The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-02
ENORMOUS ASSEMBLAGE OF BEAUTY And
FASHION AT THE HORSE SHOW LAST MIGHT. ;.
Largest and Most Appreciative At
tendance Ever Seen at a Popu-
lar Function in st. Louis
Mr.. Busch's Splendid
FOur-in- Hand Caught
the Crowd.


anywhere at any lime In this city More
than 100oO persons. all arrayed in their best
and looking well as nature and reason.
able art could make them. saw the greatest
show ever given in a ring in the West.
Everything went OF in the most charming
and easy manner. the show did not drag
/ for an instant. and every one voted II one
Of the most agreeable evenings of pleasure
he had ever spent
The ladies were simply immense. Dear
knows the pean of local beauty is an old
ana worn story in every city. and it may
| sound stale here. but it is none the less a
fact that never were so many pretty girls
| thrown together. The dresses were not so
| fne. for tanbark dust and chafy CRIME Of
| stables are not calculated to improve fine
gowns, and women sensibly go In for some
| thing more useful than the feathery things
| that men most like. But the sheer una
dorned beauty Of the girls-particularly tne
younser Sirls-was simply amazing. Tier
| upon tier il swelled and rose and unduated
and fell. always beautiful, wonderful and
| perplexing.
The men were there. too. looking their
! best. Then there were the horses doing
| their best.
First in importance to St. Louisans was
| the runabout class. Postmaster, the gray
Canadian pony. shown by Mr.. Murray. won.
\ with Mr.. Watsons horse second. and Mr.
Calhoun's Mel. third, with Judge McFar-
| land highly commended. Mel. was beaten
and beaten badly for the first time in St.
| Louis ring. He looked well and made a
very good and clever showing, and il did
| seem that he looked the ideal runabcut
| type. He has runabout stamped all over
MIN. particularly over his neck and should
ers. He is at home in IT, though many said
| he would look better in the petite victoria.
| in which he won the brougham class.
Postmaster is a very small gray horse
edging on the pony class and scarce filed
! the shafts Of the runabout as he should
have done. But he has a tremendous turn
| OF handy speed in small ring and steps
miles high. He certainly is a grand goer
one of the highest and cleanest steppers
ever seen here.
On performance and manners he had Mel
| beaten a mile. His speed just suited the
ring, and he can step all over any horse at
| the show. He made hit with the crowd
and the applause that greeted him was the
loudest longest and most enthusiastic of
the show.
Mr. Watson's horse made very fine
showing and deserved his place He is a
good runabout horse. They gave Mel
| third, and while the writer always does
| love TO see champion dethroned, it did
seem that this horse is the truest runab lut
| type of the lot. His manners were not so
bad, even If he did pull a good bit, and
Mr. Calhoun's man gave him d good drive,
though he must have been worried by the
amount of coaching he got.
Mel, in the remarkably fine petite VIC
toria, ran away with the single horse TO
hrougham class. winning it easily from Mr..
ley.
The impeccable tandem pair His Eminence
and Woodbine, won the tandem for the
second md yEn far NJ
Busch's Marie and Edna made a swell
showing. They are a grand and wholesome
pair of gentleman's mares, and deserved the
second that they got.
Mr.. Busch's Handsome Coach.
Mr.. Busch made a very nice showing here
and took second very nicely.
The gated saddle ring has been a rank
frost. Gypsy Queen outclassed everything
In the show, She just swamped Red Bad.
Masterpiece and Car Macdonald last night.
There is less and less in body to the mare
each time she appears, and more and more
IN manners and gait. She Is very taking,
very clever. very snowy, very true. but
very small for a gentlemans saddle mare
Bob Hisey got bully good show out of
what should be a great horse If he would
quit fighting the bit, Red Bud. He is a
beautifully legged animal and made a great
showing all the way. The class was poor
indeed, but Masterpiece only got a yellow
ribbon. He seemed to deserve more bul
the judges will not place him above those
horses that have beaten him so far
The high school class was cut out and
VIII be taken up tonight. Also the special
nigh school ring for the Anderson prize.
the conditions OF which are so very prop
erly exactfng that there is scarce a high
to them.
Mr. Bqsch's team in the four-in-hand
was simply superb. and his coach was w.....-.-
out doubt, the prettiest over seen in a rig
IL was bottle-blue all through; a beautiful
ly built coach. and with four BAYS of grand
action and weight in il was a coach thai
would win anywhere they have a coaching
class. 1t was the finest outfit ever seen in
judges gave it the blue ribbon Mr..
Bratton, who seldom loses a coaching ring
ne had his best lot here-applauded the de-
elslon as loudly as the most rabid Busch
Mr.. Bratton took second with his great
road team. four splendid steppers with lois
or bone and power and Mr.. Watson took
third. This was a remarkably brilliant ring
and the tout ensemble of Mr. Busch's turn
out was so refined, subdued. yet rich and
solid, that every one got up and applauded
Mr.. Busch drove his team as a gentleman
should, sedately and cleverly hands well
down and in close not reaching. changing
or grabbing, little whip and lots Of judg-
ment So far Mr.. Busch has been the sue
cess OF this show in so far as a man can
be a success at a Horse Show.
Mr.. Bratton got back at Mr. Busch bv
winning the unicorn team with that grand
green horse. WoOdbine. in the lead This
fellow himself was good enough to pull any
team through. He is the most remarkab Bile
green horse ever seen in a show. The horse
tfat beats him In the championship to-
night will be the winner. though South
Africa and British Lion are wonders This
horse makes the old Bratton champion
Sampson, who died the other day, look bad
and staggy.
There were two potato races. The anna
teurs-Messrs. Watson. r. Orthwein, T.
Wilkinson, Murray and Bartle-had very
nice race Young Mr.. Bartle by clever |
and daring riding. won it away off in front
HE was on bay polo pony and rode him
remarkably well. indeed. II looked like a
good performance for this handsome young
gentleman until Mr.. Mulhalrs cowboys
came along with their race.
Then Ii was that a swarthy fellow in |
overalls and a months growth of beard, |
most unhandsome to look at but the very |
devil to ride-Mexican Charley was his |
name-made the handsome Bartle look 70 |
cents shy of a dollar.
The way that Mexican picked his pota-
toes. lodged opposing competitors and got |
them into the bucket, was astonishing.
While the gentlemen riders were lucky to |
get on potato in ten minutes, this fellow |
was putting two in to the minute. though |
gentlemen. Still Mexican Charley did not 1
get the prize. But the black son of Cids |
made the young swells poor indeed for |
he robbed them of that which did not en- |
rich htm-the bauble. reputation-which |
might be worth so much to them in the |
eyes OF some pretty maiden in the boxes
Sure Pop, the great Canadian Jumper
whom Crow and Murray own. won the high /
Jumps, four jumps over five feet. He made /
a nice performance, hitting but one bar |
of the hunter type, but is a good high 1
jumper