The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-16

The scenes at the Horse Show last night
exceeded in brlliancy those of any OF
the week. The crowd was enormous. The
enthusiasm. which was such a noticeable
feature of tho evening Wednesday. was
unbounded. The performances in the
ring rnerited all the applause they re-
celved and more. 1t was a. cold-blooded
man indeed who could restrain himself
from expressing in most forcible manner
his appreciation of the beautiful way III
which tho animals went through their
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1t looked as though the horses, as well
as the riders and drivers. were inspired
by the brilliancy OF the scene to under
take and do everything calculated to ex-
cite the applause Of the spectator. The
audience was one of the most brilliant
ever assembled in Richmond. The beau
ty. fashion and wealth of the city and
Virginia We're in the boxes and seats and
massed about the ring. Hardly hun
dred more people could have found
standing room In the amphitheatre. The
crush In the promenade was at times SO
great that locomotion was impossible, and
progress at the rate OF 4 step n minute
was frequently the rule AS a result,
few people cared to make tho circuit
more than once. Yet richly dressed wo-
men We're in the crowd at the rall
throughout the evening. stra1nlng 10 sea
the horses In the ring and clapping KID
gloved hands as their favorites passed,
Delightful Music.
The Post Band of Fort Monroe, made
tho music, the Marine Band having been
ordered back to Washington in order
to appear in the parade at the unVeillns
OF the Sherman monument. The Marine
Band will return to-day. but the audi
ence was so we'll pleased with the melody
made by the artillery aggregation that
tho absence of the more celebrated musl-
clans was not keenly felt last night. The
music was of the most inspiring charac-
ter.
The evening was full of features The
applause with which every performance
was greeted was the chief one. The ell
thusasm broke loose at the first event,
when eight magnificent Mrnouts dashed
into tht ring to compete for honors ~ the
harness horse class. There was impa'
tience at the long delay of the judges IN
making the award, though the audience
evidently sympathized with them FOR ~
was plainly about the most difficult un-
the two chestnut teams.- Mrs, Gerken 5
Newsboy and Shop Girl, and Mr.. Hollls-
ter's Fascination and Elevation, The coh-
test at once narrowed down TO these t"o'
Round and round the ring 10 the applause
OF thousands Of men and women, tAe
Judges made the two competitors drive
their teams Still a verdict could not %
reached and Mr.. John r. Williams. ona
of the Judges, took each team around ms
ring several times He probably had MS
mind made up after this, but his two ass
sociatcs, We're still undecided. The audi,
ence became strangely quiet The per-
nlexity of the judges became almost
amusing There seemed absolutely moth
ing TO choose between the lwo teams. fpa
owners wese made to take the horses
around several times oftener Then tho
iudccs conferred together again, Finally
the rngrnaster stepped over and pinned
a blue ribbon on Fascinatons br'dle,
The applause which accompanied this
action made the glass up IN the roof
rattle as II shaken by tornado But J
am still wondering what little thlns ~
was that gave Mrs Gelken's team the
second place
Great Demonstrations,
Every event called forth such great
demonstrations OF applause that one could
not help wondering how long II would
take the audience to tire itself out, w
BAILEY Saunders driving Prince Shirley,
owned by Il. A, Saunders, got salYo
Of applause when his horse took tha