New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-12
uoRsE SHOW ENTRIES HERE
,r THAN TWO HUNDRED ANIMALS
y" ARRIVE AND OTHERS COMING.
,rr1roRs OF HIGHER GRADE THAN
FORMER yEARs-TRoTTERs PRE-
FERRED TO HACKNEYs.

-..a which opens tomorrow evening every
a. IN readiness at the Madison Square
- -, Before noon all the decorations In the
- and yellow colors OF the association were
o'" Use the last touch OF paint had been given
-. rails which surround the ring. and the
s.-t had been laid as level and as tdly as a
.,-v lawn. During the Cay horses were con-
..,,,v arriving and last night there were not
,hsn two hundred animals in the under
,a stables The annex stables, which in
s.s.- wears have been built in Twenty-seventh-
,evs been dispensed with this year. Several
-. houses are being erected on the opposite
'1ss y, the street and as the building materials
-. arrnned half way across the pavement 10
-. mt I'D the annex stables would have meant
.oronlete blocking Of the thorcughfare. Under
80. circumstances the officials of the Horse
Gu secured the stables Of the old Fourth
.rs,ue car company. at Thirty-third-st. and
,-.,,+h.sve where a hundred horses can he
accommodated.
s,v-y NEWCOMERS HARD TO MEET.
,,acatIons point to this years show as being
.,,ons the most successful that have been held.
RE class Of horses entered is higher than in
,,svious years and the old time exhibitors are
yss,v 10 find it difficult task TO hold their own
.s.bsr;ng the best stock they could find 10
eorrnete for blue ribbons. Only in one class is
,hs-s any falling off in the number OF entries.
This Is in the hackney classes. The fight for
,.yor between the trotting bred horse and the
hackney for light harness work has resulted
:, the survival Of the former. and. while the
hackney classes suffer this year. the entries in
.,s trottng departments show a large increase.
sNh have Ht-inn ri
snnsaring again in the same class probably
s1ects the Jumping competitions more than any
ether. and some well known horses are absent
N consequence Under the same rule the tan
dem classes are principally made up OF new
horses or old horses with fresh mates. For in
nance last years prize winners Coxey and
whirl-of-the-T Town will appear with Sporting
Life and Brown Donna respectively.
COLONEL KIP AND HIS RIVALS.
Among the close competitions one will be IN
the classes for horses and best appointed road
rigs singly and in pairs. Colonel Lawrence
kip with his speedy pair Gambrella and Water
Maid will it is thought. sustain his reputation
In these classes. There vii! he nine exhibitors
against him among them being P. c. Knox, OF
Pusburg who is showing for the first time TINS
year and who is especially anxious to try con-
illusions as so many have before, with ColoneI
Kin In the fifteen hands tandem class O. H. ?.
Belmont has entered Rockingham and Uncle
sam while J. z. Widener will show sampson
and Sigsbee John s Bratton. and Charles r
Bates as usual will have a duel IN the rapid
change class for four in hands while IN the
FOUR in hand road team class the entries include
Albert c. Bostwick. John ;. Bratton. klcharu
2 Carman, George F. Gilmon, Charles r Bates
T. w. Lawson and A. Lawson. The novice class
hot hov
The National Horse Show is one Of the new
classes. The prize is presented by the SUBURBAN
Riding and Driving Club Among the entries
are William NJ V Hoffman, J. H Forrest,
Thomas B. Hedden. John Z. Alexander, H Y.
Balm and J. T. Crenshaw There is also a
novice class for horses 10 be shown 20 a two
wheeled vehicle which is also we'll filed.
JUDGING TO BEGIN EARLIER
Because Of the increased number of competi-
tors entered. it has been found necessary to
begin the Judging earlier in the day than before.
On Monday morning there Will be carriage
horses. roadsters. four in hands and hunters in
the ring and in the evening carriage horses.
paddle horses. tandems and hunters. The hack
nes ponies, breeding classes and hunters VIII
oe brought out on Tuesday morning. ana in the
afternoon trotters with 80 or better records;
saddle horses. four in hands and hunters VIII
be shown. In the evening saddle horses, tan
derns and hunters will receive the attention OF
The Judges Ponies and hackneys will occupy
The time on Wednesday morning, roadsters' mar
ness horses and four in hands in the afternoon.
while at night the driving class for women and
the Waldorf Astoria Cup are down for decision
Hacknies ard ponies will be shown on THURSDAY
morning and afternoon, and in the evening tne
police classes with larger entries than ever Will
be in the ring on Friday there will be the road
coach change. ladies' saddle horses and hunters
closing with the high jump. and on SATURDAY
the championships viii be determined
THE JUDGES AND COMMITTEES.
There are numerous changes in the judges
this year. the list being as follows
roughbreds-Milton Young Lexington KY.
Hackneys-Dr Andrew Smith Toronto Ont;
Graham Claremont. Ont
Trotters and roadsters-Albert C. Han New;
York Charles Dana Palmer, Lowell Mass ana
George Willing Chestnut Hill Penn
French coachers. pony stations and brood mares.
hslf-breds and ponies in harness-R W. Rives'
NewHamburg. y. \.
horses. horses. carriages and appointments and
hanson cabs-Prescott Lawrence. Newport R J.;
Z K Bloodgood New-York. and Shelby T. Harm
son, Lexington Ky.
dls-H l. De Bnssgny New-York.
YORK; John e Cowdin New-York. and Craig w
Wadtwor,h Geneseo. \ Y.
cavalry horses and charsers-colonel o. L Helm
"est Point. y. y.
The commit ees who will be in charge Of the
ring on the different days are made up as fol-
lows:
Novemb, l3-Day. Frederic Bronson and
Solonel Lawrence Kip; evening. NllIam -
Whitney and George Peabody Wetmore.
November 14-Day. A J. Cassatt and Z. d;
Morgan. evening Thoma. Hitchcock. jr., and
sturgis
November 15-Day. John G. Heckscher and
george Peabody Wetmore; evening, Cornelus
'slowes and A Newbod Morris.
>, November 16-Day. John G. Heckscher anu
frederic Bronson evening. Cornelius FeHo"es
ana A. Newbod Morris .
November 17-Day Thomas Hitchcock u;
ana F. K sturgis; evening. A. j. Cassatt anu
L D Morgan
November 1s-Day. Frederic Bronson and
SNoionel Lawrence Kip. evening, WlIilaih -
whitney and George Peabody Wetmore
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