New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-15
OPENING THE HORSE SHOW.

The annual exhibition Of fine horses nj Mad
ison square GARDEN has firmly established il
self in the favor Of the wealthy Amusement
lovers of this city. II has become conSpicu-
ou,ly The fashion 10 attend this display every
aft moon and evening while il continues. At
no Other place Of gathering IN the city, except
the Metropolitan Opera House before that
building was overcome by disaster, have so
many people we'll known in social life been seen
assembled al one time as in the Madison Square
Garden ut last years show and there Is no
reason 10 doubt that the affair this year will
be still moro striking in it., collection of spec
tatnrs than il has been in any previous season.
Tho Madison square Garden this week, above
all othor resorts in ewlori, is the tryStng-
place OF the bellies and beauS Of the metropolis,
and the boxes and the promenadcS are bright
ard gay with thc beauties and the cavaliers
Of the richest city of the United states. II
has been observed repeatedly that the lockers
on al the show are much better worth looking
at than the horses.
In the hackncyS and in the hunters the col
lection Of horses is remarkably strong The
fancy for hacknc,s has gained much ground
in thi, country in resent years, and several
chased some Of the lircst hackney stations and
mares that could be bought in England, and
are breeding hacIlncys Of the highest class in
this country. Fine 81, cimenS of hunters, whose
merits have been tested not only in the com
petitions of horse shows but also i'm actual
cross country work, may be seen AT the Mad
ison Square Garden, and many Of The contests
are of an exciting sort. The exhibition i, also
remarkably strong in road vehicles. especially
those of English type, and interesting exhbi-
lions Of skill in driving horses Will be seen
throughout the week. The desire TO acouiIc
what is called correct form in driving has be-
come intense among the gilded youth of our
large cities. and they have taken pains to Sc
cure the traps" rs they call them. which
would be heartily approved in every detail by
the most cxacing of English critics. For pco-
pie who believe in following English models
exactly in the breeding and handling of horse
flesh there is much TO arouse enthusiasm in
this show For people who do not believe in
c9pying English models, but who are thorough
" American in their tastes, preferences and
ambitions, there is altogether too much Of an
English stamp in the methods and the details
of the show, and too much is sacrificed TO
locked tails and extlavagant knee action. But
the managers Of the Horse Show desire 10
please their most liberal patrons, and they are
undoubtedly succeeding in that object If it
were possible to get horses that could throw
their knees up above their ears at every bob
bling movement, and if it were possible to get
hold Of colts and fillics from which the tails
had been eliminated altogether no doubt the
managers of the Horse Show would set about
the task of securing such animals with eager
ness, and Il majority of the spectators would
be wild with admiration because the show
would then be still more thoroughly English
than it is at present.
But the collection of horses is not wholly
taken UP by hackneys and hunters. There are
some magnificent draught animals tO be stud