The San Francisco call., 1896-04-18
TO HOLD A HORSE SHOW
The Association Decides to Ex-
hibit Early in De.
cember.
WILL NOT AUCTION BOXES
R. F. Morrow Offers a Challenge Cup
Classes for Califcrnia.Bre
Horses.

It Is now definitely settled that the
Horse Shoe Association will hold it's
third annual horse show this year in the
early part of December, at the Mechanics
Pavilion.
This decision was reached at the last
regular meeting of the directors. There
was large attendance and it was resolved
that the show should be held without any
change in the prices of the boxes. What
largely Influenced the directors to con-
tinue the horse shows was t he evident will
ingness of owners of horses TO exhibit.
Some weeks ago a number of exhibitors and
possible exhibitors were communicated
with ard requested to state whether they
would enter their horses this year. At
the time of the last meeting over fifty re-
plies had been received, assuring the asso-
citation that the writers were willing to
exhibit.
Among those who have already ex-
pressed their intention of exhibiting are
some of the principal horseowners in the
State, and it is believed, from present in
dications, that there will be considerably
more competition than there was last
year. 1t has already been decided to
| country exhibitors. For instance, it is be-
lieved that last year people in the interior
were deferred from entering pairs of car
riage- horses on account of the difficulty
and expense of transporting also the car
riages and harnesses necessary to exhibit
them. Exhibitors in the interior who
enter well-broken pairs of carriage horses
at the coming show will be furnished by
the association with carriages and har.
nesses for their exhibition.
1t has also been decided that at the COM
| ing show there will be several classes OF
| California bred horses, though details on
| this subject will not be definitely settled
| till June or July.
! As result OF the resolution taken at the
last meeting all the former holders OF
| private boxes will be communicated with
| first chance OF paying deposits on their
boxes, the directors having decided
that the patrons OF last year shall have
! the privilege of choosing the same boxes
! they occupied at the last show. In the
event of any subscriber desiring different
| box from last year his application will be
| filed and he will be given his choice,
according to priority of application, on
| this years boxes unsnbscribed by last
years patrons. After old subscribers have
been provided for the remaining boxes
will be thrown open to new subscribers.
The rumor has been quite extensively
| circulated that the Horse Show Associa-
tion was contemplating auctioneering off
the choice of location TO the highest bid
der. This is done at the New York Horse
| Show, where as large a sum as $500 or $500
is sometime paid for choice of location in
addition TO he cost of the box. Tho ad.
visibility of auctioneering locations was
fully discussed by the directors at the last
| meeting, but it was finally settled that il
would be treating subscribers better tC
allow them to retain their boxes at the
same price.
No canvassing has yet been made fol
| awards, but as an instance of the Interest
which the coming show appears to bt
arousing two awards have already been
volunteered. Robert F. Morrow has offered
a $500 challenge cup to be won in two sue
cessive years. The donor has left to .ht
directors the choice of the class in which
the cup is to be put. The Palace Hote
has also volunteered $100, to be given il
plate or money, at the wish OF the di
rectors.
All the above mentioned steps TOWARD
the success of this years show have beeI
taken within the last few days.