Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-10
Best Of 0maha's Smart Set Attends Show
in Full Regalia.
SMARTEsT OF COSTUMES DECK wEARERs
Women Display GOwna and Hats to Full
Satisfaction of Every body.
MORE AND BETTER HORSES THAN BEFORE
show RinE Entries Exceed Last Yeas
In Every Point and Draw Much
Applause from Lovers of
the Animal.

Sad and poor in spirit, indeed, were he
who could not find It within him to lift
his hat 10 Horse. and bend his knee to
Woman, and do both ioyously. at the OPEN
ing Of the Omaha Horse Show last night
These two objects Of worship were decked
70 please his eye and enliven his heart as
though It was the chief end OF living All
that either could do to make attraction
more attractive was done and the verdict
returned was the kind that repaid the
effort.
Omahas second Horse Show began mag
nihcently we'll, Arrangements were OF the
kind that insured enjoyment and comfort;
appointments were perfect; entries. femi-
nine and equine. were numerous and speci-
ally fine; decorations we're superior to any
thing seen before at the Auditorium and
the whole show partook to an eminently
satisfactory degree Of that easy formal
informality for which the thing was In
vented.
The exhibition Of beautiful gowns was
dazzling. Boxes and tiers of seats were
long rows of brilliant color-soft. ustrous
and variegated, eternally dlstracting the
| eye from the arena and making charm for
| the temperament.
Dress Counts for Much.
Horse shows chloroform any idea that
| raiment does not make for human happi-
ness Even the beasts in the arena re-
| spond TO the inspiration OF fine harnesses
with gold and silver trappngs. You see
the effect of a smart wagon in every mus
| Gle. Turn from the arena to the boxes
and the rail and the same sensations in
! more civilized form are beheld Anyone
at a horse show. at any rate at a show
like Omaha has, would have to be ten T.
| w. Lawsons, ten Governor Folks and Ave
| Theodore Roosevelts combined, to declare
| right then and there. in voice loud
| enough to be heard, that clothes do not
| contribute to charm. An old and mighty
| charm 1t is, and perhaps more than worth
the price of all that hermits and philoso-
pliers may say. II the sun is good because
IT brightens up the day, the Horse Show is
good because II brightens w life gem
/ orally ~
Looking down fpor4 hilltop On Farnam
street fifteen minutes before the bugle call
summoned the first classes, one could see
a continuous and endless line of carriage
lamps. all going eastward to the Auditor
ium. Other streets from the fashionable
districts were thickly dotted with the same
kind of firefiys. Around the Auditorium
entrance they buzzed in swarms, regulated
by white-gloved policemen, for an hour or
more. Sherlock Holmes and Raffies to-
gether would have tackled a Job that
Conan Doyle wouldn't have written up II
they started out at S:15 to find any Omaha
society that stayed home. They came by
hundreds and they came arrayed radiantly
and Raf1es could not have found any of
the really best jewels or silks behind, any
more than he would have found the
wearers.
Omaha Sits Up and Notices.
II is to be hoped sincerely that captious
correspondents for the eastern society press
were there. It will choke in their throats
II they try to say Omaha is raw any
longer at Horse Show. The demonstra-
ton last night was all to the contrary.
There was no fussing, no nervousness. no
awkwardness or mental vaculties thinly
yelled and caused by wondering what to do
next. 1t was not that way last year-that
ls not more than symptomatic, but even
hints had disappeared. In place Of circum-
stances that might have given lash to sus-
picion were perfect good nature, ease.
sociability. frank heterogeneous gladness to
be there; a constant fiutter of conversation;
, ripples OF laughter; the commingling OF
group after group; free and frequent
/ use of the promenade.
AS for enthusiasm, galleries at a meIo-
drama never let more nerve energy run out
of their finger tips The applause was like
! the descriptions of musketry before Muk-
den. Every now and then whole bat
TALON would fire at once and remain hrinR
several minutes. Applause was not heard
only when the band played or Master OF
Ceremonies Sapp was announcing a de-
cision. The manifested regard was catho-
lie Home horses were never lost sight OF
y and local patriotism was not backward,
\ but good horsefesh OF any kind called out
e appreciation so everyone could UNDER
a stand it,
Real Horses on Exhibition.
: Inside the arena affairs we're well worth
: all that was expressed. In most OF the
9 classes the judges had difficulties many
}, and perplexing evenly were contestants
Il matched All of the big stables that hon
|, ored Omaha last year came again, together
with q generous addition OF new ones
| Many names that the 1904 program did
5 not make familiar here were on the cards
the opening night Every class had more
E entries than it did a year ago. In point
Of excellence too, the aristocratic nag'
measured up many points better. II wal
evident that Omaha gold looks better tc
owners than st. Louis silver and golc
y plate, and the parallel dates at the lAst
named town did not bother the success
e of the Omaha Horse Show in the least,
The dash and abandon o fDr. c. DeGarmC
Gray was gone and regretted, II is true
but s. c. Haller, his successor, managed
matters so we'll that precision and clock
, work are the only right adjectives to de
scribe the result Mr., Hallers personality
}; is not of the same dye as that of the doe
tor, but there is no proht or sense in othei
com PARSONS.
" The management was big-hearted abou
decorations Many more yards OF red ant
white draped the posts and surfaces ant
sr hare places than ever before. The effect o
- the hangings above the place where tn,
" stage usually is were pretty. The schem
s. was simple, yet markedly effective, con
\ sisting mostly Of broad alternate band
Of color relieved with half rosettes on th'
" balcony rail The lighting was sumptuous
W "POpuIar" Price seats Empty.
The only seats that were empty wen
Y those to be sold t9E popular priSsh Al th