New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-20

With the blast OF the bugle with which the
iron gates were thrown open for the first COM
petition for the much coveted rosette at Madl-
son Square Garden yesterday morning the
Horse Show settled into its stride 1t is nor
necessary to identify the show more particu-
larly- 1t is simply the Horse Show, and is
known as such from Maine TO California. Mon
DAYS programme merely a preliminary
canter, but yesterday the horses behaved more
If they at home, as if they knew that
the important. serious business for which they
have been trained and groomed since they were
foas at hand. And so it was
It is interesting TO reflect that the sires and
dams of most of the animals that have already
been seen at the show or will be seen there dur
ing the four days that yet remain were chosen
years ago. with a view to exhibiting their
progeny at this very show Their owners had
even then in their minds the intention of bring
ing the sons and daughters Of these sres and
dams to the metropolis of the country, there TO
struggle for the awards that would stamp them
as the peers of their kind in this or any other
country sort of equine aristocracy IS thus
built up the prestige of winning the much de-
sired blue ribbon being handed down from sire
to son with all the pride of ancestry that goes
with all high achievement.
Of course. the amateur and professional breed
e~A44SN ON%'~
have to bear in mind the change In the current
OF equine fashions. What most popular
this year may be releGated to second place IN
the eyes Of the horsey another season Then'
too. the individual peculiarities and preferences
of various judges have to be considered. Ihe
breeders this year are watching with the utmost
attention discover the personal leaninss ana
partiaties of the judges that they may take
advantage OF them another season. The most
patent change in the popularity of dlnerent
breeds Of horses that has manifested itself IN
the last five years is the decline in the atten-
ton given to hackney horses. Five years ago
the hackney overshadowed everything else AL
present be has to give way to the carriage
horse, who. with the four-in-hands, seems TO
have usurped first place in the affections of the
Horse Show public.
1t is longer needful to announce that the
show of any given year is a success. The an
nual exhibition of the National Horse Show AS
sociation has passed beyond the power Of the
faddist to harm it. It has become an institu-
ton. The attendance may vary slightly from
year to year. but it is always large, and sue
cess is stamped all over this years show, as
upon its immediate predecessors.
The afternoon assembage of yesterday was
quite as brilliant as any that has graced
Tuesday afternoon at the show in years Al
,oos. every box was occupied with smart women
and their escorts, and the promenade was
tbronsed as it was in the evening, with never
csasing multitude of promenaders. whose atten-
tion was directed to the occupants of the boxes,
At the inside of the promenade was station
arv gathering Of real horse enthusiasts. who,
an their part devoted themselves strictly to
-.+cbinp what went on in the ring. They
.,,.r+ nersons for the most part-as smart
those who occupied the boxes-and many of
than, retired to the boxes when they had OBJ
..;ned a close view of the horses in which they
ro most interested They were there pri
,,,on the work of the judges were frequently
destructive and to the point
A little woman in pink, who had wormed her
u.v in TO the edge of the ring, was displeased
with an award made in a tandem class last
,en,ne One Of the leaders shown did not suit
her at ALL but the team got prize
well what do you think OF that?" she asked
bar escort DO you how that leader stands,
SO cIumsily, with his hind legs spraWied out
behind him. for all the world like cab horse
,n Greeley Square? 1 wouldn't give him prize
70 b;s ,eam was the only one shown Some of
the exnerts agreed with her, too.
There was considerable proportion OF the
,brong that ioined in last evenings crush shat
was evidently present TO see what was worn.
,rh.v must have been puzzled. One OF them
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