The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-13
NEW YoRx,s Bre HORSE STOW.

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 Beginning of the Week of 6nyety at the
 Gsrden-ExsrcisinE in the Ring-Ap.
 piause for Fine Specimens of the AmorI. I can Trotter.
 New York. Nov. 12.-The tenth an. nual horse show began in Madison Square Garden at o'clock this morn. ing. In many respects this exhibi. ton does not differ materially from its predecessors.
 |. The Garden was decorated in precise ly the same way as 1t was for other horse shows. As usual the arena was given up for exhibition purposes. A tan bark ring occupies all the space except dozen feet Immediately next the boxes. This part of the enclosure was planked over and forms the promenade. The boxes were draped with the orange and black colors of the National Horse Show association. The attendants wore the same natty uni- forms as in previous years. The pro- gram or catalogue. boys were dressed in tiger liveries. They were just as vociferous nui- sances as they always have been. The horse show week has always been marked by pleasant weather. It has been the prayer of the executive com- mittee for clear, cold weather. The weather to-day was made to order. It added much to the comfort of the spec tak Mac ,NA tIxA kkak arises from the tar bark ring Is any, thing but agreeable under any circum- stances. On wet or muggy day 1t Is unbearable. The heat is usually in- tense. The sub-cellar. in which over 1000 horses are stabbed, is heated by steam, and this increases the general discom- fort If the air Is not clear and brac- ing.
 The show was officially opened with blast of a bugle at g o'clock. Then the prettiest feature of the entire ex- hibition began. The ring was gwen up entirely to exercising. There were not many spectators present. Only the horsiest of the horsey appeared at such an early hour. Those who did put in an appearance were amply repaid for their pains. The uninitiated has bet ter opportunity to see what the show really is when the exercising is in progress than at any other time.
 He can see almost every known kind of horse at the same time. There were in the ring this morning high-stepping and showy hackneys. hunters, high school horses, ponderous Clydesdales and Shetland ponies.
 There were horses that weighed 1,6O0 pounds. and others that did not scale 100 pounds, lodging in and around the ring. The boxes were for the most part occupied by children. They were knowing youngsters. Nearly all the ponies and crack horses were familiar to them. For one hour the ring was at the disposal of saddle horses and horses that were led. Then trumpet call gave them the signal to go back to their stalls, and horses in harness had the call. Oliver H. P. Belmont had his four-in-hand out. He fooled four magnificent. well-mated bays around the enclosure for half an hour. His coach was a chocolate, with crimson facings. -...
 Several tandem teams were out. Some ultra English dogcarts and mail phaetons that looked as if they had been designed in an insane asylum were driven around by very much top coated young men. Colonel Lawrence Kip drove some grand teams of trot- ters. They were applauded as the typ ical American horse always is and should be.
 As the day wore on the attendance increased. At il o'clock a crowd Of re- spectable dimensions was present. The band then made its welcome presence felt. and the show could fairly be put down as open. -- -s.
 The horse show. however. assumes It's social aspect for the first time dur ing the afternoon, and is at it's best at night. Then every box and seat and all the available standing room is oc- cupied, and the endless parade on the promenade around the ring is on. This parade is really the biggest feature of the show.
 Not to walk around at least six times during the evening means social ostra- cism to the average about-town young man. e.ef
 The program for to-day is as follows:
 ii am, to 12 m.-Horses exercised in the ring under the supervision of the ringmaster. rr.~'s p.m.-Recess
 2p.m.-Judging thirty harness horses, class 45. ......t
 2:4O pm.-Judging eleven coaching stallions, class Al.
 3 p.m.-Judging fifteen roadsters in harness class H..
 3:3OS p.m.-Judging nineteen pairs of carriage horses. class 62.
 &4:15 pm.-Judging seven horses under saddle. class 72.
 4:3O p.m.-Judging five thoroughbred stallions, class 1; five Americo-Arab stallions, class 1o4, and two America Arab stallions class 106.
 5p.m.-Judging six four-in-hands, un- der fifteen hands, class 59.
 5:3o p.m.-Judging sixteen qualified hunters (middlewelghts), class SS
 p.m.-Recess.
 sS p.m.-Parade of all stallions entered in classes 1, 4, 5. 6. Ga, 16, 20. 21,' 22, 2s, 24 25, ,26, fl and AZ.
 s:15 p.m.-Judging fifteen ladies' sad dle horses, ladies to ride, class "A.
 s:45 p.m.-Judging thirty-eight high steppers, class 49.
 9:30 p.m.Judging forty-seven hunters
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