New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-21
THE NATIONAL HORSE SHOW.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN R1ADiNl SIS FOR THE
ExHIBITION--A CHAT WITH MISS MgLLISH.

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN N READlNl SIS FOR THE
ExHIBTION--A CHAT WITH MISS MELLIsH
Twenty-Five young men crowded the committee
room Of the National Horse Show at Madison
Square Garden yesterday and twenty-five jackets
with striped yellow and black bodies and black
sleeves aud TWENTY-FIVE black and yellow peaked
caps were handed out and fitted by an old man who
had spectacles and a gray mustache The young
men were the assistants and the Jackets
and caps were their uniforms. to be dOnned on
Monday morning when the show opens at haf-past
9 o'clock. Inside the building the preparations
nearly completed aud the Garden presents
strangely altered appearance. The central portion,
enciTclcd by the iron pillars which support the
roof is occupied by the exercising and display ring,
which is covered TO depth of several feet with tan
bark. In the middle is deep trench which will
eventually be filed with water and form the water
jump over which Miss Mellish, the English lady
of Austria will take the hunters. i he latter
young woman was leaning against the
railing yesterday, contemplating the track with
pensive expression. She told a TRIBUNE reporter
that she hoped to make good impression In
America, for she had ridden III every European cap
ital since she was so high" holding a shapcly
hand some fourteen inches from the floor. Superin
tendent Lincoln was rushing wildly about seeing
that the last touches were given to the
artistic decorations which consist of red, white
and blue streamers festooned from pillars 10 roof
and gayly bazoned shields bearing the arms of all
nations.
wooden structure which reaches half way over East
Twenty-seventh-st. This contains l42 stalls and
loose boxes, each of which is amply provided with
has been made by tying shcaves of straw to the
ends of the partitions with red and blue ribbons.
The telegraph poles and lamppOsts which have an
odd, out-Of-t he-way look are treated in the same
way. At the east end of the building there are
some capaciOus loose boxes in which the specially
fine and valuable exhibits will find quarters.
Facing the exhibition ring is large stall for the
reception of the iire-engineS and teams which Will
give, in turn, three exhibitions day for prize 10
be awarded 10 the company making the quickest
time. On the north side is space devoted
to the exhibition of whips, harness and
other accessories. John. G.. Heckschcr was seen
late yesterday afternoon by a TRIBUNE reporter.
Nothing said he, could be more satisfactory.
Everything is in apple-pe order aud though only
half dozen of the exhibits have as yet arrived we
are ready for the whole of them, if they want TO
come. We are agrccably disappointed, not only rs
to the quantity, but also 20 the qualtyof The cN
hibits and | think can safely say that our cX-
hibition will compare favOrably with any in the
world that has been held hitherto. We have added
some most attractive features, not the least OF
which will bc the fre-cuginc competition. The
prize is a handsome set of harness. We offered a
library of books, but the men thought that rs the
horses were 10 win the prize the horses ought to
have it,
The show will open at $50 Monday
morning but Mayor Edison will formally
declare it open at half past 3 o'clock.
The iudCing viii begin at halt-paSt 10 o'clock. In
the evening the building will be lighted by sixty
electric lights. The seats on the north SIDE VIII he
reserved. while those the south viii be free to
ticket-hOlders. Only few horses, and those
from places FAR distant, arrived Yesterday.
Among them were the exhibits of W. n. Wilson,
Of Abdaah Park, Cynthiana KY; James Nc
EnrOe of Montreal, Mont, and l.. VI. Payne Of
Hlndales, Mass.