Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
ZONES At THE
| HORSE SHOW
lev YOrk's Most Brilliant An
nual Function Fairly
Launched.
HORSE HON0RED
AFFAIR Promises to Smrpass All
Predecessors Some Of the
Notable Entries.
All BOW 10 King EQUINE.

NEW OAh NV. ivAhV hhh
eenth annual exhibition Of the
National Horse Show association Is
u. Madison Square Garden below y
lied with hundreds OF thousands OF
sollars' worth Of horses and above is
raped with bunting In orange and
black. Between Ii the show. and until
pext Saturday night the great arena
will be q place Of enthusiasm and exs
pediency.
For the time being the automobile
! i thing OF secondary consideration.
This Is the time TO be a horse, and the
lorses seem to know II. With heads
high ami nostriis ~distended, straight.
limbed, and with pride in every curve
bf their handsome bodies, they dash
kn and out ut the bugle's call.
The day IL for horse lovers AMI the
night Is socjety's. AT all times now
the garden will be a place OF pranclng
horses, Of beautiful women. Of en-
thusiasiic men, of fine feathers and
blankets, Of straw and grooins. OF
numbers, traps. tanbark and hurdles.
harness and saddles. to ay nothing of
boxes and the promenade crowded
with fashion.
The formal opening took place to-
day. Within the in%closure, IN the
center OF the arena, stood tho ring
committee for the morning and after.
noon. The Judging was commenced
soon after the show was opened and
viii be continued until the close Of
the exhibition Saturday night. The
complete list OF judges Is as follows;
Thoroughbreds--J. w. Rogers. Hack
n~eys-Joseph =. Widener. Trctters
and roadsters--Albert G. Hall, Carl
8. Burr, Jr, and Shelby 7, Harrison
French coachers. halfbreds. street
cleaning and heavy draught horses
r. F. CArman. Four-ln-hands. IAN
dems. carriage AMI harness horses;
horses, carriages and appointments
r. =. underhill. u. r. Blooigood and
n Y. CarmAn. Pony STATIONS AND
brood mares and ponies IN harness
Marion Story. Saddle horses ano
ponies under saddle. VIVIAN Goocn
Hunters and jumpers John y. Cowiir
William 8. Ellis, Victor z. Mather ane
Harry w. Smith associate judgeD
Calvery horses and chargers
Charles O. Treat, Y. :. a.
In nearly every respect the presenf
show promises 70 surpass al OF "
brilliant predecessors. In nearly a.
the classes there Is q noticeable IN
crease In the Number oil entries AM
also in the number q horses showinl
pedigrecs that include long INES 9
prize winners. The hackney ciAsse
have fallen on In their entries, bu
Grilthorpe Playmate, champion OF las
year. - on hand with his old compel
tor Robin Adair IL to meet MIN agar
In the challenge cup. Inc studs 9
3. d. Jordan and the Chestnut ~
Stock Farms are among those We
represented In this class
The carriage horse classes are we
flled and the composition promise
70 be keencr than yer beior'
especially as the champions o. oth'
years are ineligible IN the open ciasI
q, and over forty newcomers are e
tered, their chances OF plue r'ooor
being better than eser before. !
the thoroughbred class. Belmaf' To-
Kenny, 81. Nicholas u, and idrim a.
the candidates.
There are some COCO ONES ah'on
The hsrnes horse classea' an
although the numpef Is no. so gre
= iasl yeA1' 2 aua''.y qu'. :