New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17


people among them box-hoders. were at the
Garden every day. and not less than $4,000 people
were patrons Of the show. and many Of them
cane from distant cities. Beginning. as II does
,be season Of fashionable entertainments in this
ci.v The Horse Show has become known also
Is \ National exhibition Il interest TO people Of
eyery part Of the Country.
GREAT NUMBER OF EXHIBITORc.
To number OF exhibitors a. the show. as well
g. the number Of horses entered in competition
q r~izes was greater this year than In any
rrs,esing year Among the exhibitors. not New
Workers who captured prizes were Mr.. and Mrs
Francis =. Beard Of Brooklyn; Adam Beck Of
canada: H c. & r. Cheney. Of South Manches-
,e- conn: managers # the Chesterbrook Farm
I'D = the Chestnut Hill Stock Farm, in Penn
s,.,vsrfa. managers Of the Glendower Stock
rs~.1 on Staten Island: c. J. & Harry Hamlin
~ East Aurora. y Y: Mr.. and Mrs :. ; How
land II Mount Morris; John A. Logan jr OF
YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio; Charles NJ Reed, Of Erie
penn. Robert l.. Stevens. Of Hoboken. y j. A.
: Nel-h. q Hartford. Conn. and Jose phi l. Wld-
ene- ~ PHILADELPHIA.
r,era-were l2l classes in which prizes were o.
serrd at he show and The horses entered In com
r4ti-ion for the prizes numbered more than eigh'
hundred The exhibitors In many cases spent
thousands Of dollars to capture prizes amounting
3. eew hundreds. 81, those prizes represented
,ia.A more than the money value OF the prizes
themselves. They mea I prestige and success IN
,he breeding q fine horses. Il is for that reason
TIA. 80 connection for prizes at the Horse Show
b...mes keener every ear.
APPRECIATION OF FINE POINTS
p,5ii- appreciation % the fine points OF horses
n the different classes increases as the oonpe"-
go, fo- nr,zes ncreases 1t is true that the Horse
SHOW is the occasion for great display by people
IN society. but every year the patrons or the
show spend less time in looking at the gowns OF
the wealthy and fashionable women anu iHoIe
time in studying the horses
The arrangements at the Madison Square
,,rdsr f,r the comfort and safety o, the crowds
during the week were as nearly perfect as coulu
~ imagined. no larger place for the assembly
o. vast throng Of sightseers exists In THIS CITY
9. nresont. and the lini; OF safety was nearly
-eaobed ,, last "Wednesday night. II any larger
run,he- attempts to enter the Garden. II WOULD
:. u.ise n close the doors and turn some thou-
s.-4va Uav With all the crOwding in the Garden
A-,rever there were no serious accidents and no
les NJ nroDertv by theft. The police deserve
considerable credit for the manner in which the
,rb1,c at the show protected during the
week
1,xocKFD DOWN BY A HACKNEY
-, o,ol dsv ., the show began with parade
~ ,orses which are for sale, and before the ex-
tt...,o, n those horses came 10 end there was
=, .,o,da-. which however, did not prove TO be
serious John Spratley. Of Dendron Va. VINO
ias neon an exhibitor 81 horses at the snow at
tented 70 make his way 70 the judges stano IN
,be middle Of the ring and was knocked down oy
sba-knev stallion which was being led al can
,s- h, q groom Mr.. Spratey was stunned 80
mn, that he was unable TO rise for the time ana
he was carried from the ring by the attendants
BET, physician could be called he had so far
,s.,..orad ,ba, he was able 10 leave the Garden
HIS injury was said not to be serious
Among the performances In the ring IN inc
forenoon were those ~ prize-winning hacK'ey