New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
THE HORSE SHOW.
THE DRESS PARADE - THOROUGHBREDS
FROM THE CLUBS GOSSIP.


went to see the in charming toilets. shall
not presume TO describe tho charming toilets nor the
fair creatures that adorned and adorned BIZ them
The variety OF co,or texture and design was infinite.
with tho evening dresses OF the men It different
To describe them is easy. With one exception all tried
to look alke-rcgulatlon style. Tho exception was
4. Louis Onativla who did not look
alike. (Thls expression may not DO syn
tacticaily correct, but IL states factj
A description of Mr. Onaiiva's elaborate and elegant
attire would require moro space than have been
permitted to occupy on this occasion 'uii;e it TO
say that during the 0nasivia regime T. Berry Wall,
Frederick Gebhari T. Porter Ashc and Robert billiard
did not enter his domInions Aside from Mr.. Onavfa
the noticeable feature Of the dress parade. so far as
the club-men were concerned, was tho rogn OF tho
SILK hat A man ii Derby was like minnow In a
trout pond-out of tho SWIM But there always
few fearless mInnows who afford to laugh at
style and Ignore t. Among these / could not help
hoticng James 4. Kcene. whose po' hat made BIN a
conspicuous figure among the judges who Occupied
inc centre Of space. Mr. Kccne IS man OF small
STATURE considerably smaller than his Foxhall.
who returned TO college on Wednesday after taking
prize with his bay Duchess.
One Of the most stylish mon seen was A. J. Cas-
satt, OF Philadelphia, owner Of the Chestcrbrook
Stable of running horses He spent nearly the en-
tire week in the Garden, Mrs. Cassatt and her sons
and daughters frequently accompanying him. Mr..
Cassatts eldest son will soon be old enough to
vote, yet the father might readily pass for man
Of thirty lie is tall, spare and straight, has small
head finely chlselled face blonde tache, blue eyes
and complexion of which the fairest woman might
be proud Fourteen OF his horses we're entered for
competition in their various classes. 1t Is pity
that The PaId not among them. &c would have
Hinged It proudly the select 400-not Ward Nc
Aillster's, but Secretary Hydes.
By the way, did Mr. Hyde ever get that
fence? You know he rode Reginald Fry's chestnut
mare Fascination in two Of the jumping contests.
Speaking OF thoroughbreds, why did not tho man
agemcDt exhibit such world-renowned horses as Pa
iole, Dry Monopole and Hanoverl Their presence
would have increased the interest tenfold Old Pa
role is passing the days In somebody's stable up
town. Dry Monopole is at Saratoga, but SIR. Graft
would have ordered him down with aacrity If he
had been invited to do The game little bay the
hero Of many a fierce struggle at sheepshoad Brook
Ign and Monmouth, will never race again. Hanover
has Just been released from Dr. Shcppards veterinary
hospital.
Heard in one of the boxes:
Miss Inquisinve-who drives that lovely fourth
hand
Heavy Swell new on)-Aw-er-I-er-
WEAKLY ca~n't wecognlze him, you know. adjusting
mODocle) Yaas, do, too. You wcfer, pwesume
to the slight young who sits so ewect and tools
his team quite like an EnglIshman? Aw-er-that Is
my friend, Mr.. T. Underhlll. I wecognIze him
weadily enough, now that you mention him.
"Who is Mr.. Underhll' Is he dudel"
Haw, haw, haw. Well, WEAKLY Miss-er-
Miss Inquisltve You are WEAKLY quite funny, don't
you know. Haw, haw, haw. Yewy clever. Quite
the best thing have heard this AFTERNOON, assure
you pom my honah. / shall tell It at the club this
vewy evening-wth yonr gwacious permission, Miss
er-Inquisidve. Underhin dudel Haw, haw,
haw.,
"Well, IS he7"
"Aw-er-well now OBVIOUSLY, M1ss-er-Miss In
qustivc, how could he BET One of the incest fellows
n all tho world, don't you know. say, Under
nnl, old y-Miss-erInquIstvo will you be so kind
TO excuse me7-I say, Underhll old chappie, So
duced noisy in these boxes that he cawn't hear.
How vcwy provoking. 1 shall have to wait until
meet at the club"
Is one Of the best known and most expert riders and
drivers In NewYork He is extremely slender and
wears clawhammer mustache and spectacles,
which give him the air of overworked student.
He belongs several hunt clubs being particularly
prominent member of the Meadow Brook Possessed
of abundant means, he maintains a costly stable of
oadsors and hunters and may be almost any
day tho saddle the box Of his gorgeous coach
tooling his perfectly trained fourn-hand team, Thun-
cor, Blazes Locust and Iron with more than ordinary
grace and skill
Our mounted police are skilful horsemen In all
the intricate evolutons of Sergeant Revelles squad
Thursday evening not single officer was seen to
lift his right hand from the easy and natural position
In which It hung at his side. Throughout the drill
only the left hand was permitted touch the relns.
The exhibition of saddc-horses on Thursday was
witnessed by a well-known breeder from Kentucky.
tbo
animals over those exhibited at previous shows, and
speaking on the subject, said The decline Of the
saddle-horse in Kentucky causing great deal Of
uneasness. The turnpikes have practically delivered
up the State to trotters Twenty years ago every
body rode, to-day nearly everybody drives. The
better the roads the greater the demand for troters
Nobody wants to gallop pike II Is too hard on
both rider and horse. I glad TO note the incieas
ing interest OF the people up here in Notwithstanding
is the finest exercise that can be TAKEN With such
n ads as those in Central Park there ought to be
thousand young men and young women OF New-fork In
the saddle every morning.
New-York needs a large exhibition building for
shows like this. Paris has two We certainly could
support one. There is meadow In Upper Central
Park waiting for just such structure special legis
aton would be necessary in order to make 1t available
but that is an article that can generally be secured II
proper means and methods DO used
The regulations Of the next show should require
owners of qualified and green hunters to ride them
in their competitions That Peter Smith Is capital
horseman none will presume to deny, but how vastly
keener the interest would be II Fred Gebhard were TO
lift Leo In his grand aerial flights those stiff,
courage wracking fences The members of our hunt
clubs, who fearlessly pursue the elusive saturated
across the Hampstead plains, should insist upon being
honored with the glorious privilege of displaying their
Wanted skill In tho presence of the farest Of
the metropolis. The chances Of many horses In the
contests of last week were foully murdered BY the
senseless performances Of cIack-wttcd grooms who
were put up to ride That pucky little Canadian
Salisbury was put al the high jump II he wcrc
running six-furlong race against Little Minch, and
had 10 go the distance in better than 10. What
horse earth could hope clear six foot fence at
so high speedi Why, the dmlnuve chestnut was
not given time to gather himself together for spring
al he of IN rise