The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-04

| rOh btfAND PARADE.
this year Unusual efforts have been made
to stimulate q seasonable spirit of emula
ton among the owners of equine eligibles
of the various classes, and prizes of value
amounting In the aggregate to S33, 000
have been offered. They range all the way
| from $500 for first prize in the thorough
bred stallion class down to $50 for frs,
prizes in the Shetland stallion and brood
| marc class
The classes include thoroughbreds. back.
neys, half breds trotters, roadsters, French
| coachers, pony stations, brood mares,
heavy draft stations, four-in-h hands, tan
dems, carriages, harness horses carriages
and appointments, hanson cabs, ponies In
harness, horses and delivery wagons, sad
die and police horses, ponies under saddle,
hunters and Jumpers.
Besides these there are nrizes for lady
riders and drivers, the most important of
any offered-important because of the
tremendous interest that will be taken in
the contests for their possession. Many of
the society women are good whips, and
others of them are excellent horsewomen
and there is considerable rivalry as TO
honors.
Among the expert reinswomen who will
take part in the show will be Miss T.. f.
Cassatt of Philadelphia With her fa-
nous team, Patrol and Sunset. which she
drives tandem, shc has already won n first
prize, and it Is not unlikely that she will
gather fresh laurels at tho coming show.
Mrs. Joseph h. Widoner, also of the Qua
ker City, will drive her horse Greenwich,
with whom she has won prizes heretofore.
Tn ho Iaia
dict, n wonderful reinswoman, will hold
the ribbons over four-in hand
In the saddle horse class MIS-. Carl Have
meyer, one OF the best horsewomen In New
York, will probably play q conspicuous
part as will also Mrs j. b Hartman,
the owner Of Hungry Jim, and Miss Edith
Roberts on her sterling jumper, Silver
Belle.
The men, OF course, will also be on their
mettle, and each will struggle hard for the
supremacy In tho driving, exhibition rid
Ing and hurdling events.
Something of novelty will be intro
duced in the contest for the special prize
offered for the horses and carts Of the New
York street cleaning department. This Is
To be judged on the appearance of the
drivers, the condition of the horses aud
the care taken of the carts and harness as
turned out for daily work.
1t Is prophesied by those who ought 10
know that competitions In the harness
GLASSES will be better and more exciting
than ever before. The reason for this is
found In the fact that during the past
two years little or no credit has been CIV
en- TO the hackney blood in many of the
stylish half breds that have taken ribbons;
hence the friends of the hackney have de-
termined that the public shall be fully In
formed this year whenever winner In
harness class has hackney blood In his
veins.
In the supplementary prize list hackney
breeders who have yearlings not eligible
for entry In the futurity classes have been
provided for by tho creation of open year
ling classos, as Mt previous shows. In open
ing these classes the, ASSOCIATION gives n
helping hand tn the small breeders and
those who may have good hackney
youngstcr that was not recorded as prod
ucc wi. II foaled.
Interest i'm the competitions for prizes
has grown In strength from year 90 year
until the rivalry among the owners OF
horses II as hot as that Of the baseball
clubs Of the National league. just before
the time for tho horsehow arrives owners
try to strengthen their stnbles much as the