New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
HORSE SHOW SEATS GONE
TICKET SPECTATORS AS PERNICIoushi
ACTIVE AS EVER
MANY TRICKS USED BY THEM TO EvApE LINZ
RULES OF THE AUTHORIZATIONS AL
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MOST DoNE-HoRsEs TO BEGIN
COMING TOMORROW.
At only one previous Horse Show was the u.
mand for seats great that every one was va" e.,
before the doors were opened That the in'eIe'' -
the annual exhibition of horses AT Madison SQUARE
Garden is greater this year than ever oeio'.
proved by the record OF sales reached yes'e
The box Office was opened at O'Clock IN 'ne No.
Ing and a; . O'Clock IN the afternoon not one -,
for any day or evening OF next week was 'ei' 80
only way to obtain seat. as some hundreus =.
came in carriages and foot found out WIS -.
buy them Of the scaipers at an advance OF from ~
TO 60 per cent 1t IS expected that the scapers WIZ
get as much as $50 for 81 ticket on any oil inc
more popular nights next week.
The scene at the entrance TO Madison Squ"''
Garden yesterday morning was BRISK one. lheie
was a crowd made up mostly OF ticket SPECTATORS
many OF whom looked as IL they had been s'''''s
II out ali night. On the outskirts were a lie" Vi
what might be called legitimate buyers. TIE HORSE
Show Association does what 1t can to protect 'he
public which has only its own lack OF foresight
dlatorlnoss to blame when II has TO pay from
three to five times boxofice prices. No more 'hah
four tickets sod to any one buyer at time
The crowd that beet the ticket window was
rough one. and the line was four and SIX persons
wide In parts and extended from the window OUT
through the doorway and around the Tweniy-s!xtn-
ST. The tricks OF the ticket spectators 10
obtain extra tickets were plentiful. Some OF the
women who came in carriages were the accom-
pces OF the scalpers. and as frequently as they
could the limit OF four tickets married Dack
TO the tall OF the line to work their way up once
more. Those whose forethousht had prompted them
TO order tickets In advance did not nave 10 wait
on the line. but went to special window.
Not until O'Clock it possible 10 purchase
su n seats as still remained without walt OF half
an hour. At little after o'clock, five hours from
the opening OF the sale. not a seat remained.
n
Inside the Garden Things were looking decidedly
more shpshape yesterday. Assistant Secretary
James r. Hyde in the afternoon busy number
ing the tickets alloting stables to the different ex-
hibiors for their horses. The proper allotment OF
stall room In big horse show Is. II Mr.. Hydes
knitted brow and perplexed look yesterday may be
taken for anything, most difficult task The
owners and the grooms naturally want all their
horses In stalls as near together as possible. The
whole under part OF Madison Square Garden. TO say
nothing OF the Twenty-seventh-st. annex, is taken
up with box and ordinary stalls. Even with all
this room over 200 Of the animals Will have TO be
accommodated outside the building. The annex
along Twenty-scventh-st all but completed
yesterday. superintendent Clarke gays 1t will be In
shape to-day, az will everything else This IS fast
work, for the Food Snow closed on last Saturday
only. and booths were where the costly arena boxes
and seats are now; and the ring. which was rolled
yesterday. covered with floor.
Mr. Croker wealthy man from San Francisco.
was one OF Superintendent Carke's visitors yester-
day He inspected all the arrangements carefully.
and Will make the San Francisco Horse Show which
opens December T. more Ike the New-lork ex-
hibtion than last years successful dis
play on the Pacific Slope. Mr.. Crocker is at the
Hotel Waldorf.
Brilliantly lighted as the basement may be. nea;-
~ wired vanished and decorated ,he box
stalls for the champion stations the thoroushhreds
and the irotters. and full all The ordinary or
standing stalls VIII be with the swell members OF
the equine that will be kept iownsta'iE. one
of the favorte places will be the Twerty seventh
ST. annex where the steeds may be seen by day
light. This annex mas a promenade extending It's
whole length. giving visitors fine chance OF see
ordinary stalls on the other. A look at The sold
and finished work OF this annex, short LIVED as II
Show Association has gone in getting up this exit
billion. The carpenter work Item alone Is s-vVn
ment p,izes and all Is. in round numbers. $4,000
The fence around the show ring was finished yes
terday. and the judges stand was put UP IN the
The cafe at the MadisOn-aye. and East Twenty,
sxth-st. cornes will be used as cln6Toom' a., as
usual this year The press rooms WI De al a .n
ormeqy the Of
re thhooToughbreds place that James Gal
W way Gould NOT III Mr.. McCleand will arrive In
town on saturday
THE EXHIBITORS
Most Of the exhibitors are members OF the fiorse
SHOW Association and the greater number will be
occupants Of prominent boxes. They number zs
Most Of them we'll known to the frequenteis OF
these exhibitions. Prominent among the eXhibltors
this year are John Jacob Aston whose principal
exhibits are in the hackney classes; r. H. bearu'
with his four-in-hands. and a. y. Bonner whose
love OF the trottng horse IS Inherited August
Belmont and Oliver II. =. Belmont nave entered
four-n-hnds as has J. Dlckman Brown. John A.
Logan IT,. W. Seward Webb and J: r Mlaeneri;
hncknevs. and Mr. Widener will make a. good
exhibit in the hackney and hgh-stepplng classes classes
aT hsn Of Ns% aRG Is MoR TWomb9
entered some notable hackney ana sadaie nofS viii
aiTaof attention s9a9 T.o Ruh tTss0
Gl entered for the many cups offered in these
CLASSES Henry G Fsz S Sf Vs1 he fo aHM and
roadster classes which comprise displays OF roau
rigs there will be g franz HnmlIn Frank Fer
guson and Charles NJ Reed, Of Erie Mrs c. OT1r
horsn: Charles Bates is showing some superior
harness horses and in the thoroughbred classes
P P ee 16riiard r. l. Herber; has strong entry
FOR the Jumpers competitions and ]. Murray Hoag
has sniss II 5nf eare viii be this
wears programme, as 1t was from the last oIe
There The viii Be the usual mounted police dlsPlay
but the former Park IS One s,tcbne run
awavs competition In the necessarily cohn me-
space. The high jumping contests nave also O'e"
The horses will begin to arrive tomorrow Amon8
mo most notab bic OF the early corners expected WIN
be the Bates Widener, Dr. WeDo ana fa'i"N
stables. ,,.os .o,-.sor,attves
Of the Network press to n luncheon at the Gar,
den at / O'Clock on Sunday. The newspaper mn
viii Inspect the stabling and exhibition arrange
ments In the afternoon
PRESIDENT FISTS WORLDS FAIR PARTl'
Chicago Nov. 7-President Stuyvesant Fish. OF the
,u,ois Central Railroad who was Worlds Fair