New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-16
1T WAS A LUCKY FRIDAY.
HORSE SHOW STOCK GOING UP.
SHARES QUOTED LAST YEAR AT 200 NOW
ADVANCED TO 80.

ADVANCED TO Slo
THE EXHIBITION TO CLOSE To-DAY-THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL MEETING IN THE HISTORY
OF THE ASSOCIATION VISITORS
KNOWLEDGE OF FINE EQUINE
POINTS INCREASED
In three respects the eleventh annual Horse
Show which will come 10 an end tonight. is de-
clarsd to be the most successful entertainment
ever given at the Madison Square Garden.
Financially It has been 80 successful that the
stock Of the National Horse Show Association Of
America which sold at 30 a year ago. has been
advanced to 80 this week. Its success socially
has been shown by the unusual demand for box
seats and by the increased attendance OF fashion,
able people from distant cities OF the United
States. 1t is in respect 20 the numbers and quail
ity OF the horses entered in competition for
prizes at the show. however. that the managers
say there has been the most decided superiority
this year.
HARDER TO WIN PRIZES
II was talking the show over with DR. W.
Seward Webb" said John G.. Heckscher. secre-
tary OF the association last evening, 'and he tells
ME that the competition has been sharper this
year than ever before. There was time when
DR.. Webb and other wealthy New-Yorkers who
take delight in the breeding Of fine horses could
win prizes at the Horse Show without much diff
fcuty; but now the exhibitors from other cities
taking blue ribbons in nearly all classes It
is fact too that the people who attend the
Horse Show are becoming better judges Of horses
every year. The recognition Of fine points In
horses is becoming more general and conse-
quently there is more thorough enjoyment OF the
exhibitions. The increased sale OF official cata-
logues is one proof Of this advance in the popular
appreciation of the horses and the discriminating
applause when the finest horses are shown at
their best is another proof
The attendance At the Horse Show light
in the forenoon yesterday, but it greatly in
creased in the afternoon. although the weather
continued to be unpleasant. and in the evening
there wa- a thronf nearly equal to that Of
Wednesday night.
The high character of the performances in the
ring sustained throughout the day and
evening, and there was no apparent loss OF In
terest in the horses. Indeed. as the show has
continued. the movements of the horses in the
several classes have been watched with greater
and greater evidences OF appreciation, and the
criticism of faults and recognition Of the real
merits Of the prze-winners have become gen.
eral with the spectators
The eleventh annual Horse Show will close
to-day with a long list of highly interesting
performances in the ring. From 10 a. m. until
after 10 p m, the judges will be kept busy de-
Gliding the awards in classes not heretofore
shown, and awarding championships among the
horses which have taken first prizes in other
classes. For two hours in the evening the audi
will be delighted With the jumping Of
hunters, including those competing for the
championship.
THE LAST DAYS PROGRAMME
Here is the programme for to-day:
a. m. to 10 a. m.-saddle horses for sale may b.
shown In the ring.
10 a. m to II a m.-Harness horses for sale may
be shown in the ring.
II 80 a. m.-Judgng two Saddle horses Class s.
1l:i5 a m.-.Judging seven pories under saddle
Glass 30, and tour Shetland ponies, Class s2
1915 p. m-Judging three Morgan stations Glass So
l23o p maJudsiHg fogr hackney fiIes for junior
for the championship, Class 26
| .. m.-Recess.
p. m.-Judgng three pairs Of ponies, in harness
Class 100
20 mmJudging hackney stations for the AMER,
2:io p. m;1Judsing six trotting stations with ?
3:l5 D. m.-Judging fourteen horses and best APP
pointed road rigs Glass %. ~
p m.-Judging twenty-one pairs OF carriage
horses. Glass IS.
p
5:l5 p. m.-Judsing eighteen qualified ladies' hunt
Class lf2
=. m-Recess.
p. m.--Parade of all prize winners
Class g.
S:i5 p ,m.Judging sixteen horses and best-ap-
pointed runabouts. Class ll9
9:lO p. m-Judging harness horses having taken
first prizes in Glasses s.. 81. 50 and g. Class Ii5
$3.50 p. m.-JudgiLLg six thoroughbred qualified or
green hunters, Glass l0
nLo, .&fa ,h
Class III.
There was a comparatively small attendance
at the Garden yesterday forenoon. because the
weather was forbiddng that the women and
children did not venture to expose themselves
to it in great numbers The cabmen's strike
also may have had some effect in reducing the
attendance at the show. Many OF the ticket
spectators who had invested their cash In tick
cts which they could not sell in despair at
the prospec,. ana they We're unusually clamor-
Gus in their appeals to persons who appeared
anywhere near the Madison-ave. entrance of the
Garden.
Much interest shown in the competition
for the hackney produce Irizes. or the colts in
the competing class. Four Striper carried of the
first prize OF s6s3 75 and a first prize for the
same amount awarded to Lady Lnnewood
in Glass No. 46. Colonel Lawrence Kip's prize
winning trotting teams also won prizes in
the forenoon.
MR.. BATES'S PROTEST NOT SUSTAINED.
The protest Of c. +. Bates against the award
OF the first prize TO Meteor and Ruth the team
of high steppers in Class No so. on Tuesday.
not sustained yesterday. Mr. Bates declared that
Meteor had bone SPAWN. The veterinary
geon admitted the fact. but said the horse was
not lame and was therefore sound for all practi-
cal purposes. Meteor and Ruth We're purchased
by w. Gould Brokaw from Strauss Il Hexter
Immediately after the White Plains Horse Show.
and the price for the pair was said 10 be s. 900
People continued 10 enter the Garden in the
afternoon in crowds until they numbered about
5000. They witnessed the driving Of some OF the
finest teams of American coach horses seen
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