Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
WHAT A HORSE SHOW MEANS
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GREAT AFFAIRS FOR swAesER people
Display Of Equine Aristoeraey CaIIs
Tor the Parade of Humanity
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Probably a great majority Of the Omaha
people who are reading in the newspapers
That Omaha is TO have a horse show next
september have no very vivid idea Of just
exactly what such an affair is, what Il com
priBes, how II is managed, what happens
there and what, in short, there is to q horse
show besides the horses to make a q mat
ter of such extreme interest wherever !.
may be given.
In all these things every horse show IL
just alike. no matter what its extent What
ever proportions Il may have. IL always
has pretenti0ua aplenty. For q horse show
10 society event. II is. more-it is the So
eiety event As a matter Of fact the horses
are to a large proportion Of those who pay
admission the smallest part Of the show.
II h a horse show, and the animals are
there. the best in the land. Also are pres
ent those who appreciate the animals. who
know their every fault and virtue. But
there is more money exhibited In costly
clothes and trappings generally Of both
men and women than In all the gear Of the
horses and equipages.
horse show is essentially big society
event. II cannot hope for success other
wise. In whatever city the show is given
the element there that represents the 400"
must be interested in the affair OF It will
not be go. There is no intention to try
and depart from this precedent in Omaha.
The chow next fall will be the biggest So
ciety event the city has ever known IL the
promoters have their way. And II is in
tended that each succeeding year the So
ciety world will hold its breath and its
funds for the annual repetition Of this
show.
For years some OF the progressive society
men Of Omaha who are also horse lovers
and also business men have been endeavor-
ing to get q horse show established here.
They are about TO succeed. The transfor-
nation Of the Southern Western Horse
show circuit into the American Horse Show
association and the accompanying exten-
sion occurred simultaneously with the ad-
mission Of Omaha into the circuit.
At the meeting in Kansas City at which
these things were accomplished the new
organization was started, with twenty
cities involved. They were San Antonio.
Houston, Fort Worth Dallas, Paris. Little
Rock Milwaukee, st. Paul. Minneapolis.
Salt Lake. Denver. Omaha. Des Moines. In
dianHpolis. Louisville. Nashville. Atlanta
and Kansas City. Since that time Eve ad-
ditionRl cities have been taken in. They
are Cincinnati, Detroit. ST. Joseph, Evans
vile and Terre Haute. Seven months will
be exhausted by this circnit. II opens In
San Antonio on April and closes in st.
Joseph on October 30 About four days
are given to each city on the average.
The Omaha show will be one OF the big
gest of them all. Already the stockholders
of the association have voted TO offer $4,000
in prizes. This is an unusually large sum
and sufficient TO bring the finest horses IN
the country. There are certain exhibitors
identified with this circuit who always fol-
~ hn
inent horse owners who will bring their
animals here are;
Colonel W. G. Cowling. st. Paul; Z. A.
Ashbrook and w A. Rule, Kansas City;
Gustav Busch, Max orthwein. John l..
Bratton. St Louis; G. Pratt. Little Rock,
Ark John CudRhy, Omaha; DIR. Bark, Den
ver. Dr. Sherman Williams, Denver
Thomas Bass, Mexico. Mo-. Herbert Crane.
81. Charles. Ill: Henry W. Kram, Pontiac
III; Ball Bros, Versailles. Ky; Q. ID. IN
derwood. Kansas City; Thomas W. Lawson
Boston; George w. rsper, Toronto. Can
Grow q Murray, Theological Seminary Va;
E. S. stottsburg, Philadelphia, and c. K G.
Billings, Chicago
In the three years OF it's existence under
the former name ten car loads OF equip
mept have followed this circuit from enc
10 end. Every imaginable style Of equip
ment is carried for the better showing on
OF the horses in competition. Every vehicle
from a dog cart up TO n ten-ton drag will
be here. and these are the latest products
OF the four leading carriage manufactures
in this country. There VII also be carried
every possible style of bitches. All the
more modern modes Of driving horses, never
seen In this city. will be shown at tht
horse show. Two Of these newest one'
are the Roman. three horses abreast and
the Unicorn, two abreast and one In the
lead.
The show is booked for four days here
September s. 8. 10 and IL, Tuesday, Wednes'
day. Thursday and Friday. There will b
four evening programs and one matinee
probably on Wednesday Afternoon. Bacl
show will consume fully two hours and
half. as nine classes viii be shown eacl
time. There will be every possible clas
in the Omaha show, from a roadster 10
road four. from a polo pony to four-in
hand Then, besides thiS many Additiona
features are planned There viii be man,