Evening star., 1898-08-06

me Motel piaxzas and at the cottage par
ties now is the coming horse show. The
fifth annual exhibition of the Monmouth
County Horse Show Association will take
place next Thursday, Friday and Saturday
afternoons, and probably Saturday even
il g, on the associations beautiful grounds.
just west of the Hollywood station. The
entries. which closed on August l. are
much more numerous than they were
year ago, and all the prospects indicate
that the show OF 'aS will be easily the
greatest outdoor horse show ever held In
America Although at first the shcw was
rather local, 1t soon spread beyond the
bounds OF the state, ard for the last two
years it mas drawn exhibitors from all
parts of the country.
The social side of the show is quite as
important to the summarizes as the sport
ing. Hotels have arranged special features
TO entertain the crowds each evening.
Thursday night the West End will give
morse show fete" on the spacious lawns
around the hotel. A big platform will be
erected on the grass, and music for the
dance will be furnished by the crack 7th
Regiment Band of New York. A garden
party and reception will take place at the
Elberon the following evening. and the fes-
uvities Will wind up Saturday night with
big fete champetre at the Hollywood.
The exhibition grounds have been con-
siderabiy beantified since last year and tho
track improved. At the first auction Of the
one hundred and fifty boxes which extend
along the front of the big grand stand,
Gig premiums were paid for first choice.
Among the box owners are Gen. Thomas
T. Eckert of the Western Union Telegraph
Company; United States Senator Edyard
Murphy of New York, Mr.. Franklin Nur-
ply, New Jersey republican leader; ]. Hi
dsiSo. A. Lewisohn. Jefferson Seiigrlan,
Je seph J. ODonohue and Isador Strauss OF
New York and R. Percy Dobbins of Phil
adelphla. This year the show will be given
a state significance by the Governors
day., Thursday. Gov. Foster NJ. Voorhees,
of New Jersey is expected to be present
and there will be a notable company of
rational and Tammany politicians lined up
in the boxes. The management of the
show will hold an exhibition Saturday
right for the first time this year II ale-
quate electrical Mluminations can be Sc
cured.
The presentation of the comic opera
Pinafore" Up at Pleasure Bay hy the
Grau Opera Company of New York is
meeting with unexpected success The ac-
tors are en- good-siZed man-of-war foat
which Is made to represent the good ship
Shrewsbury river, in front of the big
grand stand, which extends along its
bank. The cottage colony of Sea Bright
Monmouth Beach, Long Branch and Elbe-
ron and the motel folk up and down the
coast are attending the performances in
very large numbers.
The ladies at Hollywood held a musicale
and literary entertainment on Monday
Society. The affair was managed by Miss
Helen Hendricks. a southern lady. Nearly
$ooo was realized for the charity.
The management of the Elkwood Park
shooting matches is trying to make .shoo:-
ing a popular sport among the women on
this coast. Several hundred invita- lions
have been issued for the Elkwood Futurity
contest, which is to be held this after
noon.
The annual 'proprietors' ba1r' at the
Ocean Hotel which has become one of tl:c
chief social features of the Long Branch
season. takes place tonight in the big ball
.itom of that hotel. About five hundred
Invitations have been issued to the cot
tagers and prominent guests of the other
hotels.
The bicycle enthusiasts of this resort
have begun preparations for the annual
parade. This event two years ago, and
also last year, excelled any similar one
ever held in eastern New Jersey, and ii is
the purpose of the management this year
to make the 9s parade even better. A
prize committee has been appointed, and
the large number of clubs from New York,
Brooklyn. Neward. Jersey City and other
nearby towns are expected to participate
A good deal of interest is being reani
Tested in the swimming matches which are
being held at the Elberon Club House
This club vies with the Monmouth Beach
and Sea Bright clubs as the most exclusive
oottagers aIorg the Elheron bluff go for
their daily dip in the salt water,
Social life is now nearing its height at
this resort. Horse show days Will mark
its climax. but tonight there to be brill
liant functions at all of the hotels. Be
siGes the proprietors' ball at the Ocean.
there are TO be full-dress hops at the West
End, Scarboro, the Brighton, the Unite3
States. tie Howland and the Hollywood,
and also a german at the Elberon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Mckinley and
daughter visiting Mr. and Mrs. l. V.
Brokaw at their Elberon cottage.
EX-POStnlaSter General William L, Will
son has been spending the week as a guest
of Mr.. Isador Strauss.