New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-07
FASHION AND FINE HORSES.
ACTIVITY IN MADISON SQUARE GAR
DEN PREPARING FOR THE SHOW.
THE EXHIBITION OF 1895 EXPECTED TO SUR
,.ss ArJ. THE PREVIOUS oNEs-wHo
WILL BE THERE AND WHAT
THEY WILL SEE.

WILL. DE THERE AND NiNi
THEY WILL SEE.
The final preparations at Madison SQUARE "',
sor the Horse Show going forward raP'uI!.
Frank Clarke the superintendent, mas Over -,
men at work The flooring In the miaule oi 'e
Garden has been removed. and loan ana 'a"oa'"
now make good footing for the hundreds Oh loua
footed pets that will be judged there next "eeN'
The fence around the judging ring VIII De pus -
place to-day. AS usual. there VIII De t"o'' 60
promenade around this nclosure wh'ch Il -'
feet to enable spectators to look at the horses !"
the ring ,,
wilderness of unplacei timbers and flooring, with
little army Of workmen making the cohiu''o'
tngly worse Downstairs there are between Nv o.
300 ordinary stalls Even this is not eHoue"'
there is an annex no the building extendins OUT
into the street on The Twenty-seventh-st. sue ~
nvbcb there are accommoda lions for NV more
horses The annex will be finished to-day. out ',ie
labyrinth below stairs in the MAN garue" e,.'o ~
unintiated in horse shows an IDEA OF "ha' II 10 "
going TO look Ike Down there. extending from o"e
end 20 the other and all around under the uar-
aen are The neatly vanished stalls that VIII be
the homes for one week Of many hundred 'hou-
sands Of dollars worth Of horsehesh. Each one
Of the stalls is adorned with straw pikens. gayiy
trimmed making the effect n holiday one
The horses will begin to come In on SATURDAY
although Sunday is supposed to be the hrst DAY
when arrivals will be received This is because the
animals coming from distance want a niue rest
before being shown. Sunday Will be almost as o's
a dav as any at the show on account oil the inter-
ested crowds that will gather to see the famous
equine blue bloods come In by way OF the ro'i'"
ave entrance and the annex.
The entries this year are strong where the!
used TO be weak notably In the Thoroughbred cldSs
and stronger where they were already 1ormodoie
as In all the driving and road wagon classes where
strength in an American show might be expected
In no
be on show in the Madison Square Garden the
next week 1t is not here that centres the real in
terest Of the affair
OCCUPANTS OF SOME OF THE MAIN BONES
There are two long lines OF arena boxes that VIII
contain the richest and most select OF New orh-
ers. some OF the ablest men and loveest women
next week. The choicest OF these boxes lay along
the centre OF the Garden on the Twenty-siXth ana
the Twenty-seventh st. sides One Of the first VIII
be occupied by Orme Wilson, who has secured
box No. so. No "a Is the Ogden Goelet box. and IN
No 3S will be George j. Gould and his family.
The next box is the one purchased by H. H. Hoihs-
ter the treasurer OF the association. and In NO ~
will be seen the +. A. Schermerhorn party. MT
Cornelius FeIowess box is No Al, and next to him
IS ex-Secretary of the Navy William c. whitney,
while F. X. Sturgis has both No Is ana NO 3d.
the latter on the other side OF the Garden. Fred
eric Bronsons box No. 20, is next 10 that or
Mr. Stureis on the south side OF the building
George Peabody Wetmore has box No. a. and the
directors of the show have reserved No 56 for them
selves. Going about the building in the usual
order OF the promenade will come next upon tho
box Of Colonel John T. Thayer. No. Q, at the
Fourth-ave. end OF the Garden. exactly opposite
20 that Of his brother, Eugene V. r. Thayer whose
box is No. at the Mad.son-ave. end. One of the
first of the north side boxes OF interest is that of
w B. Sloane, No 81, next to which is that OF
Kinsley Magoun. No So. A. J. Cassatt has the
next box No 80, and A. Newbold Morris has No.
Nc ind In hoy
No 40. and W. a. Duer al No. A. Secretary John
G. Heckscher has box No. AZ. Among the other
holders OF arena boxes at the coming show are
Oliver Ames, in box No. %: II. Oerichs No IS;
w. Seward Webb. No. IA; r. F. Carman. No. 80;
c. Albert Stevens No. 81: ]. Lee Taller, No. 80;
w. X. Vanderbilt No. 100 and General Louis Fitz-
gerald, in No l04
THE PROSPEROUS ASSOCIATION.
This years show will be a record-breaker in point
. OF the number OF entries, for there 1905, as
against 1,274 for the 1894 show. There were 790
horses shown last year. while for 1893 there
only $50 entries and 5s5 horses The sale Of boxes.
which was a 5000 one in 1seS amounted to $s5 900
last year and Is increased to $4,000 this season.
Neither Agricultural Hall at Isngton the
Royal Dublin Show can beat the Madison Square
exhibition this year. There 215 entries the
last Dublin show. and 5l5 horses were shown at
1sngton President Cornelius Fellowes said yester-
day that he considered this years list Of entries the
best yet in quality. In his opinion this years
Horse Show may be considered competition OF
champions. and the strongest class will be that Of
carriage horses.
The National Horse Show Association Of Amer
ica Umited) has for its officers the following:
Cornelius Fellowes. president; Lawrence Kip.
vce-presdent; George Peabody Wetmore. vice.
president; II. II. HOLSTER. treasurer; John q.
Heckscher secretary; J. T. Hyde, assistant secre-
tsry.
Drectors-Frederc Bronson A. j. Cassatt. Cor
nelius Fellowes John G.. Heckscher Thomas Hitch
bold Morris F K schermerho r'e K stursis,
Honorary ice-presdents-David Bonner. J. II.
Bradford. Hamilton W. Cary. J. d. Cheever. II. De
CS SarS. FORBES F. William Edwards. H L. Herbert,
Francis T. Underhil. ". K. Vanderbilt, Rensselaer,
Weston.
The Horse Show owes It's exclusive and select
characterictics TO the efforts of these men, all OF
whom have labOred TO make the annual exhibit the
high-class standard affair that II Is.
JUDGES OF THE HORSES
The following have been invited TO act as judges
Of the several classes
Observation-Disclosures Galway New-York City
Trotters, roadsters and road rigs-General G. S.
Field Buffalo, n. Y. Colonel John f. Thayer Ian
caster. Mass. and Isaac e. Sheldon. New-York.
Coaching stations. pony stations and brood
r. Read Port Chester. n. Y. and Richard f. Car
man Carmandale Long Island.
Four-in-hands tandems. carriage and harness
cabs. ponies in harness and horses and delivery
wagons-Prescott Lawrence. Newport, r. l.; Fran
Batavia. n. Y.
Saddle and police horses and ponies under saddle
West HnSt.
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