The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-15
SOCIETY STARTS THE SHOW.
IGATy TINE HORSES RULE IN MADI-
SON SQUIRE GIRDEN.

Horaes-CoI. Kip's New Mares-Awards.
Rough riders and the rough drivers OF the
artillery must give for a time the centre OF the
stage 10 more polished styles OF eauitation and
relnsmanship. for. in It's sequence OF fourteen
yeafb, the National Horse Show has come again
60 Madison Souare Garden. to remain the week.
While Yielding pride OF place our warriors are
not forgotten. A few, like Col. Artor. have
horses entered. and scores more Will visit the
boxes to chat with the pretty girls. but for
the time society demands the right to
change it's idols and to applaud the ANA
tours who ride and drive. To note the
skill OF the four-in-hand and tandem whips;
TO cheer the dash Of the hunting men as they
rush the Jumps; to praise the light hands OF
men and women on their saddle horses. or the
skill OF the amateurs who speed their fast nags
or natty park hacks-all this, quite aside from
the varied types OF horsefesh. give zest to this
annual and unique city show. Society leaves
TO the judges tho consideration OF the horses.
It's concern is with the prowess OF those anna
ours who ride and drive. and. OF course. there
the added fun OF seeing and talking with
yn and country friends.
Quite right. quite So" replied the veteran
conitteeman, to whom this view had been
pro unded. If the horse alore was the at
tracS society would crowd the Bulls Head
ana eHorse Exchange. What our shows have
ooneh educate the owners and buyers. sothat
they Khythe style OF horse to enter for q par
ticular es, which carried with 1t the equine
euueatioh society. This result was attained
after the Y few shows. for society is nothing
mho' qulch' grasp o situation. and since then
tne great ~atsetion has been to watch what
the ama0eur hips and riders door the tan
DARK. monsy " buy anv horse. but 1t takes
skin 70 hano'eo properly In harness or under
saddle. 10 watcyhat friends will do and to
exercise the irlehe right OF candid criticism
is what society career. leaving the iudees to
do the hairsplittinetve he difYerent candi-
dates for prizes"
1t was on TINS aecou, peShaps, that there
was only q fringe oil on1ken along the box
rows yesterday afternoon oltkongb tbere was
no lack Of jealous lovers oIbeAmerican borae
In all it's varieties. The "A was stndded
with Groups OF trotting. t~lrA,rhbred. and
hackney breeders. and III hundreds
who buy and sell horA mr. aunnlv
the wants the ownership OF 6na borsa
entails. As a spectacle, however, scene was
as dull as the average afternooa A. n riding
school. But at night the real thing
performances Of noted amateurs, the ring
and the influx ofthe friendly critics The hoxes
The latter were the society maids an natrona,
yet there was q goodly support Of bla. coatad
men. They were the true AmericaLncietv
women. who on yachts or links are tand and
glory in sun-sttiped hair. who are gay MIC.
ture hats at garden parties or midsummGin-
ners. and last night they were b~egowneSnd'
befrilled up to the Importance OF the ocean
No doubt half the shops of London and Pa
not to speak OF those Of our own milliners q
modistes. had been ransacked for some Of Il
toilets. But the wearers were as simple 1
manner and bearing as q schoolgirl In
--..lt- f---a T. L.. -At
the true New York woman. 1t must /
said. however. that when their friends wei
not on the tanbark the women studied or
another's costumes quite as much as tn
points Of the horses. The board walk tn,
circles the show ring and passes before til
boxes was well filed by promenaders in dres
suits shortly after 8 o'clock. but 1t was n,
until 8 o'clock that the boxes bloomed out Lii
flower gardens OF brilliant but entirely new
fashioned buds and blossoms. Before thi
too. the upper parts Of the amphitheatre wei
black with onlookers. 1t was the sam OIL
success again renewed-the mass OF person
prominent. the watchful onlookers. the blare
music. flashing lights and streaming banner
of black and yellow. the clatter OF horses hooi
TO enter the ring. with the jangle OF pole chain
and the swirl OF wheels over the veHety tar
bark. And then did the faces Of the committee
SAO poSSAaS VtS1StAS VtsAh aAAN 49, 20 ohi
when it is a case of push and pull to enter c
leave at the Madison avenue entrance thu
President Cornelius Fellowes breaks into TIL
annual smiling mood.
The suddenness OF the, arrival OF the BIO
holders was almost cyclonic. At $3.50 o'clocl
when seven private hanson cabs were Gale
TO the ring. not an arena box had an occupan
but before the last vanished top had bee
sent out by the judges nearly every bo
was filed and the yearly procession
around the ring was at its height. ]
was a gathering fully as distinct and distir
guished as any seen at any show. even In tn
year the Duke of Marlborough was q magnt
to many. There was perhaps q touch OF ode
ness in the air. as though it.had not been def
nitely decided whether the fat Of Mrs. Grund
was to be Jolly and talkative or to be glum an
This uncertain mood was bnnished in a mos
unexpected way. 1t was the sensation create
Ry a ehiSrmTingIy gowned young woman in he
Ink to a box with her party that G put ey esye on
glance. that her shoulders and arms. save fo
4, unusual, in a Horse Show gown as {
I'll all beholders with p~erplexity. AZ closer in
70 BE- the mi HssSs links to The ' eost s q w and Sf e
effect alluded to was caused by the electri
Light; sv She knew everybody, and Of course q
depth and warmth Of their greetings.
After the. round she went to har arena box
serenely unconscious OF the sensation made
and that all of her friends were In good humol
Thereafter society was resolved to be gay an
chatty. TIL private hansoms. q vehicle un
held. were still in the ring. and. with light
nt and hm9rses pranoingi, made q THRILLING
the ring included F.. @. Bourne. Harry Payn,
Whitney. Miss L. r.. Neuber9er and Mrs. 10
seph Baker Bourne, The first prize. however
was carried of by the irrepressibie Bates
Coachmen had the reins. Of course. 80 societ
did not lest at the drivers. but they had som
chair at the EXPENSE of Judge Francis IT. I'm
snowy rig in turn.
To tell all who crowded the boxes would b.
TO transcribe pages from a social register. blu
among the younger set the ones who ~attracte'
q great deal OF attention were the Mise
Fanshaw. Miss Leila Sloane, the Misse
Adele and Nora. Fitzgerald. Miss Marion
Groves. Miss .Catlin. Miss Alice Strong
Miss AGNES Whitney. and Miss Hattie Fol
loves. They were all earnestly and Otter
pleaded with by the young. men for Just on,
were Mrs; RI. Stevens, Mrs. W.. E. d. Stokes
Mrs. @. Albert Stevens, Mrs. Stephen Whitney
MRS. A.Q. Bostwick. Mrs. Charles Bergman
MRS. Classy De Hhamm. and many more Of tn
married women. The four men who ~attractec