The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-20
TIE NATIONAL HORSE EXHIBITION.
Show Of American Equine Productions Mt
Springi eld-Intc cresting Scenes, SC.

rinEbeId-Intcrestlng scenes, DC.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF TiIE NEW YORK HERALD.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Oct 19-P. NJ.
This beautiful city is with people
who have come here to witness the $50 caled)
aGreat National Exhibition OF Horses" now being
held near the United States Armory and upon
ground owned by the United States The hotels which
very good and very commodous, filled TO
flowing and in the best of them accommodations were
refused several days since every available place had
been pre- engaged Last night nany gentlemen sought
the downy upon sofas and setees while others repaired
to the neighboring villages The rush has continued
during the day. and will probably be increased tomor
row. when the speed of the valuable horses will be
tried, and again increased Friday when "ogrcul
tura banquet win be given At this time many emf
nent men are expected but they have not yet arrived
Mr. Everett was expected
Mr. Oliver Wendell Holmes sends letter in his usual
yein declining to attend Governor Clifford of this State,
and Governor Seymour Of Connecticut expected this
evening. John g. SAKE the Vermont wit and poet sent
humorous letter.
The exhibition is speculation the part of portion
Of the citizens of Springfield and Hampden counties,
who formed themselves into stock company of
two hundred and fifty personsthe capital stock being
$4,000 The United States Agricultural Society also lent
its aid Ihd premiums amounted to So 500the highest
Is $500 for the best stallion of years DID, and the
lowest is $40 for the second quality of ponies.
Whether the exhibition will have good effect not
remains to be seen. We now came to the ioition
itself.
OF level ward situated east Of the armory grounds
This field contains three hundred stalls for the horses
stand for the judges, and seats arranged amphheatre
Of half mile in extent has also been laid out in
the centre Of the field for the purpose Of testing the
atve speed of fe horses After the close of the show
the owners Of the horses, who desire, sell them,
either by auction private sale, upon the field.
Well this ied presented very lively appearance this
dred horses upon the iound and tn two hundred
entered The horses We're arranged in grand pro
|. Stations of seven years old aud over.
2 Stations from -four to seven years.
:. Stations of four years and under
a. Thoroughbred
=. Matched pairs
:. Mares with foals at side
S. Ponies.
o. All horses entered for exhibition.
10. Farm and team horses
The bell the Judges stand then rung, when Mr..
George Dwight Of Springfield, declared the exhibition
opened Mr. NJ p Wilder then proposed three cheers for
the first national horse exhibition ever held in the world
They given; the band played Hail Columbia" the
marshal autered about in state of intense excitement
the waved their handkerchess the stations snort
ed and the whnned the little boys threw their
caps and hopelesy involved themselves under eveybodys
leg; sud the horse show was opened The horses now
went around the track in procession and collectively,
made line show How they turned out upon individual
examna ion shall see pretty
After the procession had twice made ths circuit of the
track, the line broken and the drivers let out
link or two." The very Interesting. Tho
horses were generally reshthey were excited by having
been kept standing in the cool bracing October airhe
day beautiful specimen Of early autumn weather)-
the and spectators felt fine as the horfes
and there appeared to be general desire to rush all
around Away went the nags-matched pairs-s,aihons,
colts, and breeding mares-for amateur trotting on
sandy course, some of it very tall, while tl
bury and fourth hand was driven by Mr. Cords, of
longmeadov, making very dashng and stylish ap
pearance The short square trotters oil tne MOT
gan breed conIastcd with the long, full, slash
ing gait of the thoroughbreds while occasionally pair
OF pontes would patter through the sand striking brsk
trot Tor hundred yards The scene wss most m
sprjpg one made by several little impromptu
tro which occasionally took place. Your correspondent
oticed twenty matched pairs Out OF AL TINS num-
Der there but very few particularly distinguished
for speed or beauty pair (grey and bay) driven by
James Reed Of Palmer, seemed TO possess the latter
quality They opened on four minute gait, and seemed