New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-13
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THEIR TRUSTING PLACE.
THOUSANDS SEE THE HORSES.
VARIED ATTRACTIONS AT THE MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN.
THE JUDGES KEPT BUsY-BY THEIR DECISION
JOHN JACOB AsToR is so RICHER-AwAgDs
OF THE DAY-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND
yAINLr EXPECTED AT THE
EXHIBITION.

vAINLr EXPECTED AT THE
EXHIBITION
"The people, oh. the people, exclaimed Mr.
Mortimer. the superintendent Of dog shows In
this city in recent years. as he looked from the
press gallery down over the or,wds at the Horse
Show in the Madison Square Garden yesterday
afternoon.
Yes. the people are with U.s." assented sat-
isfed agent Of the National Horse Show Assocla-
ton Of An nerica. and he continued: They have
been with US from the start"
II have seen better horses at show In Cam
ada said Mr.. Mortimer but never such al
audience under one roof. it Is the people who
make the Horse Show the greatest spectacle IN
New-YOrk. and such people,
There was larger crowd at the Horse show
Yesterday than the opening day and there
more for the people to see. Even In thu
forenoon there was a large and enthusiastic gath
ering OF women and children. with fair at
tendance of men. II pony day in the fore
noon. and the delight Of the children over ths
performances OF the li;tle Shetlands in particular
warmed the hearts Of thousands Of mothers.
The little tots first went down to the stalls N
the basement and fondsed the dear nt;ls
horsies," calling them by the prettest names
in their dictionaries. Then they went 10 seats
ir the Garden and applauded vigorously as their
favortes ambled and frisked over the tanbark.
Pefore the afternoon recess the men and wom-
In the Garden got excited over the hackneys,
of which there fine display.
IN THE AFTERNOON.
In the afternoon, when the Garden was well
filed with society men In horsemens attire and
fashionably robed society women. who talked
about horses with the easy assurance which
dan .Lo ShCu
there were highly satisfactory exhibitions Of road
sters saddle horses, ponies and hackneys and
those who left the show before the fine driving Of
the four-in-hands and the jumping OF the green
hunters missed a great deal of sport.
The evening hours. however, those In which
the Horse Show is at its best. and last evening
the interest unhagging. while the PERFORM
ances in the ring were all high class. THOUSANDS
of women In the most radiant II toilets ana
men in evening dress sat in the big Garden and
applauded the horses, while In the space around
the ring moved throng Of other well-dressed
men and women. who saw little OF the horses, but
much of the people in the boxes. A report that
President Cleveland would appear in one Of tho
boxes late N the evening increased the number ot
people in the moving crowd. and there was much
disappointment when the President did not ar
rive.
MOUNTED POLICE DRILL
one Of the features of the evenings programme
was the drill OF the battalion OF Central PaIS
Mounted Police whose horses went through
number Of evolutions In manner exceedingly
creditable to the riders in gray uniform. There
also was a fine display Of high steppers and then
the sport Of the evening was closed by some ex-
citing jumping by green hunters. Although an
unusually large number Of classes were judged
Yesterday and last evening. the show was closed
in good time last night
There will be many and varied attractions at
the Horse Show to-day and this evening, closing
with fine exhibitions Of jumping by forty-sis
qualified green hunters.
THE PROGRAMME TO-DAY.
Here is to-days programme:
a. m to 10 a. m.-Horses led or ridden may be 81
1880 a. m.~Iudgng eight ponies stations Class %.
and one pony stallion. Class a.
1850 m.-Judg!ng four pony broodmares' Ciass -
rl:lO a. m.-Judging twelve halfbred hackney year.
il:so m:-Jadsin9g eight haf-Ored hackney two'
12 m-Judging ten STANDARDIZED trotting hlles
two.year,oIdas a Class H. ana ,ds nys sandardDreo
l2:3O p. m.-Judging five roadsiers in harness.
,. m-Judging twenty-five ponies under saddle,
2:so D. m.-Judgng four heavy draught stations.
p.to % m.Judg.ng two hackney stations Class g,
and seven hackney stations, Class 81
| alO p. m.-Judgng five pairs OF carriage horses'
s:55 p. m,-Judging eleven trotters with record OF
2:36 or better. Class i. ,., .,
4:i0 .. m.-Judging six hackney, stations to be
shown with four Of their get, Class lass S :, s..,
''ls c,dss D %--'r's'"S 3 seven ''''' u ','' ~
w welghO class 90.
6 p. rl.-Recess ..,
sis D. m--Judgins six high school horses. Glass 81.
$40 D. m.-Judging thlrty-nine harness horses,
$50 p m.Judyins fOrtysix qualified or green hunt;
ers. to be ridden by members 81 some recognized
hunt club. Corinthian Class lm
HARD DAY FOR THE JUDGES
The Judges had hard days work cut out for
them yesterday. and +. 4 Schermerhorn and John
g. Heckscher. the Ring Committee for the day.
called for the first performance In the ring soon
after 10 a. m In response to the call sounded Ivy
the bugler. Hayes, ten fine business horses, att
tached to delivery wagons. were driven INTO the
ring. 1t the first contest Of the show between
business firms OF the city. and Prescott Lawrence.
Francis 7. Underhill and Orson Motion took con-
siderable time in comparing the horses before they
awarded the blue ribbon to the Purssell5 brown
geldng. Wedding Cake.
John Jacob Astor was richer by $40. after the
judges had given their decision in the pony class
In which Mrs. r. r. Carman carried OF the first
and third prizes. and then the children at the
show had gleetul half-hour watching the antics
OF the Shetland ponies Squeals OF delight and
the clapping of chubby hands We're the continual
accompaniment while the midgets Of horsefesn
sped over the tanbark. Thomas L. Watts's enc
tries carried of the honors in this part ot tho
show. George Green gaining only second prize
In Glass No. 81 and a third prize in Glass No. sS
There was lively competition for prizes IN the
hackney classes before the early afternoon recess