New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
THE HORSE SHOW TO-DAY
LUNCHEON At GARDEN.
Beauty and the Beautiful Beast
Ready for the Week.

ed yesterday in Madison Square Garden, but it
was for the annual luncheon which is always
the forerunner of a weeks reign of the horse;
to-day the same bugles viii herald the entrance
of the horse into his own. They are informal,
these Horse Show luacheons. Men stroll in,
greet each other. cluster into groups and, look
Ing at the yellow and black decorations of the
Garden rafters and walls, congratulate each
other on being alive 10 another Horse Show.
Mayhap they have not seen the inside OF the
Garden for a year, for there are many whom
II attracts only at this time. They walk about
with their hands in their pockets and their hats
on the backs of their heads if they please and
they talk principally horse. They tell of the
HUE ribbons they have won, those they hoped
10 win but did not. and those they expect to
see at the brides of their horses this year.
The show once fairly started and the compe-
.ition begun in all its keenness, the element of
rivalry and heartburnlng enters into it, but at
The luncheon there is no hint of contest. All
g merry chat Jolly re niniscences and good fell
loyyship Mostly, of course, it smacks OF STIR
rms and spur saddle and Bit tan bark and
green meadow, hurdles or fox chase jumps.
The counting room and warehouse, the cargo
and the factory, are tabooed. It's bit out or
that chapter of Under Two Flags" wherein is
described the night before Forest Kings race OF
MS life.
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men who take delight In highbred horsefesh' be
he hackney, hunter light harness. coach or car
ringe. composed of men whose names are those
m coniure with in the business interests of the
metropolis Among them were such well known
men as J. H. Alexandra Henry Birrel General
J. 3. Castleman. the noted Kentucky breeder;
A. Butler Duncan. Ralph n Ellis. Of the Mead
ov Brook Hunt Club; James T. Hyde, Louis
Haight John G. Heckscher, ]. Rowland Hunt
A. Newoold Morris. Jules A. Montant, Briga-
6er General A 1. Mills L. S. A; George Pep
per. whose Canadian jumpers have taken prize
after prize; F. K. Sturgis. DR.. Thomas G. Sher-
wood Dr. William Sheppard, Colonel Charles
C. Treat. Z. A Upton, c. a. Van Rensselaer,
J. Agostini J. Kerr Branch, H. K. Bloodgood
+. 7. Carman, ]. W. Colt, w. E. Curtis W. ).
Elliott, Thomas Hitchcock, jr., c. f. +. A
and J. A Hart, c. de GarmO Gray, Victor
c. Mather, ]. H. Moore and Reginald c. Rob
bins.
HONOR TO MEMORY OF W. c. WHITNEY
There was hardly lip that did not stop in
the curl Of laughter. hardly a group that dld not
lower its tones at cine or another wheh me
name Of William c. Whitney was mentioned
Patrick F. Murphy. the chief speaker voiced the
sentiment fl every heart, expressed or uttered
when he said:
Lincoln said HE who lives IN the hearts he left
behind him does die High in the list of the
Ssvorsd sons OF this association will always be
WIG VIDE de Diversity Of talent one moment suggesting
the keen man Of affairs. the next the hghthearted
his place: no one can i'll 1t. The dying words of
Tes E 5a So So little done The achevemens Of
Whitney were only few OF his soul s desire ne
died with thousand projects In his heaTt-
The Horse Show luncheon scorns your formal
POSTMASTER Therefore. when the trenchers
were empty there was a resonant cry, accom-
panied by handclappings for Colonel Cornelius
FelloSes, the president OF the National Horse
Show Association. He responded briefly but
telliagy that despite preceding successes the
show beginning to-day 10 put all its prede-
cessors n the shade. Then there was roar
for Mr.. Murphy, who dawned on those who
had not heard him before the New World
did on Columbus. Mr., Murphy's after dinner
speaking face is an exact reproduction Of that of
the Sphinx, and his delivery has by turns the
irtonations of a wedding ceremony and a funeral
grafton. He IS more Than rival of Simeon
Ford. He kept his hearers in constant roar.
He said in part:
Our feelings toward the board Of directors are
sorneWlat similar 10 the emotion of that dear old
heTer knew what sin was until you came among
US The management seems to be possessed OF
the great genius the artistthe gift omission
What not TO do and what not 10 see. This horse
b+ ~ ya7ffy Tei II byiys iosthnr @ Ii
bred handsomely gowned Women than has as
sembIed in any city in the world. proving con
pendulum of pleasure will now begin its swing. and
i VIII illustrate the truth Of that delicious aphor-
Few hours from the night"
reooEntlon and reward There in his locality he
was KING among good horses here he finds him
old proyerb. Show ne the horse they drive. and
VII te4l you the kind Of people they are"
From the table the guests went to the tan
Dark side, where they some neat jumping
George Peppers Canadian horses gave a fore
taste Of what they Will do this week two of
them-Pearl, old and consistent Jumper and
Senator-clearing the hurdles at 6 feet 6 inches
GATHERING AT HOTELS FOR SHOW.
Already the hotel registers have waxed fat
with the names of persons who have come from
near and far 10 attend the horse show and ere
many days. at the present outlook, there will
be little room 10 spare. Year follows year and
sees no diminution in interest in this show of
bea uty-Beauty and the Beautiful Beast on a
gigantic scale. A. the Garden the grooms in
white trousers, yellow jackets and yellow and
black caps. were putting the finishing touches
TO the tanbark yesterday, while satin coated
steeds with archtng necks. flowing names blood
RED nostrils, glistening eyes and curving legs
pTanced UP and down in the exhilaration in
aoced by the pink Of condition. Down below the
sta'4s were full Of blanketed animals. Pracu-
cs--y All the exhibitors have their stables in
he Garden, and they represent untold millions
ttApsI9ea IN The hope of winning a rosette of
The show opens at Q o'clock this morning. and
me programme for the day is follows
10 a. m Judging hsty hunters or Jumpers.
2:i5-lasf ns siI,een. harness 6o .sss'sF
80! loglug tweEty-thTee saddle horses
59ssss Ea harness ,a horses Gnoycs class
7El-s IN 'eso teams.