The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-01
ASHBROOK'S FINE
HORSES ARE GONE
His String and Others Were
Shipped Away Yesterday
THE HORSE SHOW GOSSIP
Foreign Exhibitors Receive Their
Checks and Committee VIII Soon
Make Their Report on the FL
nanela Result of Show.

All the foreign horses which have been
winning prizes for the last week at the
Birmingham horse show were shipped
last night A E. Asnorooks string OF
weight went to Evansville Ind,
where show commences tomorrow night.
J. L. Nicholl & Son carried their bunch
back to Kentucky, where they will make
a circuit Of the horse shows being given
this summer.
Both strings went away last night on
the Louisville and Nashville north Mr..
Ashbrook had his horses In a special ex-
press car which he has chartered for the
season. 1t is compact and so arranged
that the horses will not be injured unless
there is a wreck. A rough road one jolts
them a little. The car he uses is an ex-
ira long one, and has door near each
end. Inside he has had built partitions
which make regular stalls Just wide
enough TO allow the horses to stand up
and move around little, but narrow
enough to keep them from humping hard
when a curve is turned. The stalls run
! lengthwise with tine car, anu at each
horses head there is feed box and a
water trough, so that they are as com
Portable as when in a box stall except
that they are unable to lie down. ssev-
eral attendants sleep in the car with the
horses while others accompany Mr..
Ashbrook on the sleeper. The express car
is attached to the regular passenger
trains and the horses can be shipped from
one place to another very quickly.
lost of Vehicles.
The vehicles used by regular horse
show man are many and costly. They
are sent by freight, and three special fat
cars are required by Mr.. Ashbrook to
ship his assortment The immense coach
occupies one end of a car, and it is Sc
curely bolted down, and the wheels lock-
ed SO that 1t cannot roll. 1t is covered
by tarpaulin, which prevents dust, smoke,
cinders and rain from injuring it, The
other traps, gigs and runabouts are fas-
tened on In the same manner. 1t looks
something like a small circus leaving the
city, and the loading and unloading is an
interesting sight and usually draws
crowds.
Mr. Ashbrook and Mr.. Nicols have both
promised to return to Birmingham next
year If there is horse show, and they
both think that they will be able to bring
other exhibitors with them so that the
foreign classes may be much more com
plete and the competition keener. Both
are we'll satisfied with their weeks stay
here, and believe that the horse show
will prove a big thing If managed proper
ly next year and given in a covered
building
Foreign Exhibitors Paid.
The horse show committee has not com
pleted its report, but yesterday checks
were made out to the foreign exhibitors
for the cash prizes, and today the COM
mittee will go over all it's accounts and
be prepared to report to the Elks' lodge
in short while.
1t Is thought that the Eks have lost
money on the horse show. The rain or
Friday night knocked them out of large
amount of cash This would have been
the largest night of the entire show and
would have placed the Elks even, or
given them something to the good.
Although some money may have been
lost great good has been accomplished,
and one that will be lasting. 1t has en-
couraged the raising and purchasing of
fine horses, and buying the very best We
hicles which can be obtained. Up to the
time the horse show was planned there
were comparatively few turnouts which
would have stood the inspection of a
horse show ring. or which the judges
would have even allowed to stay In the
ring and exhibit. The improvement can be
seen even to the uninitiated, and II has
raised Birmingham several pegs In the
estimation of the travelling public. Good
horses and swell turnouts attract more
attention and leave a better impression
than almost anything else in a city, and
are always sure evidences of prosperity.
The horse show has meant, 1t is
thought an Improvement of 100 per cent
in the horses and equipment here, and by
next year 1t is believed that the local ex-
hibitors will be able to compete with the
visitors on an almost equal footing. There
are still a number of things to be
learned about horse show by the local
drivers, but these come with time.