting for I he cause of jua-tKO and right.In the other episode there was demonstrated the detei minatlon of the lovers -f horse-flesh In Fairfield county that man'** be«t friend -should never bo permitted to gh e way entirely to the domination ol the automobileHorne Is ne-EMabll5lM?rt.ThN was three years ago and to Fairfield countv and to the members o' the Fairfield Ortiity Hunt club In particular, belongs the ctedit of re-establishing the status of the horse in this section of the country, an example that Ins been followed by almost e\erv sentlon. rot only of New England. but also of the whole of the eastern side of the United Slates. The third annual horse show of the Fa I-field County Hunt club has now passed Into h 1st cry.In the short suace of three rears this ►rjrinlzatlon, with Its modest beginning, has leaped to the front o: similar institutions In a manner that has astonished New England.When the few Interested people mot in a barn and decided Ihnl it w oul I be a fine thing to have a shew of horses of the district, they carried out their intention with a real and Interest that haw characterized the movement t the present day.And so on the hoard fields of the estate of K T. Hertford at Greens Fa* ms with a handful of horses the first horse show was heldsome three years £go, and tfoua was laid the foundation -f Iho great organization that IcMaV is known as the Fairfield County Hunt cluh.The show that has passed will go dewn Into history a.i the best ami must hwishlv organized affair of its kind ever staged at Westport.Apuit frnt the wonderful array of hnr.se-flesh, tbo remarkable skill of the riders anil the perfect o~er-ltion of the big progiammc of events, there was demonstrated among every section of the big attendance ut the ground on Hong la is yoacl. that zeal and wholesome inteiest e'en bordering on lovo for the horse.Horse Is King Again,For three days the horse has boon king at Westport.Thousand* have comc to see him; thousands have cheered him as ho s] ed round the sh\nv ring, and thousands have thrilled with a pleasurable delight at ills beauty and graceful deportment.For once iho automobiles parked in depressing rows were forced to take a buck seat. and for three whole days the horse has held sway jBahian ri has come Into his own. ^valuohjrso-back recreation |lr»g a big part in nc uoik of the show.The effects of th.* horse show and all Jt means ik* very fa- reaching,’ said O VV. Gair, ilie peaidonl t( the Sunday I*o»t.From n very srnui b«sinning we have grown «nrt prospered s » tliat today we can safely say that our annual show ranks among the flist in the land for entries, excellence -)f hr.i'Ke-flCMh an 1 quulltles of the riders.Our piimary object is o popularize the horse, eric mage Upbreeding, and create m the minds of the public, especially the children, the desl.e to reinstate the h ;rse inthe position he once occupied.Here in Fairfield county we arc very happily situated, in ihal we have many miles of country over which, we cm ride and hum. and so afford a valuable moans of ieorcation nnii amusemenl.Then there is the* fact that Und values have Increased. The farmers me co-operating with us in helping in Lhe suc'CesM of the Hunt chib, and it has been proved that since the establishment of the club on its p-csent site values have in the vicinity have gone up by ieMps and bounds.4‘Wc are catering a great deil to the younger set and arc thereby instilling in them the spirt of courage, self-reliance and sporting instinct that will always stand them In good stead.And among the many inteiviews that the Sunday fott liu 2 with prominent members of tjie Hunt club, there was evinced th* same spirit of onlhusia.xm over Mm horse and the giowing po*ibl!iU*s thit wore looming up for the future.Mr. Bedford’s Comment,They call the father of the Hunt Club,” said the veteran horf*e breeder. E. T. Bedford as he pulled up his famous trotting hcrrc Ker-nelM from “Axcworthv” and Walnut Tree to receive the blue ribbon for roadsters. I was glad to let the cluh have the use of my race-track and grounds for their first two ahows; and if I have given my time and other ass 1st a nee to the cause of the Hunt chib and the fin tacrine of the Inteleats of the horse in Fairfield count'* then I am satisfied.Dm* chief aim nnf object in organizing a a how of this sort is, to promote the interest in riding and to Inculcate the spirit of horsemanship In young as well as old,” said General Churl re J. Deltev oJao. one of the best known cavalry leaders of the United States a’my, am: an acknowledged authority on horses.As chairman of the ITorse Show committee, T ran speak for 1hc urbanization of tho Fairfield County Hunt •club as a whole an 1 have no hesitation in snjJng that the horso is coiplng hack into his own. that riding Is becoming one more a pop-nJnr spni!, \lelng oven with the automobile, #and that through the inr^um of this cluh thar* is no question but that the art of horsemanship will be revived and that the horse will once more takw hta rightful place in the lives of every community.'