The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15
NORFOLK READY
FOR SIR: HORSE :|.':
Encouraged By Last Seasons
Success, Are Trying for
8# Greater Things.
CROWD FOR OPENING NIGHT
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sThe United States Artillery Band
to Furnish the
Music.
CROWD FOR OPENING NIGHT
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FIJI NORFOLK. VA, october H.-Thc reig1,
d of the horse begins here Tuesday night.
z All Norfolk, all Tidewater Virginia, IN
fact. with thousands from Eastern North
Carolina, and from nearby and distant
States, will pay tribute to the proud
4 sovereignty Of tho noblcst Of his king
dom.
The exhibition witnessed hore this week
will mark the close Of the season on
the Virginia Horse Show circuit, but most
of the fine, sleek prize winners that
will parade around the tanDark here. are
4 only In the middle of their season, being
booked 10 appear at ali Of the northern
shows, and many OF them, it may be
added, at tho Madison Square Garden
exhibition.
The first Norfolk show was signal
success In every way and demonstrated
to tho world that what was started as
an experiment had developed into q full
tledged enterprise, that was a fixture.
Society set It's seal Of approval upon
the show at once and the general public
7 followed society's lead
O2E.>ING NIGHT.
The great night at the show Will be
( Tuesday. 1t will DO the opening night
and all of the box-holders, as well as
z the reserved seat buyers, will make 1t a
point to be present, for the announcement
IS made by Manager G. w. Smith that
the sterling programme arranged for tho
opening includes the best horses from
i all OF the stables, entered during the week
and constitutes the best sport and en-
tertainment, from the standpoint both
OF the semen and of the spectator
z Of he entire show.
Last year there were only 253 entries
In the thirty-three classes. This year.
4 the classes have Increased only seven, or
about one-fifth while the entries are al
s most double in number what they were
at the first show.
THE EXHIBITORS.
Among the stables to be exhibited tues
day night at the opening. arc those Of the
West chester Farm, c. w. Watson, Davlo
& nnnIon. Miss Vera Morris, Mrs. John
Il spratley, Z. dc V. Bradford, r. Worthy
u smith J. f. Carlisle, II. r. Fcntress U.
Downs, a. J. Smith, Smyth Bros. Lee
Is. Guy, j. NJ. f. Trotter. ] Il. HUDSON
70 w Smith, Little Joe Weisenfeld, Mrs.
Il John r.. Watson w. II. Hofheimer Blalr
Johnson, Mrs. Allen Potts, Miss Mary
Lindsay Carter. A. O. Portner, Rogers
BROS. Julian Morris. j. a. Prltchett, II
G, Shirley Carter, Howard Wllle'ts.
4 THOMAS Kenney, Charles Pfizer. Rlcharo
A oonnelly Zone Of Americas most ceie-
4 brated whips and rider OF champion
high jumpers, including Hcatherpioo'lil'
c. o. Wrenn, Jr.. Mrs. lslfsir ool'isu.''
III Renner, Charles r. Hoof, Jr.,
Mitchell and Tuns, r. G. Mitchell and
y John w. McComb.
These stables will have on the opehihs
n,eht nIncty-elght entries The great
1Jeotherbloon,. holder of the worlds hlgh
& I,,mn,nr record, and hisg reat rival, Rl1le,
u,,l both be seen on the first night IN a
% for a new Virginia record Last year
Grey Rock and Lady Belle each cleared
!, +he bars al Z feet inches, establishing
new record in this State, and making
what is said to Ee the best indoor hlgh
lump ever scored In the country.
I'M A number OF horses were shipped from
New York, Washington ana l'a'tilnore
Yesterday for Norfolk, not having been
.yh,hited ut any Of the other Virginia
shows. Such prominent exhibitors as
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Benncr
~ warrenton: the Portner Brothers. OF
Alexandria, and Charles Hurkamp, OF
MISUNDERSTANDING, among the leading Vir-
GINA exhibitors, reserved horses for the
Norfolk show that were not exhibited Mt
Richmond. Their horses In Richmond
win be sent. RsEe. alsb, having been en-
tered In different, classes. Practically
the entire aggregation of stables eShlo.
tied at Richmond, with the exception OF
aom. of the local entries there, will be
shjpped from, the State capital Sunday
ma Monday for Norfolk being trans
ferred Immediately on arrival to the
stables on tho grounds, where they VIII
be looked after carefully and constantly
by the trusted attendants OF the owners
RICHMOND CONTINGENT.
From Richmond. also Will come a party
of several hundred people, including own
FRS ard exhibitors whips and friends IN
partieE, all OF whom will stop at the
hotels The Monticello is practically sold
out already for Horse Show week. Man
nger Charles II. Consolvo has made ar