The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-25
The HORSE SHOW
TO BE. ATTRACTIVE 1 !
An Excellent Programme Is Is
Arranged for Every
Evening.

while the programme for the various
nirlis 81 the Horse Show and the natl.
nee performances have not yet boon made
up and cannot BIO until the entries are y
IN, 1t Is certain that the clnsses VIII bo
20 arranged as to afford variety at each
exhibition. Harness classes and hunters
and Jumpers will be shown each evening,
IA the greatest possible va ricty Will be
provided in order to attract and hold the
interest OF all Some WHO care more
for the exhibition OF roadsters In single
harness and In pairs TO vehicles OF va
RIOTS kinds than for the saddle classes,
Including hunters and jumpers Will find
enough IN each evenings programme 10
enlist their interest. There will be single
and double harness exhibitions, tandcms,
both park and sporting: foirs IN several
classes; combination saddle and driving
horses; runabout teams, traps. hunters
In many classes jumpers, hunt CLUB
teams ponies In harness and under sad
die, and every phase OF equine exhibit
ton. These Will be SO lntcrsperscd ns TO
make monotony impossible.
Z Each evenings programme VIII pc
equally attractive. JThe visitor VIII hlhd
II Just as interesting on one evening as
another. The matinee. too, will be one
Of the most itcresting OF tho entire series.
II Is the policy as we'll IS the Interest
OF the associa ton to please ITS patrons,
and II desires to please those VINO attend
on Tuesday night Just az much as those
on Thursday or Friday evening, Unless
the entire show can be made interesting
twill not be successful. and 1t is 10 the
interest of the association 10 make the
entire exhibition successful.
Tickets are still selling steadily, ana
many have already been engaged. put
the spacious hall IS sufficiently com
modious to leave many yet unreservcd.
Those who desire choice seats for any
evening would do well. however, TO make
application for their reservations ns early
as convenient.
Tho merchants OF the city, and espe-
cially the jobbers in various lines, are
looking forward to the Horse Show as
buoy season. Many out-of.town mer-
chants take advantage OF tho reduced
rates TO the show and the opportunity
70 witness the exhibition and buy their
fall and winter stocks while in the city.
The retail merchants, too. anticipate that
their trade will BIO largely augmented
during the Horse Show In fact. the
show IS regarded as a better ORA wing
card for the merchants than fairs and
carnivals. tor the reason that the we'll
to-do class who will attend the show
are usually buyers OF better grades and
Of larger bills than those who attend
.carnivals. With many persons seeing
Is buying. Coming to the city. the larE-
est In the State, they can find here quail
ties OF goods and materials and aaYariety
not to be found in the smaller towns and
cities. For these reasons the Horse Show
has become and will continue to be an
annual entertainment feature and ono In
which all mercantile people feel an in
terest. Many persons would do without
articles they buy when they come to the
Horse Show II they were not attracted
to the city by the low railway rates and
tho interest felt in the show and the
brilliant social gathering which Is ono
Of It's features.