The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-16

AVi w YORK, November 15-The an-
 nuai horse show has had upon It \ V for SC long the seal of social ape provai that 1t is necessarily 'the thing" All who stand anywhere near the mystic ladder which leads to the rarined atmos- phere of ''society'' hasten to the horse show. It affords one rung, opera another and those who have stout hearts and long purses seek to place themselves where they can see and be seen, and on these two rungs, the horse show and the opera, they can accomplish this much in stepping upward. It must not be for gotten that within two hours from Madi- son Square Garden the adventurous pur- suer of the ani-seed bag can get into the hunting country. These Nimrods and Dianas of Westchester Essex and Suf- folk have a fondness for horse flesh that makes them talk horse with country swagger which puts the equine worship per of limited city and park experience to a disadvantage. One sees them at the horse show strolling about in groups. In a comic opera they would be dubbed horse show they are so recognized. It Is a bit amusing to note their superiority They are, so they think. the real thing Perhaps they are. The attendance Is goods in numbers, fashion is well repre- sented the boxes brought good prices and the exhibits are certainly very fine. The best known names among the box holders this year are those of J. R. Roosevelt, Clarence Moore. Elbridge T. Gerry. A. G. Vanderbilt, S. B. Sllxins, Jr.. J. Henry Smith, James W. Gerard, Herbert Cop pell, Jules S. Bache, David Lapsley, Hen ry L. Burnett, Goelet Galletin, c. P Morosini James B. Taylor, Reginald O Vanderbilt, Hamilton w. Carey, Elisha Dyer, Jr, F. Ambrose Clark, P. G. The baud and J. Stevens Uuman. with, oi course, the directors of the show H. H Holister F. A Schermerhorn, John C. Heckscher, Cornelius Fellowes, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., William c. Whitney, E D. Morgan, Frank K. Sturgis, Delaney A. Kane, A. Newbold Morris, William H Taller, A. J. Cassett and George Pea body Wetmore.
 But. and there is but, the horse show is not as one would suppose an occasion upon which the horse was the chief at traction. Mans noble friend, on these occasions, carries more on his back thar his lineage and training. He carries vast amount of trade. The horse show brings to the city an army of out-of-town wis itors, who throng the hotels, restaur ants, theaters and shops, and make tn' avenue and other streets of the up-towI fashionable section lively and gay Tn scenes at the Waldorf-Astoria, Holland Manhattan. and Imperial hotels Sherry Delmonico's Rector's, the Martin ant other well-known restaurants will b worth seeing from Sunday next, for tn advance guard of horse show visitors wi begin to arrive by the end of the week With them will come all the leading mil liners, dressmakers and men and wome costumers of the country, who put up a the best hotels occupy some of the bes seats at the show, and who make this an nual pilgrimage to New York to study tn costumes and fashions for the comin winter. The amount of money that tn horse show brings to New York, an which flows out through countless chan nels, would be difficult to estimate.
 MT. William K. Vanderbilt. Sr.. wh seems to be very much pleased with tn engagement of his nephew, MT Reginal Vanderbilt, to Miss Cathleen Nelson. wi give a large house party for the youn couple at Idle Hour. his beautiful plat at Oakdale, L. l., this week. The guest who are for the most part members of u