The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-24
THE NIGHT SHOW.
Ten Excellent Classes Proved POpu-
lar with the Big Crowd.

The first event on last nights programme
the exhibition of single roadsters. was be-
gun at promptly fifteen minutes past S
o'clock. There were fully $500 people in
the tent when the horses in this, the first
class, were driven into the arena. As
the evening progressed more and more peo-
pie were ushered into the reserved seats
and the boxes and by o'clock there were
nearly 1900 seated around the tanbark
arena
The horses in the single roadster event,
Class 81, were Jet, owned by A. r. Thomp-
son. of this city: Miss Pickwick owned and
driven by w. G. CARING, of ST. Paul; The
Tramp, owned by L. NJ. Carriger, of this
city; Miss Lou, owned by w. A. Rule, of
Kansas City; Dixie Maid, owned by c. Il.
Monkey, of this city; Kittie Clay, owned by
Cliff McCorkle, of this city; Sherlock, owned
by w. b. White, of Cleveland; Frank AL
len, owned by j. c. Hall & Son, of Boswell.
Ind: haywood, owned by j. c. Hall & Son;
McGregor Wood, owned by Z. r. Sims
Chicago, and The Critic, owned by a. e.
Ashbrook. The number of horses exhibited
event was popular.
SINGLE PARK HORSES
The next event was the exhibition of sin
gle park horses. In this event were driven
King Lee. owned and driven by W. c. Car
ling. of St. Paul; The Crisis, owned and
driven by A. 4. Ashbrook; the Defender,
owned by Frank G. Hogan, of Louisville:
Starlight, owned by Ivan Barnard, of Mar
tinsville; Patriot, owned by W. b. White,
of Cleveland: Creighton, owned by George
Pepper: Duplicate, owned by George Pep
per; Lady Haninger owned by Q. L. Mann,
OF this city, and The Lady, owned and
driven by NJ Murphy. The horses were
driven to gigs and the event was
one of the best of the show. w.
Il. Whites Patriot, driven to n
very heavy black gig. was the first
horse in the class in the arena He was
greeted with loud applause from all parts
of the tent and though every horse made
n splendid showing the audience was for
Patriot from the first to last. He was
awarded first prize. Creighton took second
prize and William r. Browns Sapphire
was driven out of the arena with his driver
holding the yellow ribbon In his hand.
ROAD FOUR-IN-HANDS.
The driving OF the road four-in-hand
teams was one of the most popular events
of the evening. There were three entries
in this CASA. L. Ashbrook's, w. n.
Whites and George Peppers horses. The
first prize went &c Mr. Ashbrook
Next on the programme was the ladies'
turnout. the most popular event of the
evening. Mrs. Frank NJ Murphy drove
The Lady i'll splendid style. Miss Susan
Thompson drove y. II. Thompson'S Little
Joe. Mrs. H. G. Knode drove Teddy But
wood, Miss Mary Bliss drove George w
Bliss Bob, Miss Bessie Buchanan drove
Nettie Dare. Mrs. L. a. Buchanan drove
Daisy Denmark. Mrs o. G. Ham drove
Don Falano. The other horse in the event
was Harry Temperly's Sub Rosa The first
prize went to The Lady, the second to Lit
tie Joe and the third 10 Teddy Butwood.
There were seven horses exhibited in the
combination class-The Lady by r.. NJ Muir
ply: Nelly Bly, owned by +. NJ. Murphy
Captain Ensley, owned by Tom Ensley;
Daisy Denmark, owned by f. y. Buchan-
an; Nettie Dare. owned by r. A Buchanan;
Pluto the Red Devil, owned by w r. Blair,
and Henry Clay, owned by Mona A. Con-
molly. The Lady took first prize, Daisy Den
mark second and Pluto third.
THE HUNTERS.
The exhibition of the hunters. the last
thing on the programme, was a good event,
but IT was late-about 11:SO-when these
horses were called into the arena that many
people had left for home. With the ex-
ceptIon of one horse. all the ami
mails exhibited in the hunter class were
owned by George Pepper and A. T..
Ashbrook. Mr.. Pepper has the aest
jumpers and hunters at the indianapolis
show. This is shown by the fact that he
has taken nearly all of the prizes in both