The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23
The HORSE SHOW.
The Second Annual Open Air
Entertainment
VIII Open Next Wednesday For
Three Days.
BRIGHT PROSPECTS.
Over a Thousand Dollars in
Prizes.
A Hundred Entries; Many of
Them Prize Winners.

The second annual open air horse
show to be given by the Topeka AS
ISOLATION will open next week at the
golf grounds near Potwin, Wednesday
evening, June q, and continue Thurs
day afternoon and evening and Friday
afternoon and evening.
Among the entries in the High School
class are Lime Stone Belle, owned by
o. D, Woodward OF Kansas City. This
horse is one of the champion high school
saddle horses and does the cake walk,
park walk, drill, Spanish step, etc.
Ashland Princess owned by Dean
Low, is another fine horse in the same
class.
In the harness class are such well
known horses as Jean Van JEAN
Princess Reed and Richard Carvel,"
owned by A. E. Ashbrook OF Kansas
City. These horses are among the great
est prize winners of the last year at
st. Louis, New Orleans, Cincinnati,
Kansas City and Denver horse races.
Among others are, Mack RUSSELL and
"Cascara" and Ashland W." who won
roadster and champion prizes last year.
silk Wood, 2:Ol, won the prize at the
horse show at San Francisco. She is
owned by Jacob Willets.
In some of the jumping classes will
be the great jumper 'Queensberry,
owned by A. Watson Armour of KAN
Kansas City last year. Also Bonnie
1asSie' Man from Mexico" ARROW.
The entries for Topeka horses viii be
open until Tuesday noon, June e. None
Will be received after that time. Entries
can be made with Dean R. Low at the
Rock Island offices or with c. H. Sam
son of the Topeka Paper company.
The prizes to be given aggregate near
| ~ 1000 in cash and many other hand
/ some and valuable special prizes
/ The opening show will be Wednesday
/ evening at 7:30 o'clock with a concert
! by Marshan's band. The show proper
/ begins at 8 o'clock. The grounds are
well lighted by electricity. The We'd
nesday night programme will include
| exhibits of roadsters and tandem teams,
an egg and spoon race, horses in har-
| ness, gated saddle horses, and jump
| ing.
Arrangements have been made so that
| patrons may sit in their carriages and
| view the show. A pretty effect will be
| produced by the full livery of all the
attendants in the ring. The location
Of the horse show is just east OF Potwln,
the entrance being near the POtW1n
street railway station
The entertainment is under the man
agement of the Topeka Horse Show as
sOciation, which has gone to large ex-
pense in its efforts to produce an ac-
ceptable and creditabIe entertainment.
An amphitheater 260x190, with a seating
capacity of 8. 800. has been erected for
this special purpose. On the east side
of the grounds will be the horse tents
adjacent to the amphitheater- over one
hundred entries have been made. A
large number of these are from out OF
! town sources.
It is hoped by the management that
| Topeka people with fine turnOutS VIII
, make entries and do what they can tC
reflect credit on the show as a Topeka
(, institution Nothing of this magni-
tude of the kind has ever been at
!, tempted in the state before. Most o.
the Kansas City show last season vii
be here. Topeka people in a large num-
| Der of the classes will not be obliged
to compete with the outside entries, the
Topeka classes being to a large extent
| confined to home entries.
The City Troop win drill every night
and what is entirely new for Topeka
a polo game will take place one even
! ing.