The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-11
Many Fine Horses and Hand.
some Equipages Here.
THE FULL OFFICIAL
PROGRAMME GIVEN
Special Interest Attaches to the High
Jumping Contests, in Which the
Climax Comes Saturday Even
ing, When Heatherbloom
Will Attempt to Break
His Own Record.


With tho promise of crisp. beautiful.
autumn weather for Tuesday, the third
annual exhibition OF the Richmond Horse
Show Association will open auspiciously.
with the complete success Of the exhibit
ton guaranteed in advance In every re-
spect. In point of entries. of numbers and
personnel of the audiences, and with all
the accessories complete, show never
opened with more brilliant prospects It
is no longer local show. but a national
affair in which the standard OF horses
shown will be higher than ever seen here
before. In every class. harness, saddle
and hunter. the entries are more numer-
Gus than ever before. More money Is
ever given In the South. There are more
classes and more horses in every class
than last year or the year before, and
among the entries are some horses of
worldwide fame
The Horse Show will formally open
with the rendition Of the Thomas JEFF.
fersou march by the United States Ma
nrine Band Tuesday evening, and the pa
rade OF stations. eight in number in
the ftrst-class to be shown. Then will
follow On the time schedule arranged
the exhibition of the horse ahd runabout
class, ponies In harness, four-in-hend
road teams, ladies' saddle horses, hunting
tandems, and the open-for-all class Of
hunters and jumpers.
A Great Exhibition.
The next exhibition will be matinee
on Wednesday beginning promptly. at 2
O'Clock and continuing until s. This will
be one OF the greatest exhibitions Of the
entire show, and more tickets have been
sold for it than for almost any other per-
.formance. The feature of this matinee
will be the high jumping competition
by a field embracing tho most famous
hunters and jumpers ever shown any
where, thirty-six horses competing.
Many of these have won ribbons at the
Madison Square Garden Show, Atlantic
City, Bryn Alawr, Philadelphia, Chicago.
and the great shows of the country This
is but one of the many features OF the
Wednesday matinee.
The great amphitheatre, with seat
Ing capacity Of over four thousand, and
with standing room for three thousand
more, Will be a scene of beauty and brill
has been filled with the great fashions
able, handsomely clad throng and is
abla2e with myriad of glowing ncan-
descents swung in graceful festoons
across the great oval arena. and with
the white glare of arc lights at every
advantageous point. With the clapping
of thousands Of hands, tho flash and
glitter of jewels and expressions OF adj
miration of the equine beauties of the land
the great show will be opened. The num-
ber of notable people who will be here
will exceed that at any other show.
Statesmen, scholars, wits. beautiful and
brilliant femininity, and the great thropg
representative Of the city's population,
will be present to pay tribute alike TO
the attractions OF the horse and to the
beauty and grace of womanhoOd.
& The great ring Of brown tanbark will
afford fine background for the glisten-
Ing we'll groomed horses. and the hand
some equipages for which 1t is the
arena of competition. The arena Is now
In perfect order, and there Is not finer
one in the land. The entries and exits
have been newly floored and will be
covered with bark to prevent the horses
slipping as they dash In and out.
In n ldav Attire.
The amphitheatre has put on Its holi-
day attire for the annual exhibition, and
is thing Of beauty, While not lavish
or gaudy, the decorations are tasteful
and beautiful, and under the glow OF the
lights will add to the beauty OF the
thronged building, All around the cell
Ing there are gracefully draped rosettes
and festoons of flags and banners. In
which every color and shade Is repre-
sented The boxes, freshly painted In
white, are floored and lined with snowy
white crash and beyond them the re-
served seats rise tier on tier from TO
j. extending all around the huge struc-
tlIre. At the south end Of the amphi-
will he stationed the Marine Band, Ia
ready for its occupants. 1t projects over
the boxes beneath
The sale of seats for the seven exhibit
tions OF the Horse Show proper already
guarantee that the house Will be filled
every night and matinee Every box
was long ago sold, and each will be filled
with brilliant, handsomely dressed
party, Including many OF the beauties OF
North and South and many men promi-
nent in public life and in every vocation.
Before the exhibitions open the indicF-
tions are that every seat w!ll be sold
and the eager crowd will overflow into
the inclosure around the ringslde, where
more than two thousand people WIN be
coneregated whlo the nearest rows
of seats are considered choicest, sest
in any of tho reserved rows will afford
an advantageous view OF the arena
Ho sas ard Eqnipages.
Already horses and eauipages are ar
riyine for the great show, and befora
Monday night every stable will he filled.
Yesterday the horses and eauipages OF
pr. w. II. Woodend, OF Long Island.
arrived and are stabbed IN the new staslx