Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-16
THE NATIONAL HORSE SHOW

THE NATIONAL HORSE SHOW To open in New York City To-day. The seventh annual exhibition of the National Horse Show association opens at the new Madison Square Garden building, recently completed, and one of the most beautiful structures in the whole country, o-day, and will continue through the week.
 Each year there has been an increase in the number of entries and quite as mo- ticeable an increase in the general interest taken in this show, which is now one of the great events of the year, not only for New York city and vicinity, but attracts as much attention from the whole country as any regular event of the year pertain ing to horses, and is. even quite generally reported abroad.
 The criticism has been made, and per haps justly, too, that too much attention is relatively given to classes which are by no means typically American, and too little to our specially prominent light har- ness horse, now so generally acknowledged without peer. Still it will be noticed that there are two prizes only of $500 each, and one of these is what is known as the 'therd prize," for the best trotting stallion with four of his get, while the other $500 prize goes to the best thorough bred stallion; but there is only one class for thoroughbreds, while there are eight for trotters, and in addition there are three classes for roadsters.
 Each year the contest which has at tracted the most attention among horse men generally throughout the whole coun- try is that of the trotting stallion shown with four of his get. In this class, how ever, there are not as many entries as would naturally be expected, it being con- fined to the three quite famous stallions, Mambrino King, Quartermaster (2:21D and Edgemark (2:16). Mambrino King. that very handsome son of Mambrino Patchen, whose dam is half-thorough- bred daughter of Edwin Forrest, is the only one of the three which has been ex- hibited in this class before, and he has taken one or more first Or second prizes each year.
 The four of the stallion's get to be ex- hibited with him in this class must be not exceeding four years old, and are not necessarily named in advance, so it is i'm possible to state at this writing just which ones will be shown with Mambrino King, though without doubt they will be the four-y- ar-old Nettie King (2:20D and the three-year- old Heir at-Law, full brother to the famous Prince Regent, with perhaps Master King and Moses, whose dams are by Almont Jr., for the other two. Quartermaster, 2:214, owned by Rundle & White of Danbury, Conn.,, is to make his first appearance in this class. He is g lent conformation, and is superbly bred being by Alcyone (2:2D, winner of tht stallion prize in 1885. Quartermaster's dam is by Sentinel (2:29a), full brother te Volunteer; grandam. Missie (dam of Gas | carilla, 2:254, and King Wilkes, 2:224 which won this prize in 1SS6). As Guar termaster has six that are two, three anC | four -year-olds, with records from 2:23 t. | 2:294, his four will undoubtedly be iron those six, and will include Nyanza (tw' | years, 2:23) and Qaarterstretch (thre years, 2:27D.
 l Edgemark -four years, 2:16 is by Victo Won Bismarck; dam, Edgewater Belle, b. Edgewater. When at his speed he is on of the best-gaited and grandest lookin horses to be found anywhere, but woul' scarcely show at his best either at rest o in small ring.
 | Next in order and scarcely less in i'm portance is the prize for stallion fou l years old or over kept for service, $500 fo the first and $50 for the second. No only do Mambrino King, Quartermaste C2.21D and Edgemark (2:16) again com pete in this class, but they meet in com petition with Nutshell, son of the famou Nutwood (2:188). The King (2:29D b George Wilkes (2;22) and many others. There are seven entries in the class flo three year old stallions, namely: Voodoe for which MT. F. G. Babcock paid $24, 10 as 3 two-year,old; He is by stambor grandam a the efa famous nsf Mngehaha my nsAn dam
 Alcazar, 2:203. Sweetheart, three years 2:224, also grandam of Belle Bird one year, 2:264, and numerou
 others in the s:3O list); Heir-s
 Law, the full brother to Prince Reger
 (2:16D Golden Gate, full brother to Rupe
 (2:14D, p; dam by Poscora Haywar
 (2:2S4); grand dam. Sable (dam of Sab Wilkes, 2:1S); Quarterstretch (2:27D,
 Quartermaster (2:21D; Stamgraves, t
 Stamboul GID; dam, Lady Graves, b
 Nutwood (2:1Sa); grandam, Lady Bal
 cock (dam of Elector, 2:214, and Souda, l (2:27$; Beechwood, by Kernwood, son (
 Wedgewood (2:19. and Master King, b
 Mambrino King; dam by Almont, Jr | (2:26.
 Among the yearling stallions will
 sons of Nutwood Prince Regent and Stan
 bout.
 In the class for mares or geldings fl,
 years old or over, to be shown to harnes
 there are only three entries. The famo'
 Belle Hamlin (2:12E), by Almont,Jr. (2:2e
 Nightingale C2:184), by Mambrino Kin
 and Mona, by Jay Gould.
 In the class for Allies two years old the
 are but three entries, two of which a
 Nyanza (2:23), a very beautiful Ally QuartermasteEs dam, Kitty Lambert (da
 of Silver Lace, three years, 2:2S), by Dani
 Lambert; and Chimes Girl (2:26),
 Chimes (2:304); dam, Minnequa Maid Ida
 of Nightingale, 2:18D.
 The number of entries to the show
 larger than ever before.