Evening star., 1901-11-22
Phases of Character to Be Seen at
the Horse Show.
HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE
Proposals for the Construction Of
Several Municipal Buildings.
DINING BICYCLE RACE
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, November u, 1901.
The horse show at the Garden is pro-
nounced the most successful in point Of at
tendance and social display in the history
of the association. The crowds are throng-
ing to see hunter, trotter, harness horse
and thoroughbred and to view the impos-
ing array of smartly dressed women and
men. The quality of the exhibits is such
as highly to reward all those horsemen who
visit the Garden for the pleasure Of viewing
the horse only, and to whose eyes the pa
rade of charming women in purple and
cloth of gold is as slight an attraction as
the grooms and stablemen.
There are properly three distinct classes
of spectators at the Garden during the day,
with three distinct characteristics. The
morning crowd, which is small consists of
the exhibitors and those enthusiasts who
are so welded to the exhibition that they
comes to the Garden when the doors are
thrown open to remain until midnight
There are few women in attendance
during the forenoon, and the spectators are
then Enthusiastically "horsey," and discuss
the fine points the equines that come up
for judgment with as much wisdom as do
the grooms and Stablemen who gather at
the eastern end of the Garden.
The Afternoon Crowd
The afternoon crowd is of another COM
plexon. 1t begins to flock in about 8
o'clock. There Is rim of society in the
boxes, persons on the pages of the social
ledger, charming young girls and women
who appear almost as young exhibiting in
variably a harmonious congruity of cos
tune. But this attendance is primarily a
typical attendance. and most in evidence
is great number of pretty girls, who pay
No oft
do to the ticket speculators on the side
walk
One afternoon a regular mob of girls fol-
lowed about well-known actor Of the
marshmallow school, who happened to be
an exhibit for a time on the promenade
In the evening there is more society and
more men, for in the afternoon the women
outnumber the men in a church audience
ratio. The evening scene is brilliant in the
extreme, and it is small wonder if persons
forget in large measure that the horse is
the exhibit. After all, the most apprecia-
tive portion of those in the Garden are the
grooms and stablemen, who gather about
the gates of the ring. They watch the
judging with breathless interest stand all
a-tremble with anxiety when a favorite of
their stable enters the ring, and exhibit ex-
citement that borders on vertigo when a
'orse of their choice trots off with the
longed-for blue rosette.
High School of Commerce.
There is a strong likelihood, it is said,
that the new High School of Commerce,
which is now being built in Manhattan,
may be managed by the chamber of COM
merce. If such a plan is followed out, it
is stated, the chamber of commerce will
act in conjunction with the board of educa-
ton, the latter performing the adminstra-
tive functions and the former attending to
the practical work of the school, which
will be the only one of it's kind on record
in this country. The details of the new high
school are being worked out now, but the
question whether an arrangement is to be
made with the chamber of commerce where
by the latter will assume charge of the
practical work of the school has not been
decided upon. A step in this direction, 1t
is thought, however, is the invitation Presi-
ton has extended to the members Of the
chamber of commerce, through the chair
man, Morris X. Jesup, to be present and
take part In the ceremonies attendant upon
the laying of the cornerstone of the new
school, which is to take place in the first
week of December. The school will be
modelled after the best schools of the kind
in Europe. Both the French and German
idea of such schools and which those for
eigners have brought up to a high stand
ard, according to competent observers, will
be identified with the institution. The
course, in all probability, will be Of five
years length. There will be three years
preparatory course and the remaining two
years will be devoted to the study of tech
nology and business methods.
Proposals for Municipal Buildings.
Before Mayor Low has been long in Of
flee there will be presented to him plan,
or rather suggestion. for a new munich
pal building and new county court house
and the subsequent Improvement of City
Hall Park. The suggestion will probably
have the approval of the leading architects
and artists of the city, as well as that of
many public-spirited citizens. In it's gen.
eral features the plan will be the same that
was presented to Mayor Gilroy in 1893 and
was partially revived in the early days of
Mayor StrOng's administration No pro-
greSs was made in the matter in 1893 or
1895, because in each administration there
was difference of opinion as to the merits
of the plan, and the estimated cost caused
hesitation. The idea of the architects who
first suggested the plan is, when the new
buildings are completed. to tear down and
remove the present county court house,
brownstone building, registers Office and
the fire house, thereby clearing the entire
north end of City Hall Park. They would
then have the park made as beautiful and
artistic as possible. with the present city
hall left standing unchanged.
Board of Public Improvement.
The board of public improvements, which
is abolished after January by the amend
ed charter, intends to go out of existence
in blaze of patronage. The board, under
the direction of President Holahan, has
prepared plans for opening fifty-nine new
streets, for widening three streets and for
opening four new small parks, all in the
vicinity of Fort Washington. This makes
a total of sixty-six street and park opening
proceedings, and there will have to be three
commissioners in each case, which will
make total of 1913 commissioners, who
will receive from SO to $40 day, with
special allowances in each There will be
stenographers and special counsel in addi-
tion. This one gigantic plan of improving
small section of one borough can be made
to provide sinecures for more than 200 good
Tammany men II the board puts through
the plan and gets the commissioners ap-
pointed before the end of the year. No
such batch of street and park opening pro-
ceedings mas ever before been prepared at
one time by this board during its existence.
The secretary of the board has advertised
that the plan will be considered by the
full board at the regular session on Novem-
k,ov-