The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-09
HORSES OF HIGH DEGREE.
Everything Is Now Ready for the
Great Show In Madison
Suqare.
Wonderful Steeds Will Show Their
Artistic PAGES to Admir-
ing Crowds.
The Fnshionabies VIII Attend to SEQ the
Horses and Themselves BE Seen
by Otbors.

with every promise of the most successful
horse show that has ever been held in the
Madison Square Garden. There have been
over 1.5OO entries made so far in the list of
prizes off .cd by the Horse Show associa-
tion. and arguing from this unprecedent-
eddy large number, she ~votaries of society
of Dame Fashion can promise themselves a
week of social dissipation. such as Is rarely
ever seen in New York.
Why this collection Of horses in the Mad
ison Square Garden should be especially
chosen by society az the opening OF the win
ter season ia a question far too complicated
TO be readily answered. Society demands
that all its ~votaries shall be present, and
the man who would absent himself from
such a feast of beauty must indeed be bereft
of all gallantry. To the aid OF the ladies'
the unqualified success Of the horse snow
heretofore is considerably indebted.
The horses entered for the coming show
ere the best and choicest in the land, for
experience has taught the exhibitor mai
nothing but the best has a chance OF Gap
turing a prize. and that he is wasting
money exhibiting poor stock. Only a few
understand the high entrance and exaotlng
conditions in proportion to the prizes OF
fered. Thu purpose of the horse show Is 10
systematize the class and obtain as far as
possible the best ty pc in each KIND or horse'
and 10 weed out and discourage the specu-
lative or selling element. as a great many
worthless animals are often pus IN SHOWS
with the only hope of finding another
owner. The prize winners are naturally
enhanced in value. and the successful pos
SCISSOR sells, not only on the merit OF the
individual, but the increased value derived
from a blue ribbon.
In 1888, which was the first horse show
held, there were only 440 entries, as COM
pared with $500 and odd this year,, and al
that time many specimens won prizes tnat
now would not even be admitted INTO sne
show ring, Furthermore, the hackney was
then, to all intents and purposes, an I'M
known quantity; now IL Is unusf sne psoo
lection of a strong society, ana tnere are
over 100 prize winning hackneys ensered In
the show.
who have been in charge OF the SHOW ana
more wonderful still, the same men VINO
originated it are still IN charge. MAJ: Sor.
nelius Fellowes has been its president from
the first, John G. Heokscher, vice president,
and with H. H. HOLSTER, +. l. Nichols ana
w. #. Wharton, the secretary, nave formed
part of the executive comnlbsee, tne oenei
members of the executive M being:
George Peabody Wetmore, Col. LawfenGe
Kin. Frederick Bronson and James u. n.
Lawrence, Associated with these Rentle-
men in an advisory ca aoity are: A. j..
Cassatt, that prince of sportsmen w. N.
Vanderbilt, j. D. Cheeyer, Robert Bonnef,
Thomas Hitchcock. Jr.. and ID. W. l. MAN.
The association has yearly increased we
value of its prizes, and now there ID over
S35. 900 for competition, being the largest
anonnt of money ever offered by any horse
show in the world. This amount has been
divided among the thoroughbreds, Arablans,
~trotters. hunters. hacknevs. tour-ln-nand
and tandem teams; the park ponce ana mel,
ropolitan police classes; the tougham anu
viotor;a narade. and the saddle and coach
classes.
Ths choice of place 10 naturally given to
the thoroughbred. which has four ENTREES,
and, Judging by the quality OF the hofses
entered, the competition will be a keen one
There ia Saxony. by Saxon; Imp. Lunar
Eclipse, Imp. Dandy Dinmont and Mlkaoo.
The thoroughbred classes have never been
fully filed. on account OF the apparent re-
l%uctanceo of the breeders of the thoroughbred
horses to risk their almost priceless stat
lions in the show ring. Most of the great
breeding farms are located IN hentuchy
and California, n the long journey
in itself would be a severe tax on such
nervous horses. Even $3.50, the large first
prize in this class, would not be the slight
est in~ducement to have Charles Reed bring
st. Bleise from his Falrvlew stud IN len
nessee. 1t will be a pretty contest between
the four entered, and as each one Is OF a
distinct type, the judges have a hard TASK
before them.
The GLASS for Arab stations, three years
and over, is likely to be of unusual inter
est. Mr.. S. $. Rowland, of Mount Morris,
N. Y, has always secured the prize IN TINS
I-z -;- - 80, N ~ oatitInn not that IN
any way Leopard, Mr.. Howland's entry,
should be disparaged, for he has an excep-
tionally beautiful poise of head and neck
and his jaunty carriage shows the blood OF
the desert. Leopard was a present to the
late Gen. Grant from the sultan OF turkey,
and is a beautiful dapple gray. But Lucky
Baldwin, of San Francisco, intends, it
possible, to have his stallion Acclonlsta
wear the blue ribbon this year. Very little
is known by the horse show people about
Accionista, as il is his first appearance In
New York, but great things are promised
for him.
The cream of the trottinG world will con-
test for the champion priza valued at Sl,0oO,
won last year by Rumble y Whites Quarter
master. III ia contest IS open only to stall
ions having taken a fist irize at any rec
ognized horse show, and Qunrterm aster VIII
have his old opponents Mambrino King and
Alcantara. These again will contest toI
the 81, 800 prize offered for stations shown
with four of their get. This Is always q
most interesting class, and the judges will
have their hands full in placing the ribbons
on the right ones.
Glass 5. for s~tallions kept for service. has
twelye entries, among them being such
great horses as a. B.. Darling>s King Oar.
Iiugton and Layslard and Alcyone, Lord
Warren, MT Coast, Chimes and those en-
tered in the champion class. FIFTY othel
hiEh-bred ~trotters are enteced IN Other
classes OF this section, among the exhibitor
being such we'll known breeders az the VII
lage Farm, the Woodlawn stock farm, j. j
Davis, of Lee. Mass, Rumble x White, w
b. Dickernan, A. IL. Moore. who has re-
Gently bought SO largely ofthe light harness
horse. and Joseph Agoatiui.
Over twenty horses will compete for tn
roadster prize, and the road rig prize, wher
appointments are considered, mas AWAY
called 70 tn Il keen com p~etition. A doZel
or more competitors will show their tast
and what they call "road torm.'' Col
Lawrence Kip. who usually captured thi
prize, has entered again this year and h
will be hard to beat.
Although the prizes for the heavy draugh
stations have never been eagerly conteste
Tor, this year the Canadians are sendin
down some of their best. and Robert De
vies, of Toronto, Graham Bros. and Other
will make an especially GOOD exhibit.
The hackney this year, undef the auI
pices of the American Hackney Hors
Society, will excel themselves. The hacl
ney Is essentially a show horse, and the IL
terest in this tyre has wonderfully IL
creased. Next to the thoroughbreds, MOI
money has been invested in the hhcknt