Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-11-05

The fifteenth annual exhibition of
the National Horse Show Association
I of America will be held at the Madison
( Square Garden, New York, November
Is 10 is inclusive. This is a very sim
/ pie statement but it has come to have
great deal OF significance these days.
| II means. for instance. that the best
/ and bluest blooded of the equine race on
! this continent--to say nothing OF the
i aristocrats of the human raee-will be
/ gathered under the vast arch of Goth
| ans colossal structure for the space OF
one week. There the horses Will be
! put through their PAGES and will be
garlanded with blue, red or yellow rib
/ bons or else ANONYMOUSLY sent out of
! the ring with never prize.
/ Brave men and fair women will be
at the ringside to cheer on their ia
! vorites and in many cases the fair
owners of saddle horses and hunters
| will mount their steeds and personally
put them through their PAGES in front
/ Of the judges not trusting such import
1 ant work to Others.
! A stranger at the Garden during
! horse show week would imagine that
| New Workers did nothing but raise
horses, so tinged is the talk with the
| flavor of the stable. Society women
and their escorts discuss with all the
abandon of experts the good and bad
points Of the animals as they pass and
| repass on the oval tanbark.
1t is certainly a magnificent sight
overhead the myriads of electric lights.
around the enclosure masses Of gayly
bedecked people moving in a continu-
/ Gus kaleidoscope fashion while above
them the boxes and galleries are jam
med right up to the roof with eager
spectators.
There is another feature of the show
which, though not so popular. is con-
sidered by many far mere interesting
4 than the multicolored spectacle. This
is the sights to be seen down below
the level of the tanbark, where the
stalls for the horses are placed. This
part of the show is open TO the public
and is much frequented during the
morning and afternoon. Here may be
/ seen the finest horses in the world at
close range. Well known society
beauties are overseeing the finishing
touches of their steeds' toilet and small
boys and girls are raving over the
Shetland ponies.
The National Horse Show Associa-
ton, with its accustomed liberality has
offered $1,000 in premiums. The honor
Of being placed first on the official list
is very properly accorded to the noble
Thoroughbred running horse. In this
class are to be shown stations three
years old or over breeding and racing
qualities to be considered. There are
three prizes, 5000, 500 and $50.
The trotters are divided into three
classes-breeding racing and driving.
The breeding class is sub-divided into
nine others, headed by a $500 champion
prize open to all stations having taken
a first prize at any of the associa-
toms previous shows and to those
taking first prizes in classes 3. 4, 5
and 6, which are also for stations.
These latter will be post entries.
The racing class for trotters is open
to any stallion having a record of 2:20
or better The judging will be by pedi-
gree, individuality and racing qualities
as shown by performance.
The driving classes are for mares or
geldings four years old and over and
for mares or geldings between three
and four years of age Those exhibited
in the former of these must have rec
ords Of 2:30 or better The horses in
the racing and driving classes must be
shown in harness.
The hackneys are always a popular
type of horse. There is a challenge cup
for the best hackney stallion in the
show. This cup must be won by the
same horse two years in succession be-
fore it becomes the property OF the
owner of the winner. Last year It was
won by the Plymouth Hackney Studs
Prince Crompton.
The half breeds, French coach, cab
and hanson horses and horses in har-
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