The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26
DIR. G ID. Gray, IN Professional Morse
show Expert, VIII Have the Man.
agement OF indianapolis show.
WEEK OF SEPT. 81 THE DATE
THE PRIZES, IN MONEY AND MEDALS,
WILL AMOUNT TO $4,000.
The Executive Committees Main En-
deavor VIII BE to Give a show to
Please Indianapolis People.

conducted at milwaukee, one Oh the great
est horse shows ever given in the West,
will manage the indianapolis show, to be
given the week of Sept. q. in a large
tent at the corner of Capitol avenue and
Sixteenth street. DR.. Gray Is recognized
as knowing more about what Is needed
To make a successful horse show and how
to get the best results from material than
any one else in the country. +. M. Muir
ply, chairman of the executive committee
of the Indianapolis Horse Show Associa-
ton. arrived home yesterday from Milwau-
kee, where he closed contract with DR..
Gray to give his personal attention and
management to the Indianapolis show.
Much Of the preliminary work of the
show has been completed. Mr.. Murphy an
nounced yesterday, and the executive COM
mttee will now get down to the real work
of preparing for the big event. 1t is not
known just when DR.. Gray will arrive in
Indianapolis to take charge Of the arrange
ments. The association has opened head
quarters above the Columbia National
Bank on Washington street, where the as
sistant secretary Of the organization, John
Saulter. will be in charge.
Mr.. Murphy, John j. Appel, and A. L.
Block. the other members of the executive
committee, have been working for some
time on the classes for the coming event
and they will have the programme of
classes completed and ready to make pub
lie some time this week. There will be
about seventy classes, more than three
fourths c; which will be exclusively for
local turnouts. The entire arrangements
will be in charge of DR.. Gray and Messrs
Murphy, Appel and Block as members Of
the executive committee. All the office
work will be in the hands of Mr.. Saulter
EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
PRIZES.
The association will offer 5000 in money
and prizes for the winners of prizes In the
foreign events. The money and prizes for
the winners of the local events will amount
10 something like $500 There will be a
larger amount OF money spent for the for
eign prizes than for the local events, be-
cause all local turnouts will be allowed to
enter the foreign classes, while no foreign
turnout will be allowed to compete for local
prizes.
The association will, this year, try more
than ever before to make the Indianapolis
Horse Show an event principally for In
cianapolis people. There will be good num-
Der OF foreign classes, of course, and con-
siderable money is to be spent to induce
owners or fine horses and sehicles in other
cities to come to Indianapolis, but the main
endeavor of the executive committee in
making arrangements, for the affair, will
be to perfect plans that will give the best
showing to the fine horses and vehicles of
this city. In quite a number of foreign
classes 1t will be impossible for Indianap-
oils people to enter, for in this city there are
1ot the kinds of vehicles to be required in
these classes. Chairman Murphy, of the
executive committee, wants to impress upon
the people Of this city that they must study
more carefully than they did last year the
rules governing the exhibits In horse shows.
Copies of the rules of the American
Horse Show Association, under which the
event at Capitol avenue and Sixteenth
street win be given, are to be had at the
office of the headquarters of the associa-
ton over the Columbia National Bank, and
Il Is the desire of the committee that all
persons who intend to take part in the
s,cw shall get copy Of these rules. Under
tie rules, pair of horses suitable for an
event to brougham are not suitable for
a park class event. This in the way of
illustration of what the rules require.
THE people of Indianapolis have not paid
enough attention TO the rules governing
exhibits" said Mr.. Murphy. Last year it
seemed that great many people were some
what offended at the association that they
could not take pair of horses out OF one
class and enter In another requiring a diff
ferent style and size of horse and get just
as much consideration from the judges as
they did In the event in which their horses
were rightly entered. There will be a suf-
ficiently large number of events this year
for all the horses in the city to be given
fsir show In the class in which they be-
long. We are going to to make a special
Effort to arrange these classes so that the
horses and vehicles OF Indianapolis will be
given the best showing they ever had"
The local classes will be pairs to broug-
ham. pairs to Victoria, pairs to trap suit
able for park use, pairs suitable for women,
runabouts. light harness horses, PAGERS
and trotters, single and in pairs, best fam
lily turnout, single heavy harness horses
suitable for park use, walk, trot and canter
class. gated saddle class and numerous
pony classes
The foreign classes will include four-in-
hands. unicorn. tandems, gig-horses, high
school saddiers and gated saddlers. These
classes. 1t is thought. will be entered large
~ by the foreign exhibitors. And there will
have TO be several classes for light har-
ness horses, for II is known that a good
number Of light harness horses will be here.
Among the foreign exhibitors will be Col.
Pabst, who took a leading part in the
Milwaukee show; +. X. Bull, of Racine.
Wis; A. E Ashbrook, OF Kansas City who
will bring a string Of twenty-five fine ami
mails; w. G. CIaring. OF St Paul. who will
bring number OF his light harness horses:
w. b White. of Cleveland, with four-in-
hands and runabouts; and Frank Hogan, of
ST. Louis. with horses for the heavy classes.
RULES OF THE SHOW.
Following are the rules OF the American
Horse Show Association which will govern
the decisions OF the judges OF the Indianap-
oils show:
Park Pair to Suitable vehicle-Horses
over al and not over 15s, Of solid color.
10 show quality. style. action. conforma ton
and manners; be able to stand quietly and
back when required; brass or silver mounted
harness: to mail phaeton, horses over Is 1.
banged or switched tails: 10 Victoria. horse
size Isl and over. pad housings and fronts
To match; loin pieces and pole straps In.
stead OF chains
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