New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
NOW THE HORSE SHOW.
1T OPENS TOMORROW WITH THE USUAL
SOCIETY ACCOMPANIMENT
EXCELLENT PROSPECTS FOR THE EXHIBITS
THE STANDARD IN SOME OF THE CLASSES
Icing RAISED

Tomorrow comes the Horse Show. This fuit,-
ton will be- az usual the first Of the winters social
season. For years II has been Acknowledged
by fashionable folk the opening OF the season.
and throrgs have 1ocked from Newport and from
Lenox and from wherever they may have spent the
autumn back to the city for the Horse Show
Many Of them return AGAIN to the country. Dut
only for brief stays and the town houses OF So
oiety are again open for the winter.
For weeks the DR. ssfnakers and milliners have
known that the Horse Show was approaching even
II not much has been printed about H. Their shops
have been busy with the preparations without
which the Horse Show would be on horse show
and not the Horse Show. OF course there must
ice horses for horse show but Tor the Horse Sho"
there must be only horses. but clothes and hats
and bonnets OF the smartest and all the glamour
and the suhdued eclat That attends gathering Of
thc social elect. There eiens that this years
exhibit OF the National Horse SHOW Association VIII
he lacking IN any Of the essential Attributes The
entry list is as large last years. and, whie the
auction sac Of boxes not up 20 last season
in point OF receipts. the boxes remaining ana the
seats have been selling rapidly for a week
The Garden is fully ready for the show All the
stalls have been prepared for the reception OF the
equine aristoCras. and the extra stabing that al
vays is built In T8cnty-sever th-st. has been put
up or course this year, usual. many Of the
horses entered cannot be STABBED In the GARDEN
for lack Of ROOM and many stables near by have
been put In shape for the reception OF entries All
local exhibitors expected to stable their horses
at their stables, usual. returning them eacn
night or the end OF the judging for which they
eligible.
In it's general features the show remains the same
this year The classification has undergone little II
anv alteration There has been a considerable
change, however in the list Of exhibitors num-
Der OF those who have been exhibiting horses for
years at the show viii not have entries there THIS
wear. Their absence however will probably no.
f,te = a q = g.
Of the entries appreciaby. Indeed. in many classes
the new entries will raise the standard to a point
never attained before. In size the classes nave
varied a little more. some being larger ana olhefs
smaller than heretofore. The class Tor carnage
horses continues to head the list in point OF num-
bers and there Is bound to be much rivalry IN thls
class for severa' of the newcomers have made
names for themselves the possessors Of finely
bred and very snowy animals The tandems' too
will be present In larger numbers than last year
The members Of the Tandem Club have been pre-
paring for the struggle for the ribbons FOR months
and keen competition Is expected in this snowy
class Four-in- hands, too, will be more numerous,
and exhibitions of fancy tooling may be confidently
expected that sort Of horsenanshp always exciting
much applause.
Many women will exhibit their saddle horses this
year many more. in fact, than ever before. While
the fencers will be out in force. The entry list in
his last class dscoses the fact that many Of the
old jumpers are missing, while others mat nave
borfOrmed well in the South are entered IN thelr
places The hunt clubs Of Maryland and West Nlr-
gina are particularly vel represented ana SoOd
work over the fences may be looked for Ponies
present another class that will be represented IN
Unusually large numbers and the morning at
tendance Will doubtless increase by reason or this
fact for nothing peases children like ponies.
on the other hand. the entries OF trotters TINS
year are unusually few. There seems 10 De no
good reason for this ack for the association has
offered liberal prizes In this class ana the oesct-
dCn OF the owners OF these animals Is deploraoie
since many foreign horsemen annually Visii me
show TO see what is being done on THIS SIDE III
breeding fast ones There are no entries Whatever
in the class for trotting stations with four OF their
get Some fast trotters. however. VIII be SHOWN
among them being Dare Devil. 2O9&. Cresceus'
90lit. and Quarters,af and Burlnghame, 2lslt
Dare Devil is so highly valued by MI. Ham.in that
he has refused TO put price upon him -. =.
In the special pacing class for horses tnat nave d
record Of 206 better there are more me hoI Sc
~. sastest Of All II John r. Gentry. 200la owned
by h. H. Hartman. Direct 2:O5Ia. will also De
shown . /. -.ohtod In ,pe
Garden arrived yesterday. and the rest VIII arrise
This morning The annual luncheon given by me
directors OF the National Horse Show Association
to the horsemen will be served this afternoon AT tne
Garden and most Of the good ones VIII aIteiWaau
be displayed In the tanbark ring. which mas Oeeh
nut in It's usual excellent condition uhuer the SUI
pervision OF Superintendent Frank clark