The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-13
0 R SHOW HERE AGAIN.
F~oURTEEvTH LNNUAL ExHTBITToN TO
OPEN TO-MORRoW.

OPEN TO-M0RR0W.
Society and the Horse VIII Hold Sway at
MRdison Square Garden for Six Days to
Come-Prixo winners from Far and Near
to Compete-HiRh Steppors Havetho Call.
Society and the horse will once more hold
their sway At Madison Square Garden this
| week. Tomorrow IL to be the opening day Of
the National Horse Show Associations four
teenth annual exhibition. and everybody In
the horse world and the social swim Ia look
ing forward with pleasurable interest to .the
splendid spectacle which yearly marks the end
Of the seasons equine sporting events and
the beginning OF s~oclety's fashionable funo-
lions. For six DAYS to come society will de-
vote itself almost exclusively to tho Horse
Show and the formal opening Of the season in
town. The approach Of the opening day has
briRhtened aud enlivened fashionable New
York as much a. ever this year. Shop win
dows are resplehdent with things suggestive
OF the coming show. Vacant houses In Fifth
avenue are occupied again by devotees ot-fash-
ion who have turned away from the golf links
and the hunting field to do homage to tho
horse. The fashionable hotels are RAPIDLY I'LL
ing up with guests from Philadelphia. Bos-
ton. and the cities OF the West and South. for
the Horse Show is national In more than
name. Homestead. Cedarhurst. Tuxedo. West
chester, Orange. and all the swell suburbs will
this week send their smartest bellies and beaux
to the Garden to admire and be admired. and
the wealth and beauty OF New York and other
cities will sit enthroned In the boxes or minRle
with the thronR on the promenade.
In the afternoons and evenings. when the
crowds are always largest. the scene will be
both brilliant and inspiring. Then the vast
arena Is flooded with mellow light from thou
sands oil incandesoen lam ps. and pleasinRmusic
nlto fha- air Tha broad Drom ada which an
circles the show ring is a mass Of dancing
color. Above 1t tier on tier OF boxes and seats
are filed with fair women and their escorts.
and In the centre OF the Garden the bloods OF
the equine world are adding dash and spirit to
the scene as they parade for the prizes on the
tanbark.
Women Of fashion who wish to shine at
New York's biggest show have expended for
tunes for the gowns and the wraps and the
bonnets and hats that will be displayed on the
promenade this week. and their brothers and
husbands have parted with even bigger for
tunes for the horses that will be on view.
While the women folks have ransacked Paris
and Fifth avenue for the latest dreams OF the
costumer. the men have been securing the
country for prospective prize winners in the
equine end OF the show. First-olass show
horses Of certain types are now 30 hard to find
that seemingly extravaganza prices are some
times paid for them. A young New Yorker
who is ambitious to win the blue ribbon in one
OF the coaching classes this year recently paid
$4,000. 30 1t is said. for four horses that may
be good enough to get the money and the
honors for their owner this week. Another
Horse Show patron is reported TO have paid
$4,000 for a pair OF carriage horses thai looked
like probable winners. aud a similar amount
was recently refused for a single horse OF the
same type that had demonstrated his ability to
win in competition with the best. A New York
enthusiast who OWNS a high stopper that could
probably win in the class for pairs with a
mate as good as he is. thought nothing OF
making q special journey of 1900 miles a cou-
pie OF weeks ago just to look at a horse for
sale that might possibly fill the bill. Every
horse market and breeding centre In the
United States and Canada has been picked
over for months past by the agents OF New
York dealers In search OF something better
than the old favorites. and the chosen few that
are going to take part in the equine cake walk
at the Garden this week have received as
much careful attention in training and feed
ing and grooming as If they we're racehorses
getting ready to start in the Suburban or the
Futurity.
The park horse or high-stenper is this year
more than ever before to be the star of the
show. When the Horse Show was young. So
ciety's pets were the hunters and jun ers.
Then came the imported English hackneys.
with their fuss and feathers and unrivalled ca
pacity for clawing the air without getting over
the ground. But the hacknevs had to take a
back seat when the American trotting horse.
with his tail cut of and his mane pulled.
learned TO ape his English cousin at the high
stepping game. He could go high and 90 fast.
he could pull the weight of a heavy trap with
seeming ease. and he displayed moro style
and heauty and breeding than any other har-
ness horse in the world. Ever since the hack
neyized trotter broke into the game at the Gar
den he has carried of about everything worth
having In the way Of ribbons and money in
the heavy harness end of the show. Society
has set the seal OF approval on the dock-tailed
trotter rugged with curb bit, side check and
heavy harness, hooked to traps Of English de- A.,
sign. and his exhibitions on the tanbark. sin
gle and double, in tandems and in four-in-
hand teams, are now the features Of the show.
The entries in all such classes are larger
this year than ever before. and the fur will fly
when the good ones come together. What
horse will win the championship for high
steppers?" is a question asked every day
among admirers OF this type. Last year the
honors fell to Joseph E. Widener's Won Har-
pInger. but the decision which placed him
above Charley Bates's noted little New York
stopper Coxey was severely criticised. par
and beaten In the show ring there by the Am
erican horse Governor Brown. CoXey will be on
hand again this year to- to 90 la his P Pre- lest. against
seasons exclusively for show purposes. and
Coxey has probably won more prizes at lead
class ever exhibited In this country. He was
never beaten until last year.
Coxey will have to meet this week is Miss
Amelia Kussner's chestnut horse Ivanhoe.
winner Of the ehap pIS,9 ship for RnTk horses