The San Francisco call. [volume], December 08, 1895, Page 8, Image 8

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FAIR DAUGHTERS OF CALIFORNIA WHO WERE AT THE HORSE SHOW.
was a crush at the horse
i show on its closing night, and
I society was lost in the crowd. All
]\ the seats were taken and the aisles
filled so that promenading in
front of the boxes was hard work. The
managers say that their receipts for the
five days were about 40 per cent more than
they were last year and the profits will be
large.
AH day yesterday the attendance was
larger than it had been before, and it was
a crowd that came to be interested, and
the applause was more liberal than usual.
The great feature of the day was the dis
play made by the Fire Departments of San
Francisco and Oakland.
The judces dealt a hard blow to the pride
of the owners of four-in-hand rigs in refus
ing to give a blue ribbon to any of the ex
hibits in class 47. The specifications of the
class call for four-in-hands to be judged
before a coach or drag, horses to
count 50 per cent and the coach
or drag and appointments 50 per cent.
The judges have admitted that the horses
of this class are up to the standard and
worthy of blue ribbons time and again
during the show, but by this decision de
clare that none of the rigs shown are.
Hobart, J. D. Grant, the Burlingame Club
and Talbot Clifton had their turnouts in
the arena.
In the afternoon the crowd was larger
than it had been any evening before. This
was partly due to its being Saturday, but
a large proportion had come to see the
contest between the Fire Departments of
San Francisco and Oakland. It was not a
contest between No. 2 and No. 12, as far
THE SAN FBANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1895,
Sketched from life at the Mechanics' Pavilion by a "Call" staff artist
as San Francisco firemen went. They
knew that Oakland had put in a great
team and cared little which team won, so
long as it was either that from Bush street
or the one from Drumm street, and when
the blue ribbon finally went to tlie beauti
fully matched grays which pulled No. 2
Chief Sullivan and his men raised a shout
that threatened to take the roof off the
Pavilion. It was a great show. When the
Duple sounded John Hayden plied his
whip over his horses and dashed into the
arena at a "general-alarm" gait and started
around the arena, followed by No. 2's hose
wagon, 12 engine and the Oakland engine.
Around the arena they dashed, with bells
clanging and horses jumping, as if some
hotel was on fire.
Engine 2 from Bush street was pulled by
three well-matched grays, driven by John
Hayden, with Engineer Edward Culligan
in his place. It is a new engine, up to date
in every respect, and was polished till it
glistened all over, as were in fact ail the
turnouts.
No. l's hose wagon was pulled by Jim
and Bob, two chemical engine horses,
driven by William Durham. They are a
well-matched pair of whites.
The horses in No. 12 were Baby, Duke
and Dock, three large bays, driven by John
Little, with Engineer Kiehl at his post.
Their engine arrived here only a few days
ago from the Eaßt and this was its iirst
turnout. It is an up-to-date machine,
weighing five tons, and gave the big horses
little opportunity for high-stepping as
they hurried it around the ring.
The driver for the Oakland engine was
Sam Short, a veteran of the department,
while B. E. Lawton, son of the Oakland
Chief, acted as engineer. Chief Lawton
was on hand, as were also the Fire Com
missioners, Mayor Davie, Attorney Peri
soll and Engineer Wilson, and many mem
bers of the Oakland Fire Department and
others from across the bay, so that the
magnificent gray Normans received as
much cheering as did the local teams.
The driving of the heavy engines about
the small arena at breakneck speed with
out accident was a sight worth seeing, for
the drivers displayed wonderful skill in
guiding their engines past each other at
close quarters at fire-alarm speed.
After they had stopped and lined up in
the center the judges, Captain Taylor and
James McNab, looked the horses over,
and when they finally awarded the blue
ribbon to No. 2'a grays the cheering was
the greatest that has been since the show
opened.
Oakland engine's Norman grays got the
second prize and red ribbon, while the yel
low ribbon of high commendation went to
engine 12's bays.
Before this contest chemical engine No.
2, which has been stationed in the Pa
vilion, was driven aoout the arena by
Joseph Burnett.
The most diamatic event of the whole
show was not down on the bills and oc
curred yesterday at noon when there were
very few people in the audience and when
John McAuliffe, J. M. Cunningham's
coachman, furious because the judges had
awarded him only a yellow ribbon, flung
it back at them and drove furiously out of
the arena, and later after refusing to
apologize to the judges was ordered by
President Crocker to leave the Pavilion,
which he did, driving his learn. The
trouble was over thf decision in class 73 for
the best performance of professional coach
men driving a pair of horses. Posts were
set up in the arena at different points with
bareiy space between for the passape of
carriages, and through these the coachmen
drove, one after another. First came Mc-
Auliffe, who made the circuit without
striking a post. He was followed by John
Carroll, Henry J. Crocker's coachman,
who knocked a post over. The others went
through without striking.
The judges awarded the first prize to
Joseph Dyer, Hobart's coachman, the sec
ond to John Carroll, who had overturned
a post, the third to James Stewart and the
yellow ribbon to McAnliffe. The manner
of holding the ribbons and other points