The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
NEWS Of HORSES
AND HORSE|MEN.
New Auditorium for the Rich
mond Horse Show

TO BE. AT RESERVOIR PARK
viii Be an Up-to-Date Affair in Every
Way-A Great Improvement on the
Old One, and Finest Of Its
Kind in the South.
The new Auditirium now In course OF
erection at the Reservoir Park for the
Richmond Horse Show Association will
be one Of the most commodlous OF Its
character in tho South, and in every way
fitted for horse show purposes The build
ing will cost between $4,000 and $4,000,
and Contractor Fritz Sitterding is under
bond of 5000 to have it completed in
time for the show this fall. October 14-1s.
The lot on which this Auditorium Is to
be built has a frontage OF go feet. and
runs back a57 feet to a broad street. This
ground will be ample for the building
which will be 176x25u. The ring will be
70x1S2 feet, and encircled by a broad prom
enade 10 feet wide Around this are the
boxes. some e in number commanding
an excellent view Of the snow ring. From
behind these the seats rise in amphithea-
ire effect to the ceiling. 1t is estimated
that the building will seat five thousand
persons, including stand room in the
promenade, and other places will accom-
modate 1900 The pitch OF the center por-
ton of the amphitheatre VIII be fifty-seV-
en- feet, assuring good ventilation. The
MANAGEMENT, including President j. T.
Anderson, Secretary w. 0. Warthen, and
other officers of the association. are IN
high fea Their over the outlook, as not only
does the entry list promise to be large.
but every box has already been engaged
and REQUESTS are being received daily
for season tickets. The price of general
admission will be 50 cents. Reserved seats,
Including admission. will be 81 and Sl.50.
according to location. Contractor SITTER
ding has large force of hands on the
building and will keep them there night
and day if necessary. Reservoir Park is
the terminus Of three street-car INES ana
large crowds can be handled with case.
which seems to Indicate that the new To-
cation jf far superior to the old Audito-
rum Building at the Exposition Grounds,
which was destroyed by fire on July 10Th,
and necessitated change of location by
the Horse Show Association.
The midget trotter Little lobe, who won
at Madison Square Garden, New York
last fall, and was then soud for export
to England, has again shown now mar
velously good he is by winning on Eng
fish soil at the recent Richmond Horse
Show. where he carried of the blue RIB
bon In the pace and action class. defeat
ing the hitherto invincible P:loteen ms
small son Of ramlico is now tWelve-years-
old. but has lost none OF her snap ana
action. Bred on the farm of w. +. Bach-
elor. Raleigh. N. c.. and sired by the ia
nous race horse Pamlico. 2:lo Gam IN
dian Pony mare, the turf career OIL Llttle
lobe commenced as q three-year-oio ana
right along for seven seasons ne idceo
the starter, trotting to a record Of 2:D-
IA and in his work showing much faster.
In the summer Of 1901, this midget Totter
was purchased by S. B. Nelson. now OF
the American Horse Exchange Ne"
York. but formerly OF this city,. VINO
locked his tail and taught him to step
high. after which he made such d re-
markable showing at Madison Square
Garden, that Vivian Gooch palo 9o,ooo
for him took him to England. Littls
lobe stands but a fraction over Ia hahos
high. and for his inches IS marVeious
combination of extreme speed. graceful
action, beauty of form. and gooo man
ners. Pamlico, the sire II Little lobe,
was one of the handsomese OF ali lay
trotters.
The stables Of W. L. Bass. George r..
Richmond and 81. T. Hanson were snip
ned from here to Tasley. Va, during
entries
at the Peninsula Fair Association races
beginning there on Tuesday.
From Tasley these stables will go to
INNER Marlboro, Nd, and thence down
the line Of the Maryland and Virginia
circuit of fairs. and race meetings.
BASS. lot included Joyful Maiden, 2:ls II;
Redlight 2:2l Ia: Medi1awocd. full sis
fer to Firewood, 2:19 IA. and two others.
Richmond had Eliza Ingram. FPS IA.
nv John R. Gentry; dam Blondette, BY
Leland; the bay PAGER, Tom Boy by
Tom Sherlock, and a couple II green
trotters. while Hanson took along the
Green trotters Clarion, by Russell; Rex
Forney. by Clay. son of Walker Nor
ril, and the three-year-old gray PAGER,
Newsboy, by Sidney Prince.
Much Is heard among the truly sport
ing set of riders at the horse shows re-
gar1ing the sameness of the jumps for
hunters. This is all very we'll tor the
horse that is taught over oars ana kept
merely for that one purpose. namely 1or
coming out of his stall to jump over
some timber; but for hunter (Which
word should mean a. horse fit to start
cut and go over any country, these
classes are very poor indeed. ihere are
~ AS,erica few varieties of jumps, it
* true. but every county has quite
enough to give a horse and rider bad
fails unless he can jump something besides
timber Many a bad fall mas resulted
from this alone, where a hunter, now
ever perfect over the rails, has suddenly
come on a bread water jump or hedge
and ditch. Never having been taught
to jump this. he plumbers and falls
heavily. Again. a horse comes to a
picket fence or bank and absolutely re-
fuses to jump it. while TINS same morse
) tho hunters class and