New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16

southampton, Long Island. Aug. Is Especially
This week 81 the tennis tournament on the
green velvety courts of the Meadow Club. with the
lively English players-the Dohertys and Mahoney-
end Larned, Ciothier and the younger Whitman as
the centre OF attraction. Next week ii will be the
annual horse show, 10 be held on Friday and Satur-
day the new grounds Of the Southampton Horse
Association OF the village. in the street with
the ancient law giver's name Moses Lane. Pony
races polo matches and exhibitions Of horses have
been features the social life of the cottagers here
Cor several years but until this year these have
been held different grounds-the pony races at
one place. the polo games at another and the horse
shows In third This year 81 has been possible to
bring them together the same grounds. large
tract Of ground just west of the village has been
laid out with an oval running track Just short OF
three-qusrters of mile in length The infeld has
been prepared for polo playing and smaller oval
with promenade and about one hundred park
ing" spaces for the horse show.
The horsehesh in the ring. glossy and shining and
Astounding In life It IS Will not be the whole
show" Provision has been made for the enjoy
msnt Of another feature. The visitors on the gay
traps and coaches in the parking spaces are
elso worth seeing The Southampton horse show
draws out vehicles laden with men and women
who have exchanged the white Of the tennis courts
for the gayer tints. The horse show is as much
social diversion as the tennis tournament The
parking" spaces usually all taken. and Walk
around the promenade Immediately within the
parking" space results in division OF the homage
due the horses. The verdict of the promenader is
that well groomed men and women, endowed with
the vitality which characterizes the American, are
q interesting beautiful horses
The horse show here is distinctive in one respect
A professional may not handle the ribbons. The
horses not only are to be owned by amateurs, but
they must be driven by amateurs. This ADDS TO the
social interest in the show, as with the exception
OF the classes for jumpers, the contests are open
only 10 horse owners spending the summer on Long
Island. The exhibitors and visitors are all more
or less known to each other. There are usually
from one hundred and eighty to two hundred en-
tries.
Some of those who will probably exhibit this year
are General Thomas II. Barber, Charles I. Barney
George c. Clark. Charles Coster, Q. ~ GURUS
William n. Grinnell, w. c. CULVER T. Wyman Por-
ter. Harry Pelham Robbins. Henry w McNickar'
Alfred E schermerhorn, H. G; Trevor. c; 3, Van
Nostrand, J. Stevens Ulman, Henry a buuo anu
There are to be eighteen classes this year with
blue red and yellow ribbons in each The genera
ii bT U tandens fouTinhanGs ponies under
ssddle polo ponies and jumping horses. The points
on which the horses will be judged indicate that the
horses must stand on their real merits merits; Vehicles
snd appointments not to be allowed TO count
and extreme knee and hook action not to have the
preference over true, all around action
some of the horses which have been entered are
owned BIZ Z. II. Hartman. and Lorna Doone,
Kentucky saddle mare, by General I. H, Barber
bee a geI9oe ~ bv Miss W 6Sniiiyer: Chloe
hack mare by Master A g. GuIiiv.r; Flicker. bay
geldng. by Saliie p. Barnes: Topsy, black mare.
by Mrs. Morris Carnegie; Lady Gay, brown mare,
by Miss Veylng Putnam Buster Brown, brown
eeldng, by Master Hudson Budd; Bobs, a bay geld
mare MAJ by Henry 4 Budd: Agawam and Philosopher
bay geldings. by Charles Coster and Cavalier, a
brown geding. and AT It Again. a bay gelding: by
David Downs. General Barber will drive Titan
himself in runabout. and his son Thomas will
rice Lorna Doone in the saddle class.
The officers of the Southampton Horse Association
are George c. Clark. president. George r. Schieffe
lin president: H Pelham Robbins. treasurer
Henry W. McVickar. secretary; Charles Coster.
I. A.
she Board of Directors The Horse Show Committee
IS Charles Coster and H Pelham Robbins.