The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
HORSES and
HORSENiEN|.
The Richmond Horse Shows
Entry List Presents
Good Array.
MANY NOTED PERFORMERS
Harness Glasses Are Fine, But
Those for Hunters Arc
Dazzling.

The entries to the Richmond Horse
Show are In and each OF the ffty-two
classes filled. Harness horses have been
literally entered and some OF tho best
known and most noted show ring per-
formerslin the country will appear, which
applies 10 high stcppers shown sil,gly,
tandem and fonr-i finland. also to ponies.
OF which we are promised the sight OF n
lot OF rare good ones. a goodly number
OF the horses entered arc new to Richmond,
while others have been paraded on the
tan bark here at previous shows. but at
that the sight Of such specimens. as
those that follow will be most inspiritl
Grosvenors great stable Of prize winners,
among them being Fascination. Elsva-
ton; Carnation. Admiration. Rose Leaf.
Little Boy Blue. Jack Horner. Sultan,
Khedivc. Traveller, Post Boy and Rose
berry. The latter is one OF the most
famous show horses Of the year and cost
his owner. q tidy sum- Four cars are
required 10 transport tho horses, traps
and attendantsFof the Grosvenor stable.
Brace & West. OF Baltimore, will ex-
hibt stable OF high steppers figuring
as prominent winners all along the line
Of Virginia Horse Shows this season.
cludes Extra News. Sporting News. Town
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Herald and Extra NewHboy. This
stable has entries In thirty classes. Da-
yachtsman and liberal patron OF sports
In general. has entered a crack trio Of
harness performers in Chester. Chief
and Joe, while the Hon. Alexander Ham
ilton, Of the same city, has q pair Of
real merit In Tom and Harry. II
To these may be added a number OF
others. including the elegant young. marc
Brilliant, whom Mrs. Potts has entered
a III Dah rs and n R1 sa pd@
daughter Of q thoroughbred. Arnon has
won a number of blues for Mrs. Potts
this season. She Is but three years old
and will be seen at Richmond for the
first .ime. n s} a
8 a great lotto harness horses will be
seen here this yea ~ and some Of the
most hoted show ring performers now be-
fore Sthe public are entered, but 1t Is
safe to SAY that no such collection of
at a Southern show. In the green
classes, some OF which have over forty
entries. many new horses seen here for
the first time will be shown. Courtiand
II. Smith,. OF Hampton, Farm. Alexandria.
Va. has the largest stable and will take
part in not less than sixty events. He
will have about twenty horses. among
weight hunter. Lucy Sutherland, cham
.pions middle weight, Col. Hawkins. a vim
3ner in select compa ny this season. Tip
Top, t'p-to- date. Ia Touraine. Lady
ena eammos Nesr1 al ch oSe ap
ton Farm horses are registered thorough
breds and very few are OF the dockcd
tar all y, variety With names closely clipped
order: while appointments are OF the most
complete sort, these horses make a won
@ der ri'L'y good display.
Sidney Holloway and Miss Marion Iol-a
3rette, Jack Frost. Blizzard and Free
Lance entered and with these horses
comes the old Richmond ,favorlte. Buck,
Harry q. Beattie. The riding OF young
Holloway and his sister will be an in-5
steresting feature Of the show. Mr.. Beat
tie viii. have several new hunters. among
Buck and the stable also includes Ele-a
.vator. The latter Is In fine shape now
and to my mind the big gray son. Of
Eleve. good, honest horse that he is and
( most impressive 81 looking Jumpers that
we have seen a the Virginia shows. MIR.
Cha Chas; s; r. Hoof, Jr.,a OF Alexandria, Va
rs rempest and others 9th class
well manned daughter Of Torchlight. ana
Benedict and spinster. the full brother
and sister to Bachelor. by Arnon. WV.
Osborne, OF Gordonsville. will have among
others All impressive trio In Radium,
Torrent and Lilly Day. This. however,
Is + only partial list and even with
these left OF there would still appear
an array OF leapers tho like OF which
has has rarely are, been seen; is3
The show ring in the big Auditorium
Building will be given over to exhibitors
for, exercising horses during. the morning
and afternoons throughout the week, with
the exception OF Saturday afternoon,
when a matinee will be held by the Horse
Tuesday night and continues through the
week, which, with the matinee on Satur-
day afternoon will make Il total OF six
performances OF Troop G, Seventh U. " S.
move aid Is likely to be well received,
while another popular and feature of the
Horse Show will BIO the exhibition of ex-e
pert Craftsmanship before each nights
performance OF Troop C,&Sevents y. s..
Cavalry, which comes direct here from
Lynchburg. The daring feats Of these
to- those never having Witnessed the
uniqued scene.
}oke. va. was d success and during tie
four days over,.2O, 900 passed through the
gates. A featlSA OF tho show horse de-
partment was the exhibition made by
Walton Farm, Falls, Mills Va, OF which
Samuel Nation, banker, tinnncier and big
railroad contracto Is the owner . Red
Leo. 1925 la son OF Red Wilkes. and
twenty Of his get were shown and made
fine display, The collection included