Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15
A FINE HORSE SHOW.
PLANNED TO PLEASE THE VISITORS TO
THE PAN-AMERiCAN EXPOSITION.

Field Day For the Fnshionables.
Exhibits of Horses OF All Breeds.
The Interest al Leading breeders
and Associations Enlisted.
A Horse Show Of the fashionable
kind, with all the embellishments that
society can bestow upon it, viii be one
of the features of the Pan-American
IMPOSITION Mt Buffalo next year.
1t is planned upon the lines observ.
ed in those well known society events
of a like nature held annually in Mad
ison Square Garden, New York city.
Metropolitan society is regularly
thrown into fiutter of excitement as
the time approaches each season for
these picturesque events. ana the
great Garden takes on festive air
that is not riyaled again throughout
the year.
Society then shines respondent.
Popular conversation is upon the com
parative merits OF favorte animals.
The decorations Of the person and Of
the building and the attire of deyotees
talk horse and the whole metropolis
pays homage to the high bred animals
whose proud pedigrees become as IA
miliar as the biographies of statesmen
at election time.
1t is expected to make the great
horse show to be held in the fall of
next year at this Exposition quite as
spectacular and interesting ms those
held in New York on this occasion
the finest bred animals Of the Ameri-
cas- will be Sought together To com
pete for honors and the favor OF the
public.
The show will be held in the
Stadium. which Is to be the great
show place of the Exposition, having
seats for more than 10000 and a track
quarter of n mile in circumference.
While general display of horses
will be made at this show. Of particular
interest will be the animals adapted TO
the uses of fashionable society. such as
| saddle horses and ponies. tandem driv-
ers, hunters jumpers. polo ponies, cou-
pc and coach horses. four n-hands.
trotters and runners. The show will
include many costly equipages and
novel turnouts that are used with the
finely bred animals that will be
brought forward to delight the public
eye.
Superintendent Il. a. Converse of the
Live Stock division has planned 10 ac-
commodatp 100 horses hi the exhibit
Of American bred animals The breeds
that will be recognized are Standard
bred, Thoroughbred. French coach,
French trotters. Cleveland bay. Olden-
burg. etc. Belgian. Hackney. Morgan,
Arabs, Pereheron. Clydeslale, English
shire. French draft. Suffolk. Punch,
Shetland ponies. Jacks and Icnnets.
This will be the occasion for bringing
together the finest animals bred on the
western continent While the trolley
car and the automobile have relieved
the horse Of much of his drudgery. he
continues to occupy distinctive field
Of work in the general economy. The
tendency Of the times. too, is to pro-
duce better animals.
The cheap car horse has to large
extent gone out. and scientific breed
ing is replacing the common stock
with horses Of higher intelligence and
efficiency. The experience of many
breeders during the Introduction Of the
trolley car and the flooding of the mar
ket with cheap horses was discourag-
ing. and n large number turned their
attention to other lines of work.
The situation. however. is considera-
bly, improved. and prices are again
more nearly what they should be. The
interest i'm breeding is regulated by the
pecuniary reward. and the improved
demand lends n now attractiveness to
the breeding and training of horses
The demand for horses IN cities contiD-
ues brisk. particularly for draft ami
mails such as the Clydesdale and the
Perchcron, ana for gentIcmen's driving
and coach horses.
The Live Stock division of the Pan
American Exposition will offer to
breeders an opportunity to place be-
fore the public high bred. stylish. good
acting horses with view Of showing
what particular crosses are advan.
rageous in producing such animals.
Experiments have been made with
View u producing large standard bred
horses with the most admirable re-
suits.
Another feature will be an exhibit
Of horses adapted for cavalry purposes.
The extraordinary demand for cavalry
horses within the last few years has
brought to the attention of breeders
the wisdom of producing a type of
animals having the qualities that the
cavalry service requires. Not only has
the demand been very large for the
United States army. but foreign buy.
ers have frequcntcd the American
markets and purchased many animals
for the armies Of other countries. Sew
eral large breeding establishments are
already turning their attention to the
raising OF cavalry horses. With the
great number Of horses that will be
brought together nj the Pan-American
Exposition the visitor viii have an
opportunity seldom cqualcd to make a
particular study OF this line OF breed |