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Plainfield Riding and Driving Club

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Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt wins 1st prize at the show

Plainfield Riding and Driving Club was a horse riding and driving club in Plainfield, New Jersey. It held an annual horse show starting in 1903.[1][2]

Plainfield, Judging Harness Horses, Ladies to drive LOC 2163487372

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  1. ^ "Plainfield Horse Show. Annual Event in June to be Most Attractive Club Ever Held". New York Times. May 13, 1911. Retrieved November 4, 2010. The Plainfield Riding and Driving Club announced to-day its prize list for the eighth annual horse show to be held on the show grounds June 1, 2, and 3, and it is the most attractive in the history of the club, aggregating several thousand dollars in cash purses and many cups. ...
  2. ^ "Champion Gig Horse Fails in Form. Women Riders in Many Classes". New York Times. June 8, 1912. Retrieved November 4, 2010. The unusual spectacle of the champion gig horse Nala being unplaced in a class with only two other entries was witnessed to-day at the second day's session of the Plainfield Riding and Driving Club's annual horse show on the club grounds. Joseph W. Harriman's famous harness horse probably never made a poorer showing in the ring, and the award was never questioned either by the experts or spectators.