Judge — February 1936 — page 29: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Saddle Hosses By W. Newbold Ely, Jr. are saddle horses and saddle putin the high circles of equine society, a saddle hoss is properly one which operates only on tan bark, or other terrain which is exceptionally flat When riding a saddle horse your head should be crowned with one of the fol- silk opera hat, al n’s black derby, a prize fi or an Alpine effect, smething between a Tyrolean yod- ler’s and a duck hunting hat. The collar should be white and as stiff, and un- comfortat The tie should be a black bow in a Rudy Vallee jazz model ove a white lowing : comedi It is perched coyly z stiff shirt bosom like that put on ex- alky’ kings by progressive morticians, 1 tuxedo, he pants The saddle name in the ull other terms venery, viz., because the seat 1s This contortionistic accom- ishment is performed as follows, A old is take 5 are cal wn the stirrup iron “irons” because they t iron), and the leg is then thrust and away fro r mount’s si paper. The effect comes that of a dan The wl the rider's legs be- se doing a split. tsis (we must speak as man to man here), is held above, and south of the saddle. The rider's hands are held a very near-sighted lady’s knitting, or a suspicious bridge player's cards, The divining rod, carried in lieu of a crop. is held as though fishing for pickerel, or pointing out the North Pole on a xeography globe. HERE are thre and five ited saddle horse: ie three gaited have what God gave them. The five gaited have seaweed manes, plus a Charleston shuffle. It's all r nerve racking. But nothing, as com- pared to the judging. As the high class saddle horse is kept only to be judged, it is naturally an all-important event. It is not whether you like your horse or not tha So the y ally very vcings are always with chance as the judges are with | show committee’s “refreshment.” Spectators are suddenly awaked from the siesta they've been indulging them- selves in since the last jumping class by some judge shrieking “Rack On!” all the frenzy of a Hol r. The riders start to nd in circles try other, It is thrown a h madly y to pass each s though somebody had ten dollar bill down in a six day bicycle race. The es put ter into th begin ye spirit of the thing. g “Rack On!" andemonium reigns. g. They “Rack Of!" Horses and lers go dashing round and reund round the ring. yelling “Let's The air is fille One of the jud; have round with flying tan bark and It is very another ard to see attractive picture. interlude gives the jud; time to p another hand of pi place the horses’ num- bers in a hat, and inconspicuously draw for pl without holding up proceed i wa Dickensonian combination herald-groom is putting on the ribbons. all hues of the rainbow, in fact each of the seven rackers gets a ribbon. No feelings hurt. No one left out. And the curfew tolls the knell of parting day, and parted bree: ott “Yes, Henry’s invented a substitute for gas.” 27 counts, but what the judges | Roller | Explaining the Popularity of FURNESS cruises to the Litle WEST. INDI Liner “NOVA SCO- TIA.” fresh from trans - atlantic service now joins the popular “NERISSA,” West In- dies favorite. True Furness service and FOURTEEN different enchanting islands off the beaten path—s Thomas, St. Croix, St. Martin, St. Kitts, Antigua, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad, Grenada, St. Vincent. for 21-22 DAYS or a little over $7 per da Cruise Directors— deck sports, tourna- ments, outdoor swim- ming pools, dances. SAILINGS from New York: FEB. I, 12, 26. Apply to your TRAVE SENT or Furness West Indies Line, 34 Wbite- hall St, 634 Fifth Ave. New York comicbooks.com