New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-19
AFTER THE SHOW is OVER.
HORSES LEAVE MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN
BrsY SCENE AFTER THE DOORS WERE CLOSED
SATURDAY NIGHT-ovER 10000 PEOPLE

. pr-eY SCENE AFTER THE DOORS WEKE CLOSED
SATURDAY N1GHT-ovER 5000 PEOPLE
ATTENDED THE EXHIBITION.
mt, ,orI, Of weeks can be destroyed in a few
= This is a truism which requires not prov
10 hut description and applies directly to the end
.'e ~ the Horse Show. which delighted and amused
' -, ,-ou,york last week When the spectators left
-. Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.
~. gave little thought to all that they left be-
Wv, ,bem To their homes they all went-arter
' ,sual suppers without which horse show
"a. ,s complete: and they probably imagined that
49,. Garden was closed and wrapped in darkness
coon as they had left it. But IT not. All
sunday night. all Sunday morning. from mid
- o., until noon. and from noon until evening.
,cas 4 bustling and a hustling in the Garden; a
ming 10 and fro of grooms and hosters, a con-
,,, stamping of hoOfs. neghing of horses and
,lng OF wheels over the wooden promenade as
-. horses and traps were being taken out of the
.n1,s The lights kept turned until
,"rbreak and the signs-"No Smoking"-were
.o,,ully disregarded. Chests and trunks were
..',ad from hitherto secret hiding places. and in
I'm were slowed the luxuries "high-low' boots
ubl,e tights and the cockaded top hats which had
.houenged admiration for six days. Divest the
hapehty groom of these articles Of attire and he
=, once becomes meek and humble. and chews a
raw as he sits the bottom of upturned pail
ar5 rests while surveying his charges.
is what all the grOOmS ala on SATURDAY
r,cbt until they had to get to work and FIX up
heir horses for the journey homeward. The out
o.town men had hard task Time and trains
ooait for no groom the men tore around. blank
49, The horses. drew the surcingles tight. and
ssvng seen that all well. departed with their
charges through the big doors or the fourtn-aNe.
entrance the Garden.
IN night the avenue rang with the clatter or
s,eel-shod hoofs and "whoas,' The horses shifted
~ cool fresh air. and. delighted thereby danced
!, the puilles which the rain had left. and neighed
tavfrlv The horses belonging in New-Nork were
III in their stables by O'Clock yesterday morning.
a., the visitors from out Of town doomed TO
long Journeys in palace boXcars
While all this going on gang OF men were
,bngs rea iy for the sale of horses which always
sn'lows the Horse Show and begins to-day. The
decorations of the Garden were left untouched -
That the Horse Show was great success cannot
ha disputed. on Monday. November IL. the opening
day 1885 people visited the Garden TUESDAY
cord Of 1887. and Thursday-always the "popu-
lar dav" at the Horse Show-saw 1903 people pass
the gates on Friday and Saturday, respectively
SOs7 and Is 600 and women visited the Gar
den Total for the week 9O.629.
The work OF the judges during the show was
well and most impartially done. They had a hard
sneak but they did It, Some of the horses eXhib-
iiai il must be said. not up. az rule. TO the
standard which should be upheld at such an impor-
ers and jumpers. The majority OF them were either
unable 10 take the hurdles or were frightened by
by the judges who no reason for keeping the
big crowd waiting until midnight to see hurdles only
Ing contests have always been feature OF the
show affording as they do exciting amusement
for the spectators and il is to be regretted that
they were not better this year
Bat away with criticism. The show was from
every point Of view gigantic success-numericaI
we're cannot exactly be given, but they Will
probably be 100000, If not more.