The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-13
JERSEYS OWN SHO w
Horses of the State to Be on
Parade at Orange Next
Month.
A RIDING CLUB EVENT.
Three Evenings For Members and
Just One for Sassiety at
Large.
A RIDING CLUB EVENT.
Three Evenings For Members and

Interest in the great horse show Of
the Riding Club of Orange, which is to
be given in the club ring on Wednes-
day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
December 4, 5, and Z. is steadily in
creasing, and the details for the show
are rapidly being arranged. Probably
there is no section of the country OUT
side of the city of New York where such
q show could be given with better chance
of success, for all over the Oranges,
Montclair and Bloomfield, to say moth
ing of Short Hills and its environs, or
Newark on the east, there are found
wealthy residents who take a pride in
their fine turnouts. One needs only to
go to any outdoor pastime in this ter
ritory to see stylish rigs of all kinds.
with the appointments and accessories
as perfect as on the Riverside Drive in
New York.
The show starts oupt with great enthu-
siasm and already the entries are COM
ing in rapidly. A feature is to be the
champion classes, for both harness and
saddle horses, in which the prizes in cash
are largely in excess of those offered in
any other exhibition. This is a new fea-
ture in this country.
For the accommodation of the show
number of important changes viii be
made in thea club house, some of which
are to be permanent. All along the north
erly side Of the great arena the balcony
on the second floor is to be extended, pro-
jecting sixteen feet from the wall.
umns, and remain as a permanent en-
largement of the building. Beneath
this, directly in the ring, and raised
little above the floor, will be series of
brass rails in front. These are to be
so constructed that they may be taken
apart in sections and removed and made
available at any other time for any
similar occasion In addition to this
there is to be large doorway twenty
feet wide cut through the westerly end
OF the ring building, with two ten foot
swing doors.
ture 41x3S in the rear of the clubhouse.
This will be used as an assembly room
for contestants, they getting ready there
and at the signal driving into the ring.
A suspended gallery for musicians is to
be erected in the southwesterly corner
of the ring and fine band of fifteen
pieces stationed there. This will play at
intervals all through the evenings. In
the middle of the ring there is to be
stand erected for the judges and the
representatives of the press. Altogether
the clubhouse will be so enlarged by
these changes as to seat comfortably
1000 spectators.
FOR THE REGULAR PATRONS.
The first three evenings are to be for
the regu patrons and the sats are to
be reserved for them, the prices of the
first two rows being fixed at $1.50 each,
the next row at 81 and the general ad-
mission rs cents. At the Saturday after
noon performance the children. are to own
the house and then there will be no re-
served seats The choice OF the boxes;
be sold at auction, and q lively compe-
tition is expected.
The improvements are in charge of
entire building is to be lighted by mean
descent electric lights from the power
plant of the Suburban Electric Light and
Power Company of East Orange. There
are to be handsome cushioned folding
chairs placed in the private boxes and for
the reserved seats. The box office will
open on November 10 for the sale OF TICK
cts.
The prize list is just out, and there
are some notable classes in It, Most
one for the best harness horse and one
for the best saddle horse. Both of these
classes are new In this country aDthoush
and Canadian shows, The entrance fee
is SIS and purse of s100 is added, the
total going to the first horse. With
the entries that have already been made
it is expected that they will reach at
least $500 each before the show opens
There are to be two jumping classes
each night, and on Saturday afternoon
the ponies will be exhibited.
Another specially interesting class will
the one for the best performance of pri-
There are to be. a number. of movable
posts and barrels scattered about the
arena and among these, in and out, each
coaehman will drive in turn three times
aroung the ring, first at a walk and af-
terward at a trot. So far three are
large number of entries from all parts
of the country.
Fatty Bates enters a four-in-hand.
Mr.. Widener. of Philadelphia, will send
some of his best stock; Rumble & White.
Of Panb9ry Conn have entsGed their cir
Carroll; Rodney Ward, of Montclair, has
entered in the road class better than
9e 6eb ana hanter 3 Din has cosr If
the Monmouth County Hounds, will
send several horses; William NJ I, De
who cleared Ave feet at the Hollywood
Horse Show Martin & Martin. of New
York have already orders for seven sets
of fine harness for the show. and Quinn
by is hard at work getting up some
special rigs for the occasion.
THE JUDGES.
The Judges are to be James T. Hyde of
Horse show; Joseph E. Widener. of
Philadelphia; F M Ware, of New York;
ESSEX ESSEX County Count Country cIub: Charles
Pfizer. M. F. H. of the Eessex County
and Samuel H. Rumble, of Danbury,
Conn. The fee. charged on every entry is
50 for single horses, IS for pair classes
and tandem, SI0 Tor I0ur-1n-nand classes,
and must be sent to William s. Sill
ver Secretary of the Horse Shoe Com
mittee. with the certificate of entry on
or before Monday, November 25 The
committee in charge of the show is Jas.
B. Dill, chairman; VIM. S. Silver sea-
retary; James G.. Marshall, Frank H
LaPierre Walter d. Grand and Dr. H.
A. Vaudeville.
There are to be first, second and third
prizes in each class except in the cham
pon and special classes.
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