New-York tribune., 1900-11-20

in-hand around the ring at top speed, just
grazing. but never hitting, the barrier with his
wheelhubs.
THE OPENING OF THE SHOW.
The show opened unostentatiously yesterday
morning at o'clock. The programme for Mon
day was snowy one. well calculated to anuse
the spectators. 1t began with the judging OF
hunters or Jumpers. and closed with the judg
ing Of qualified hunters. No matter how long
the multitude has been sitting standing or
how tedious the long waits for the judges de-
cision on less interesting classes may have
oeen-and II IS no disparagement OF the show
TO say that little interest is shown at times in
some OF the classes except by experts-there is
always hustle of pleased excitement especially
among the women, when the uniformed at
tendants bear in the hurdles and set them up
FOR the Jumpers The management appreciates
this. and has spread the jumping competitions
out SO that each day has It's quota and the
show VIII wind UP Saturday night with the
| competition in this line for the heavy. medium
and light weight championships. Here is yes
terday's programme in full:
1870 m-Judging sxty-rvo jumpers Class
1870 r-Juag4ng ponies saddle Class
p m-JudEtng thirty-eight horses. 46
26o m--Judsng sixteen harness. Class II
SSo ?. u-Jpdgtng fourteen horses. Class 10.
previous shows So9oe e Class any liz OF the
%:3o p. m-Judgng tfour-ir-hand) Class So
p cnL-JgdgnE seven qualified middle weight
6:so 2 .Jadgng eight horses private cabs.
$50 ? m-Judgtns pair. Of carriage horses
,: "--Judstns twenty-seven saddle horses. Class ~
sSo p n--Judsing seventeen tandems. Gas. b6.
-0'4o p fn-Judgng fourteen qualified
The Ring Committee for the day consisted of
LanceV
pody Wetmore, and William c. Whitney and
"AIlaIn II. Taller for the evening performance.
Inc Work or the horses went off without in
cioeht OF special note in the morning At
O'CLOCK IN the afternoon when twenty pairs Of
carriage horses were taken into the ring, Cali
graph bay stallion. and Look Out a bay
seloine' exhibited by the Gedney Farms. be-
came excited The stallion kicking over his
traces. fell. and pulled Lookout down on top
OF him dozen had the two struggling
horses by the bits in moment but not before
the harness and carriage had been almost de-
noished- The team was then extricated from
the wreckage and led out
The Partisan driver H E. Hewlett, who holds
many records on the Continent for his driving
came TO grief in the afternoon when the four
1@n,nano @ Teams were shown. Mr.. Hewlett drove
William H. Barnard's team Some time after he
entered me ring the leaders became unmanage-
aole' ana required the services Of two or three
grooms TO control them The driver could not
manage them. and their chances Of winning a
prize vanished.
IN THE EVENING.
The evening at the Horse Show was n brilliant
sight. Nearly all the smart women were there and
while In the afternoon there was much black worn
in the evening the color scheme ran TO white Mrs
Clarence h Mackay again appeared She was ar
rayed IN white and gardenias. Mrs Oelrtchs and
Mrs- OhVer Hartman. jr.. had light gowns. Mrs
Nelson mad with her Miss Kathleen who has
grown INTO beautiful young woman. She is to be
introduced 10 society this winter. The hats were
nearly al OF the time OF the Restoration and the
Nell Gwynne fashions faithfully copied
Among those who dined at the Waldorf Astoria
were Mrs James P. Kernochan, Mrs. Frederick
Benedict, Mrs William II. Taller, Mrs. Charles B
Alexander ana Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison W
K Vanderbilt entertained a dinner party Of four
teen at his house. His nephew. Alfred G. Wander
bilt. created mild sensation later in the evening
by appearing at the Horse Show not in the con-
veutional evening dress. but IN an ordinary black
tweed suit and pot hat.
Mrs. stuyvesant Fish in white mousseline de
sole with insert of guimpure lace made over
white taffeta, She had single scarlet carnauon
pinned her bodice, She wore a large white pict-
ure hat trimmed with ostrich feathers She was
the guest Of Mrs. Hermann Oelrtchs, who a
dress almost Identical to that Mrs. Seth Barton
French. who sat in the adjoining box. The bodices
OF the two women exactly alike, of silver