* .E. M. Jennings, vice-president ot the club, and a prominent automobile dealer, told the Sunday Post j that a show such as the one that j has Just £een held fills a need in the | community, ;*s a medium of bringing people together. It will aid the marketing of cur real es.ate,” he and tend to Increase the land in the vicinity. The love ofAnd now that the third annual horse shown held under the auspices of Me Fairfield County Hunt club is a thing of the past It may be well, tt analyze the event from every angle.First and foremost Is the realization that the horse, as far as Connecticut. Is very far from passing. Then it must be confessed that few people in the Bridgeport district over kntsv that such splendid specimens of equine beauty were to be found within the confines of the slate.Prominent Breeder# Present.Than tlic show held by the Fairfield County Hunt club stands out pre-eminent in the eastern states is demonstrated by ;he fact that some of the most prominent hJrse breeders of America were present with stnngs of horses that were the admiration of all h ho attended the t\ enl.Still more Important is the fact ihnt u glance at the pilze list and entry lists will show that over two-thirds of the hoies participating In the show were from Connecticut, proof positive ihat the h^rse is slili popular.Sunny skies, glorious weather, and a bieath of real summer In the air eharai tcrized tho last day of the s,*iovv, mukmg up for the misery of the opening day and tho rain that although dampening tho clothes of the big concourse of visitors, had not the least effect on the enthu-and the intercut taken hi the* pi oce ed i rigs.As a spectacular exhibition °i hoi semiin ship, and us a medium for lhe gathering together of almost ♦•very M'ctlon of tho community. 1ht hoise show will go tuy as one of tho undertakings ever countyThere are many things that can he deduced from tUoir popular society function. There is the fundamental love of the horsr* by riders ..net non-rJrter.s and b ail sorts and omliticms of men.There is the credUou of the com-wowess and Inherent lovo of horslt;*s nion meeting place where skill, i*» fostered.Thcio is the romantic element•surrounding man’s equine friend, that In spite of tho popularity ol the mol M-cAr will nevei be ijuite eliminated.Them is the extremely pleasing .slt; dal side.And there is that spirit of lovedawn into his-most successful staged in thehorses has never died and it is that Icvo that will eventually bring all sections of the community together.Donald G. Perkins. Master of Fox Hounds, and a member of tho hoard of governors a*oke enthusiastically of the prospect* of hunting. Fox hunting,” he said, is a very important branch of the activities of the Hunt dub. There rae heaps of foxea, the country is Ideal, and the farmers are co-operating with us In every way so as to further the Interests of the sport.Fairfield county Is the only flection of the Eastern States that possesses a pack of hounds such as we have here, and far rrom having a letrlmenta! effect on the country, a* so many people think, the aport. on the other hanl. has helped tremendously in popularizing our territory, resulting in the Inc* .uvse of values all around,“We have had some of the finest •runs’ in the history of American fox-hunting, and our country offers .some of the bes*. sport obtainable.Results Are Phenomena! Sidney A. Storer of the Publicity committee, in an interview with the Sunday Post on the results of the Horse show and its value to the ciommilnlqy. .said Uhat the results that had beer, accomplished in three yeavs were phenomenal. From ia snvill nucleus of n club has urotvn the huge organization thnt has just staged the ITorse Show, which attracted entries from ail portfl of the F.offern States, that ha* pro lured seme of the finest horse-flesh In the country, and which has done a great deal to stimulate the interest in horses. their breeding and popularity.*We have the finest show ground in Fastern America,” Vie said, and posse# one of the few ouhiido courses In tho country. Every year the Interest in riding and horsemanship is iTirrroiintf and today I think I am safe in saying that In FairfieM counts* we h,av« as profUlent a community nf honwvmtn anil horsewomen as in nay other part or llie Union ”In dlsou.^hig polo aIlh the Sunday Post, Henry A. Budkin. pres|-rtrnt of the Polo Association subsidiary to the Hi nl club enlarged on the progrcea ma«*c in I hat directionfor the horse that Is very utrong ineverybody.Hern was a gathering of people that tame to Pay tr:bute to tho nurse anti to recognize his worth.And tho results that are more tlum st possibility must not be i v erloulted.Firstly there is the direct encouragement given to the breeding of horses, then there is the value of the exercise as secured from riding.The fostering of the interest inSTAMFORD WOMAN HURT WHEN TWO AUTOS CRASHSTAMFORD. Sejit. j—(Special 1 Mrs. Ida Thomas. 131 Greenwich avenue, is in the Stamford '‘hospital in serious condition with internal injuries received Frllay night w nen an automobile In which sh° was riding with her husband was in collision with .t car operated by Frederick Hamm, of Hollywood avenue, Hamm was taken In euttodv on a charge cf violating the mol or vehicle Jaw. Neither ht nor the woman's husband wa# injured although both cars were damaged.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Mon, Sep 06, 1926
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