The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-13
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Effect of the Big Attraction on Trade Nov
elites of the shops.

Effect OF the Big Attraction on Trade Move
elites of the Shops.
This is Horse Show week. II does not re-
auiro q visit to the big uptown hotels. filled
with out-of-town visitors, or the Madison
Square Garden 10 ascertain this fact. Most OF
the shop windows along Broadway and Fifth
and Sixth avenues and up and down the side
streets devoted TO business are decorated in
honor OF the great show. They are distinctly
commercial decorations. They arc intended to
attract custom.
A Sun reporter visited several Of the best
known stores yesterday and found that there
are many pleasing novelties In the goods dis
played for sale. Though a comparatively novel
institution. the Horse Show has had a %noticea-
BILE effect upon many branches Of trade, which
is more In evidence this year than ever. To It
the dressmnker is indebted for Horse Show
gowns. cloaks. and caps. These vary from
season to season. and in general must display
the wenrer's figure and at the same time give a
hint OF the stable or the paddock. Some OF the
cloaks. and even some OF the skirts. have
dainty pockets in which the wearer is sup
posed to keep her book and pencil. For
such suits the jeweller provides brooches.
clasps. buttons, belts. and other ornaments
in silver or even more precious materials. The
leading designs involve the use of, the horse
suISyy Wheel. the shafts and wilifietreess. and
other outlines familiar TO ali lovers OF horse
aesh 3 Ihis year the dealers in, In Oriental Lent goods
ments. oft East. This is q novelty. and has
proved a great drawing card wherever shown.
deep love Tor the steed. and express 1t In rich
and artistic harness and tranp;ngs Silken and
of these foreign goods; They appear in bright
colors, and are braided, EN- broidered. metalled!;
mailed. embossed. or decorated in the odd
fashions OF he East.
The Manehurian maudarins edge the saddle
cloth with tiny mirrors. deeply set in with gilt,
Is applied 70 the bridle and o'her traprinRs. SO
thai in the sunlight the horse looks as i he
were himself embroidered with jewels of ex-
traordinary splendor. Some Indian saddles are
shared quantity from different colored feathers
with precious stones, Saddles Of this kind.
when new cost several. hundred dollars in In
f aif a eouh nT9lf foF G ieas t PSi g sl gpEShas T6os in
which are exhibited have seen considerable
use, and are more interesting than II they had
The bric-a-brac stores and old curiosity shops
have made no little money out OF the new
pieces Of armor upon a horses head used in
the middle ages and surmounted by powerful
mand. It is believed that many which are al
legged to have come down from ,Cressy apd
GG enffe Street we Within ina the past an t Rsrf@! yesrs. TS De
massive saddle OF the feudal knight, is in the
market; as is SlssG the heavily mesalled battle
from arrow and sword thrusts.
Horse Show table linen is now to be had at
looms you can. II you please, have a portrait OF
your %lavorite horse woven, into the centre ola
with these goods are those ip which the linen is
bordered will equestrian designs. like horse-
s e fSs r aaa os and n Pat tse drlvi 5ad bgr seS %bjeb IL Il
thus honored. The wheel. the shaft. the whifie:
tree. the long whip and the other insignia Of
been %mortaiized,on table linen. nd Only yG those 5ss
which pertain 70 the racer and the hunter seem
scarfs. cravats and even sashes are treatedin
the same way as table linen and sometimes
which are tiny whips. in scarlet. or horseshoes
IN more S,ae ta KIN r Sss doss f ip M 9ails Se eSurfs ap sbs p sae
terms are almost innumerable.
,Ephemeral, literature has been benefited by
the Institution tit and gives smplo gynh,Es5 large or
printers: AZ each Horse SHOW at least fifty
srsedinr.' stock X iar sD.,f livery cry Stables Hsfies.H the " trots
s Ssa99fnsi ya safse %sk'H FFheSni the?e aFs lille Rde
books, record books. pedigree books. albums
q s sSBies asd A%b;a WoFf Kp %P9nA b ba9T H to kssP
! and aSie other cat catchp %nns devices SEes too S'G numerous mp5nsS to
mention. Funniest Of all are unwieldy. publi-
cations in which cheap chromos and tawdry
The photographer is indispensable at these
tfcutS. luuuiSHiNt Souib iuS wei uS uOfSe Iun-
ciers want pictures of horses and jockeys.
trainers and owners. stables and stock farms.
In nearly every Photographic gallery this week
IL will be possible to get a hundred capital pho
togtaphs OF this class OF subjects.
The silversmiths reap q golden harvest in the
Horse Show. While horsy men are supposed
to wear solid gold cuff buttons representing
horseshoes,. %stirrups, and scarfpins. In which
horses heads flare atgou With emerald or ruby
not the real article who indulge In tho practice.
The jewelry made for this type of buyer IL
always tawdry and seldom expensive. Stamped
silver and rolled gold articles outnumber those
made from solid bullion five to one, So large
Is the demand for these symbolic decorations
that II extends even dow to collar buttons and
shirt studs, A horses hoof makes u rather
effective button, While q d~lminutive gilt horse
shoe or a tiny silver stirrup looks quite fetch
The giving OF prizes OF artistic value has
opened a new branch Of business for the
makers OF cups, bowls, vases. drinking horns
and the like. This is done BY both the great
silversmiths and by the metal men. Loving
cups in which stirrups form the handles or
horses heads the apex Of the cover are the
commonest form of the fashion, but the field
Of design is very large and many Of the I'm
ished goods possess rare beauty,
Even the migratory street wonders have
caught the fever. Along Fulton and Fourteenth
streets there are miniature hunters fashioned
IN tin which seemingly propel themselves over
the pavement, guided by an Invisible thread
manipulated by the fakir In charge. In the
carts nro old editions OF periodicals. devoted to
past Horse Shows and innumerable. colored
prints OF English racecourses on notable days.
CUBA's NEW FEYER-WEYLERISM.