New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-12
ANOTHER BRILLIANT SIGHT
MEMORABLE DAY AND NIGHT AT THE
HORSE SHOW.
sxE GARDEN socIErY's TRYsTING PLAcE-FAiR
WOMEN APPLAUD THE EvoLUTIoNs IN
THE TANBARK RING DELIGHTED
SPECTATORS FILL THE BOXES.


SPECTATORS FILL THE BOXES.
A gray rainy sky overhead and sloppy side
walks under foot might have conspired to keep
people away from any other than an extra
ordinary society function: and SO another evil
dence was given OF the great popularity OF the
Horse Show In Madison Square Garden. for the
weather Of yesterday made not the slightest Ina
preston upon the people. While persons may
have divided affections for horses and dogs anu
guns yet when occasion arises everything con-
centres about the equine personality as the
prime attraction Of the trinity and all the world
is ready to run and to admire when he Is on
parade in the garden. be the weather bad or be
1t good.
With the very beginning Of the show yesterday
morning, there was a good attendance ana
this steadily increased throughout the AFTER
noon but as always 1t was not until evening that
the old Garden really shone with the splendor
Of the human pageant. The immense spans OF
light under the vaultng roof looked down on
as fair a scene as 1t Is possible for the imagi-
nation to conjurc up. when the ribboned horses
were led into the ring at O'Clock for the pre-
Iiminary parade. In the grand round 1t was
ponies to the centre and big folks In the horse
family to the outer rim Of the arena. and the
rascals big and little, played an sorts Of pranks
with the grooms who were leading them or who
sometimes seemed to he led.
VISITORS AT THE STALLS.
Beautiful costumes were to be seen in the
evening. In the afternoon the people who went
to see were in possession and they affected the
more sober toilet of the street. They scattered
all over the big building. In the galleries and IN
the stalls below where the horses were waiting
like actors for their various cues: and in the
stalls 1t was curious to note the mutual conn
dence displayed. People walked behind steel
shod hoofs by the hundreds. They packed the
narrow lanes from side to side Women who
would run from an inoffensive COW as from
deyouring pestilence became familiar with
blanKeted thoroughbreds. patted them on the
back, and said, whoa. horsey" in such Sc
ductively musical tones that the silken-coated
animals seemed to be hypnotzed
One white-faced bay stallion from behind his
screened door amused himself by laying back
his ears and making wild rushes toward the
screen as II he were bound to break through and
wreak his spite on humanity in general for
making q show Of him. But wonderfully
pretty woman appeared and thrust the finger Of
a daintily gloved hand through the wires and
said Poor fellow" The high-strung animal
threw his ears forward in. that benevoenty
amiable way horse has when he scents an
apple core and put his nose up to have it
scratched. He was ready for fight, but fell at
the very first attack Of the outside enemy. 1t
was unconditional surrender. and the man with
the woman looked as though he would like to
be that horse for just about a minute The
horse liked 1t. and therein he displayed vast In
telligence and masterful discrimination. for his
new-found friend was pretty indeed. But she
passed on. and before another minute had gone
tv,tr o,,6u H.
ing for trouble.
TO-DAY'S VARIED PROGRAMME.
In some ways 1t is thought that the programme
for to-day will offer more varied attractions than
that OF yesterday. 1t Is as follows:
Here is the programme for to-day:
. a. m. to 10 m.-Hores led ridden may be exer-
ios over jumps feet high only those horses thea
selected viii Be allowed 70 compete in that class.
'i's Gas. T 81 hackney mares three years o.
sa.kn.S Ss SssT S.ssensd s
four Of their gel. the get out OF native inspected or
IL mJudsins nvs STANDARDIZED twoyear-oid tro,tns
. ssssn ten csss F0
tx mjuds1s nt,ssn pon!s. in harness, Gas. Ts
Sic mJudsins pairs Of horses and best appointed
Is tandem q s:., elias. . e.
<:2S p. m.-Judging 10 green hunters Digit weighD.
SIS p m~judsins pairs Of hor.es appointed
victorias or cabrioets. Glass S.
$40 p m--Judsing hackney stations Class IS.
:. m.-judsns 10 ponies under saddle, Glass. SO
$40 p. m.-Judging - high steppers Glass 81.
p r-Judsins 70 mounted municipal police Glass 100
ESQ p m-Judsns Glass ioe those horses previously
jumps jumps nvs feet high. 0'N'' '' WV ''e'''
EvOLUTIONs OF THE POLICE.
1t will be noticed that the mounted police
will appear at 8 o'clock this evening. Inspector
McCullagh has arranged to give an exhibition
drill that should prove to be exceedingly inter- |
esting Thirty mounted policemen. seven
roundsmen and three sergeants will participate.
and the order Of the drill as arranged will be
as follows
March into Garden by column Of twos; left
into line and halt; march in line to the 'front.'
halt and salute backward march: form column
Of fours to the right; same movements executed
to opposite side OF Garden: march by twos;
march by troops; form twos; form fours; pla-
toons left front into line; halt dismount and
mount right forward in column Of fours; on
right into line this movement also executed to
opposite side Of Garden): wheel in columns of
fours into line; hating and dsmounting, and
even numbers to front and centre and march TO
the front on foot; salute return to their posts
and mount platoons marching in column of
tours to the right, and wheeling into columns OF
platoons. %"
After the drill the horses will be judged
Yet even with the promise Of the uniformed
spectacle 1t is doubtful whether the lovers of
what may be termed the circus element in the
show-and they are many-will find anything to
interest them to-day more than two of the ex.
hibitions Of yesterday. One Of these was the
hunter class in the afternoon and the other the
display of saddle horses. or. as the programme
had II. the high school horse" in the evening