New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-10

panorama of faces ever shifting. never still float
ing ceaselessly around the tanbark ring; the
fence incIosing the ring itself was covered with
4 row Of people who, strangely enough. preferred
TO see the horses rather than the people ana
stuck to the rail like leeches
But the people who really cared to see the
horses were in small minority. The mass OF
Horse Show goers don't care for the horses
They go to be seen and to see other people.
The conversation parties In the boxes had much
In common with those that are frequently seen
In boxes at the opera, with the single ana pleas
ing difference that they didn't annoy other
people The people in the boxes gazed inter-
inittently at the people in the promenade ana
the people in the promenade gazed steadily at
the people in the boxes consulting their cata-
logues the while with the obvious purpose of
identifying the occupants Of the boxes III So
ciety in the boxes thought it rude of the people
in the promenade to stare at them they did
not show it, and as for the promenaders. such
q thing never occurred to them That was
what they were there for. They went TO the
Horse Show to the people. To one sur
veying this scene from a vantage point, the
sight was a peculiar one The pre- menaders as
a rule turned their backs TO the horses, ana
the occupants Of the boxes seldom looked be-
yond the promenade. except when their own
horses or those Of their friends were on exhibit
ton The ring the centre of neglect
"a BEAUTIFUL ARRAY OF COSTUMES
The hundreds Of fashionable women present
were in the most brilliant of evening toilets Not
one of them. however, was in decollete' TACT
which will doubtless give great grief to woman
named Miss Charlotte Smith. whose Examinations
against the shockngly decoete dresses worn at
the Horse Show give rise to the pe4eI .na' S,e
has never attended that function. Despite TINS
lamentable fact however there were many beau
tiful costumes on exhibition. and nobody can say
that there was not an appreciative conglesa,,on,
Of spectators From distance the boxes looked
like one huge bank of blended color Inc iaii
fashions this year seem to be more lenieht on the
point of color than they have been in previous
years and the result can scarcely be deprecated.
Some Of the costumes were so brilliant tnat more
than one ordinarily well-behaved man caught
himself stopping short in his stroii around tIe
promenade TO admire more at length some sym
phony in red" some dream in delicate green
And yet though the coors were most striknG'
one costume did not fall violently at war WIN
it's neighbor for the reason. probably. that when
q combination of colors does not engage IN Vocai
warfare with itself 1t can generally live III qu'e'
with others.
But the horses themselves Ia secondary matter s,,
quite, as has been already made clear. put sun ~
one deserving of some consideration we ,Son "
and after all they were not altogether neon
spcuous. The number Of entries was signtH
less than in former years but the spears Thrs
are enough of them now in all conscience, anu
the reduction in numbers is chiefly confined 10
the jumpers and hunters. whose muitphcity
has in previous years tired the public in the
time 1t took to weed out the poor performers
JUMPERS ACTED BADLY.
The jumpers generally amuse the spectators
more than any of the other classes. owing to
the snowy nature of their evolutions, but last
night, when the best Of the classes tried in the
morning came into the ring. they acted very
badly. The judges say that they had not had
time to become accustomed to the lights ana me
music and the crowd. and being sensitive ana
highstrung went off the handle. However that
may be the spirited beauties refused TO do their
best last night and aggravated everybody by
repeatedly refusing their jumps and knocking
down whole cords Of wood when they did con-
descend to make the attempt. That is why they
81 anyhow Those who didn't care, and their
name was legion. weren't aggravated
That is one advantage OF not caring
The Judges must be right regarding the cause
FOR the lot of jumpers brought out to finish
the DAVIS programme included number Of
horses that have many times demonstrated
Mrs s. s. Howland's Lady Bird. S. S. How
lands Flycatcher Hart Brothers Richmond
and Mrs f. D. Boards Perfection All OF these
horses are known to be good Jumpers. and some
Of them have won prizes at previous shows.
but all Of them made shows Of themselves last
night and narrowly escaped breaking the necks
of their riders Perfection went lame on her
frst iump. None Of them cleared more than
& feet ~ inches and the judges-John F. Cow
din John ~ Scatchard and A. Butler Duncan
refused to award any prizes In that class
SEVERAL THRILLING MISHAPS.
There were some trifiing mishaps In the course
Of the days programme. fourth hands are no.
toriously difficult of mana gement, and that driven
bv Charles F. Bates. in the latter part Of the
afternoon proved particularly so. No sooner had
Mr.. Batess four-in-hand danced into the ring
through the big gates than the of leader. a
spirited little bay gelding attempted the difficult
and somewhat irregular feat of standing on his
graceful head. He succeeded SO well in this
surprising attempt that the grooms found some
difficulty in getting him on bis feet again. and
when this had been accomplished the beast tried
Il all over again, under the impression that he
had heard a call for an encore AS 1t was evident
that the horse unmanageable. the fOur-n-
hand he led was withdrawn. much 10 the disgust
Of numerous claque whose vocal efforts In be-
half Of Mr.. Bates were conspicuous all day. The
same gentlemen. however, had their innings when
Mr.. Bates the first prize in the harness horse
class with his brown gelding Coxey
John S. Bratton got little tumble in the
early evening while driving his high stopper
Peacock. The cart in which Mr.. Bratton was
seated was OF the lofty stepladder description
and In making too short turn it was over
turned, the horse falling at the same time.
Mr.. Bratton pluckily held to the reins and a
number Of grooms sprang to the rescue so that
It was only few seconds before everything
was righted
In the class Of thoroughbred stations the
Brookdale Stables made a popular win with
their Faverdale. while the famous Judge Nor
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