The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-23
RICH PRIZES OFFERED TO
HORSE SHOW EXHIBITORS
Local Entries Will BE Feature of the Coming Exhibition

The Indianapolis Horse Show Association
has just announced an addition of 81 900 i'm
prizes and money to the prize list for the
horse show TO be given the week of Sept. q
at the corner OF Senate avenue and Six
teenth street under tent with a seating
capacity of 1900 people and an arena the
size of four large circus rings The list
now comprises 5000 in cash prizes and
about 5000 I'm special prizes and ribbons.
The horse show is now just four weeks
away. The members OF the executive COM
mittee announce that they are having much
success In perfecting plans and arrange
ments and that there is not the least ques-
ton but that the indianapolis horse show
of 1903 will be one OF the finest exhibitions
OF horse flesh and one of the finest displays
OF beautiful equipages ever held in the mid
die West
DIR. G. De Garmo Gray, the horse show
expert. who will have charge of. the show,
is now travelling about the middle Western
States securing entries. He is meeting
with much success in this work and reports
that the number OF horses to be brought
mere from other cities will be very large
and will be representative of the best
horses OF all kinds in this part of the coun-
try. The number of local entries is not
very large yet. but this is not discoura ging
for the Indianapolis people did not register
their horses until the last week or two be-
fore the show last year.
CLASS LIST REVISED.
During the past week the executive COM
mite. has revised the list of classes and
had added several local and foreign events.
The former list contained fifty-seven
classes. The new list, just issued from
the office OF Assistant Secretary SauIter, in
the Merchants Associations rooms over
the Columbia National Bank contains six
ty-two classes There will be seven per-
formances In the show. beginning Monday
evening, Sept. p. The matinees will be
given on Wednesday and Friday afternoons.
The show will come to close with the per-
Torrance Fr.fiay night. The classes have
been about evenly divided for each per-
Torrance.
AIMING the new classes is a local livery
class. a sporting tandem class and
a pa-k horse class. The local liv-
cry class will be best pair kept
for hire. The entire outfit must be
owned by an indianapolis livery stable. The
first prize will be $50 and second prize SIS.
In the sporting tandem class the horses
cannot be over fifteen hands. The first prize
will be $50 and the second prize $50. There
will also be a third prize OF $50
Assistant Secretary Saulter yesterday
gave out the following list Of for
eign exhibitors: n. T. Ashbrook. OF
Kansas City. who viii bring eight horses
Sen Sen. Filtration. Crisis. Sensation. Amer
lean Beauty. Limestone Belle, F'iirt, Marie
Louise and Thistledown. the worlds cham
pion high jumper; Mrs Jack Cudahy. or
Kansas City, Mo-. who will bring the IA
nous horses. All but the King and More
Than King; George Pepper. of Toronto,
Canada. who. will exhibit My Surprise,
Mate, CARING, Little Wonder. Creighton
and Happiness; II. r. Crane. of st. Charles,
I'LL. who will exhibit Ray Morgan and
Meteor Morgan; w. A. Rule. OF Kansas
city. Mo-. who viii exhibit four horses
Miss Lou. Artist, Zulu z. and Missouri Bell;