The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-31
WHAT HORSE SHOW MEANS
ITS SUCCESS WILL BE SALVATION OF
COLISEUM PROJECT.
Best Way for Citizens to Support the
Undertaking Is to Patronize the
Horse show Literally.

The Indianapolis horse show will be one
of the biggest events of the year in In
diana and a number of the leading bust
ness men and citizens are working very
hard to make the show a success. The
exhibition will last foer days and then,
like the circus, it will be over for another
year
But behind the horse show the association
is endeavoring to accomplish something
permanent If the horse show is the sue
cess it promises to be then Indianapolis
will have a coliseum, similar TO the coli
seums i'm Chicago. ST. Louis and Kansas
City. This is the biggest thing behind the
horse show.
The coliseum project has been under way
for a long time and great deal of money
has been subscribed for it, but the project
is not a success yet. Whether it will be an
ultimate success and whether Indiana polls
will have an exposition and convention
building to cost more than S10a.aO0 depends
upon the success of the horse show.
I'm all of the cities where successful
horse shows have been held they have
started Indianapolis has done; first
with an open-air show. primitive in many
ways, then i'm tents, which have demon
strated the necessity of a building, and in
many cases the public spirited business
men who have been instrumental in faith
ering coliseums. have also been directors
and managers of the horse shows, said a
stakeholder of the horse show association.
THE CORNERSTONE.
"In the Middle-west, where horse shows
have become a stable and standard fixture,
by a combination of commercial and social
necessities, they have been the cornerstone
of coliseums. The management of the
Indianapolis Horse Show Association are
the promoters of the coliseum. They have
endeavored by financial support and per-
sonal attention to the details of the horse
show, to pave the way for a coliseum.
similar TO Kansas City, Louisville Omaha,
st. Paul. st. Joseph, Mo-, Denver Colo.
and other progressive Western cities. They
have been unceasing in their efforts to OBJ
tain the support of the citizens of Indianap-
oils for coliseum, which means thousands
OF dollars TO the city in many different
ways.
that always arise I'm work such as this.
Many citizens that should lend their time
and money I'm helping enterprises like this
remain Indifferent and do not seem to real
ize the great and numerous benefits that
arise from having a convention building.
kansas City, for example has been
able to obtain conventions, hold flower
shows, horse shows, poultry shows, in
ventors' exhibitions and many other at
fractions that 1t never could have obtained
IL IL had not had coliseum. The having
of a coliseum in indianapolis will depend
TO great extent upon the support given
to the broad minded citizens who are at
the head of the horse show-such men as
George w. Bliss. Hugh MCGOWAN, Frank
Nj. Murphy. Mortimer lowering. John j.
Appel. and others who are working night
and day, leaving the social life and their
clubs, and remaining hours away from
their business TO encourage this good move
ment.
THE best way for the people TO demon
strate the fact that they want a coliseum
| is to aid the management of the horse
show i'm every way possible. The horses
and equippages will be here the best I'm
| this part of the United States. Now il
| is up TO the people 10 make their horse
| show a positive success"