The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-09
OPEN With
A CONCERT
Horse Show Indugurated at
IL A. M Tuesday.
REAL OPENING AT NIGHT
Wednesdays. Matinee to Be the Great
est OF the Week The High-Jump-
ing Contest Takes Place
Then.

The Horse Show will be formally opened
with the concert by the United States
Marine Band on Tuesday next at IL a.
Nj A programme Of eight numbers has
been arranged for this programme, and
those on Thursday and Saturday. each
concert occupying about two hours. One
OF the features of the opening day con-
cert will be cornet solo by Second Lead
er Walter F. Smith. During the concerts
the horses III the various classes VIII pc
shown In the ring, and will then be
Judged on conformation, thus reducing
the time between the different classes in
the evening exhibition. Those who attend
will not only enjoy the music. but VIII
thus be enabled to see the horses at their
best.
THE REGULAR OPENING.
The Horse Show proper will be opened
Tuesday night with the Judging OF stall
lions. This will be followed by the judg-
Ing of horses and runabOuts, IN winch
many local horses will be seen, and some
Of the finest from other places. Inc
programme for the opening night VIII IN
Guide exhibitions of ponies, four-in- hands
Judging ladies' saddle horses, sporting
tandems, and will close with the open.to-
all hunter and Jumper class. showing the
greatest field of hunters ever gathered
in a ring. There are just .thirty-siX OF
these. the flower Of tho equine aristocracy
of the land.
At the Wednesday matinee local horses
and runabouts will be judged. This IS
q competition in which there is great IN
terest. There arc eight entries, all Of
them good ones. Thore are ten entries III
the pony saddle class which follows. there
are four competitors for the ribbons III
the next class, pairs of horses In har-
ness. There are six entries In the road
ster class and ten, in the park tandems.
Green hunters will next be shown at TINS
Wednesday matinee, there being. just
fifteen entries, Deep Run, Bohmian 100
and Elevator being among the local
horses in the bunch.
The matinee will close with tho contest
by the cracks for the high jump honora
Among the fence climbers are Heather
bloom. Rifle. Chappie, Hornpipe, Gray
Rock. King Dodo, Cissie Grow, Hiawatha,
30 Bar and others. That "Wednesday
matinee will be .one Of, If not the very
best performances of the entire show.
70 BEGIN DECORATING.
The decoration of the anphitheatre VIII
begin to-day and will be intrusted to an an
EXPERT. The boxes and rails will be
draped in white and then the ceiling and
supports Of the big structure Will be
softened and Frightened with colors ar
tistically arranged. The lighting Will oe
even better and sinote brilliant than last
year. s.ti:s sre zriIa5tstS = ,a
The secretary and the printers are still
ut work on, the catalogue. It will make
about one hundred pages. and Will prove
valuable souvenir Of the show.
In the single harness class, with which
Wednesday evening programme opeas,
are sixteen entries. In the saddle class
which follows, there are twelve horses.
Among them is Mr.. Henry Fairfax's
bay mare Fancy; Mr.. Holidays Ken
lucky Cardinal, FL Captain, a winner last
year: Mr.. Selden's Miss Helen; Mr.. j..
Scott Parrish's Major B.; Mrs. eros
venor's skylark; Dr. Woodend's Wild
Geranium, and others. In the gig horse
class. which follows, there are nineteen
entries, including David Idarum, Rajftl
and Brownette, all Of which were seen
here. The field of ladies' hunters Tor
Wednesday night is full, consisting OF
| twenty-seven entries. among which are
Jack of Diamonds. Forest King, Biz
gard, Pathfinder, Hlawatha, Cissie Grow.
Garnett Ripple Bo-Bar, Chappie, Lady
Winsome, Amaret, Grey Rock and Wild
Geranlum.
There are but nine entries in the thor
oughbred hunter class the exclusive set
4 These include Dancing Colleen ba"n
Marjorie Long, La Touratne, Gafnett
Ripple, Rifle and Deep Run. This class
will close Wednesdays programme.