New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-15
BEAUTY IN BOX AND RING.
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL OPENING OF THE
ANNUAL. HORSE SHOW.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN CROWDED BY AIN
Classes OF NEw-YoRKERs TO SEE FINE
HUNTERS. TROTTERs, STATIONS.
CLYDEsDALEs AND THOROUGH.
BREDS At THEIR BEST-LIsT
OF PRIZE-wINNERs AND
wELLKNOwN PEO-


OF PRrzE-wINHERs AND
wELLKNowN pEo-
FLE PRESENT.
II Rosn Bonheur had had the advantage OF seasoA
In New York she won'd never have painted the Horse
Fair" In the style she did one peep at the only
genuine and exalted horse fair which blesses this
town with its benign presence for one week out OF
every fftytwo, might have rcvcluionized the pain
ters ideas on that subject. In place OF the great,
strong. natural beauties OF the equine with whose
portraits her famous picture IS filed. she would have
seen all manner OF artifcially gated animals with
stubby tails docked into useessness and nsigncanoe
and with srtlfcaly curved necks produced by sharp
curbed bits and the experiment Of school Of English
grocms. 1t was mainly this style Of horse that had
his day in the ring the opening OF the horse show
yesterday.
As usual, this combined social and sporting
affair opened with all the pomp ard circumstance
Of fashion, accentuated and thrown into bold relief
by the alpcrvading nge and flavor OF things horsy.
Between the stylish Fifthave. beauty In the box and
the dried-up little jockey In the stalls whose knees
had only the most distant acquaintance with the
ether, there is great social chnsm. but there was
no lack Of harmony In the spectacle In which their
Identifies were fused Yesterday, and they met Ike
old friends the ground of stable floor.
The heavy sw.Ils" Of both were there, all very
much in evidence and quite overlapping the quiet
millcnaires, divided the circle Of boxes with
them. There welknown bookmikers on the
floor aid better known makers OF books I'm rho chairs.
There enthusiastic lover, of the dea" horses"
and equally lusiastic admirers OF the fair horse-
lovers
The shifting crowds and spinning mass of horses
In the ring. the rushing music Of the hidden orchestra
and the thunderous of hundred iron-shod feet
upon the boards at the entrance and exit gates,
produced effect upon the visitor which must bs
experienced to be appreciated. The shr music OF the
blge call mingled with the shncr neighing OF hundred
stations. In the twinkling Of eye the nng would
change s aspect from that of a steeplechase
TO that Of a trotting park. A trIl upon the ring
masters whistle and score OF agile grooms would
hustle the hurdles fences and other paraphernalia
Of The jumping races over the rail- and the smooth cx-
panse OF tanbark ready for the spider wheeled
bugCics drawn by the simmest OF American trotting
stock. Round and round they spin. first in
direction and then In the other at the rngmasters
word Of command, perfect whirlpool OF spinning
wheels and shining harnesses.
Throughout the afternoon and evening the ring Was
frtng'd with utple TOW Of eager faces The genuine
horseovcas stood by the hcIr behind the fence TO
study the action and appearance Of their favortes
The boxhoders at the horse show. like the boxhokiers
at the opera. apt to be interested in them-
selves and their naghhors than in the performance
which their money supports But a jumping contest
attractive enough TO focus all the bright eyes In
the boxes upon the ring ana call forth the subdue6
clappng OF dant.ly gloved hands The chairs In the
amphItheare and gallery flied m the evening"
While the overflow OF spectators sIrged TO and fro
around the promenade. In the centre OF the ring Is
the Judges stand. where the wise men Of the horse
world stand and gaze at the whirlDg Of animals
until n would seem as though vertigo must claim
them for its
After every feature Of the horse in action Is clearly
impressed upon their minds they call halt and
line up the different teams or mounts along side the
stand and minutely examine every point of form and
equipment Then they go back 10 the stand ana, ac'
cording TO the belief of behoders, draw cuts to
see which horse shall get the blue ribbon
Of victory. In fact In many II tho classes all the
contestants are uniformly superb that the inexpe
spectator would be compelled TO toss up 10 make any
decision whatever between them.
When at o O'Clock in the morning the doors were
thrown open upon the eighth annual horse show OF
the association, few horselovers and horse owners
struggled In TO gaze at the animals they were put
through their morning exercise, and to talk horse AZ
IL O'Clock the judging began. a succession OF fences
was arranged around the ring. After the big field
of Jumpers, nearly half hundred In ALL had canteed
around the ring enough to warm up TO their work,
they all mass.d at one side OF the Judges
stand Then In the order of their appearance In the
catalogue. they went forth, one by one. 10 try their
lnck at the fences the knights of old rushed forth
from the list to JOust at King Arthur's tourneyst
The fences not particularly high and the style
Of the performance what counted and not tho
height cleared. Mayor Grants beautiful iron gray
geldng oxford the first blue ribbon given out
this show for the grace with which he cearea
the fences In this contest.
After the Jumpers the great Clydesdale stallions
pranced ponderOusly about the ring The gambols OF
Clydesdle only trife short OF the dancing Ok
an elephant In grace. But these big SONS OF hoIsy
toll had had their nicely braided and their tails
nicely combed In preparation for their appearance IN
public and they had kick up little to show their
tt,a hon md IN nrAt
Just mice and naughty Us their cleanlmbed
brethren Of thoroughbred class, even II they did
weigh a ton or 80 apiece The blaca-coated Queens
own the first prize.
In the afternoon stations and galloways had tho
field al TO themselves for the first few hours. In The
thoroughbred stallion class the black beauty Mlkada
who waItzed aroUnd the ring in his usual reckless
STYLE won the OF the judges and captured tho
blue ribbon There only two Arabs, but as that
Just double number exhibited at previous shows
the admirers OF the Arab style beauty had no ground
FIR complaint The newcomer, imported Accionsta.
"A pretty four old hay, won the prize
The roadsers driven 10 lght-top buggies. pre-.
sened n thoroughly American apparance They spun
around the rng so fast that the bark flew into tho
air on the curves. Marshall p. Wilder's iron gray
mare Nellie Fly pleased the spectators by her stylish
appearance aud action. but the Judges evidently didnt
81, it, for the list OF prize winners went up on
the big bulletin boards at either end OF the Garden
Nellie Bly, wasn't In IT.
One Of the prtitie,t sights Of the a'rno was the
exhibition OF trotcrs In double harness. Only two
Of the teams entered showed In the ring. Belle
Iomin and Honest George we're &c winners Their
dhvcr tried to do the pI oirome chariot act and cut
in ahead OF his competitor on the turn. The result
wos that he got spilled and his rig turned
upsdc down. The eyer-watchful srOoms I'm waiting
seized his horses heads straghened out his rig and
set him going again.
After these slender, graceful trotters, beautiful
with all the charms Of horse nature unadOrned and
unpevertcd, had left the ring. there was great
rafting of harness chains and jinging Of long euro
b, AS a dozen pairs of modern carriage horses came
through the gate. They were hitoled to dashng mail