New-York tribune., 1905-04-24
HORSE FAIR TO-DAY.
Many Features Promised for Open
ing in the Garden.

The Horse Fair opens to-day at Madison Square
Garden. No effort has been spared to present a
programme that from start TO finish will entertain
those who enjoy the sport that the horse affords
Besides the racing and show features rough riding
trick riding. steer rOping and other sports OF the
plains are presented with the atmosphere that only
the plainsman can give them. Colonel 1IuIhau has
brought outfit from Oklahoma at the invitation
of the Horse Fair Association. to properly depict
them.
Each morning the horses will be shown in the
ring. In the afternoon racing and horse show feat
ures are interspersed. and there will be a cowboy
carnival The latter feature will be reproduced
each evening. together with racing features and
few show classes The opening day races will be
the free for all pace for special cup 1t will be
run over five lap course, about a half mile best
two in three heats. There are five PAGERS entered
John McGures Satan. T. T. MaxfeId's MonOpole.
BsaP s SBd The G9at and and w M l. @ Rh0dsS
mile. viii bring out W. L. Rhodes's Midnight
CURES Surprise and Red Bee % + T Proc50r5 0F9 Bae
Belle and Joseph Kaiser's Pedlar. Besides this:
th2 sweepstakes for ponies under 1A3 hands, half
The blue RIBBON contest tomorrow will be the
free for all trot for amateur riders. The 219 and
230 classes will also be All three contests
half mile heats, best two in three The sweepstakes
offered include half mile contest for ponies under
l43 hands. to carry no pounds. and a three fur
trots. introducing a good field. viii be Wednesdays
ponies are offered An interesting contest viii be
a running race half mile, for cow ponies In this
B9ssya her elder sister. who inspired the writing
OF "A Texas Steer may also mount a pony. The
other ponies in Colonel MUlhallS outfit will be rid
den by his cowboys. The Thursday programme in
Satan, Monroe GriSwOd's h. E. The Goat and W
l. RhodeSS b. g.. Dean Swift and Ch. h. HyanniS
will start. The pa tTOt will also be run. and two
sweepstakes, besides an overnight running race,
OF the sweepstakes is for polo ponies which have
played in 1904 games.
The feature of the week Friday. when the
time trials TO beat Joe H. S indoor worlds record
twenty-seven years. but it looks though either
James L or Dandy Jim were equal to the task of
beating IL. These two scheduled try.
Ihe free Tor all tTOt Will be held the same night
two overnight running races one sweepstakes is
team contest, each owner starting at least two
ponies. The distance. two miles, will be covered
by EACH but at the end OF each half mile the riders
Interchange. on Saturday there will be champion
ship and consolation races. For the championship
the winning trotters. PAGERS and runners will meet
eligible.
The programme and entries for to-day's races fol-
low:
Trotting C22 class: mile heats purse 5000
w l. Ithodes's blk < Nilnlght Hal Lehman strauss
blk Etalka Maid. John McCure's b. Surprise john
McCiuireS b. Red Bee, c. T. PrOCtOr's m.
Belle, and Joseph kaser's b. 5. Pellar.
Pacing free fer oil class; Onehalf mile heatsJohn
McCiuires b. Satan. T. T. MaXfel9s ch MOnOpOle.
Monroe Griswold's b. The Goat. W l. Rhodess b.. <
Dean Swift, and ". l. Rhodes's ch. h Hyannis.
Sweepstakes ponies under l43 hands weights
minimum 100 pounds one-half milel-A GarsOn's ro E
Buster Brown; Fiss Doerr < CavroIls b. Virginia
Francis: Joseph NJ Pclards br. Little jim: Will
Jimmie Cox Myron Randars b.. Daisy Wilkes, George
ChipChases b. Moonlight Maid: feoIge Chipchases
CHI e. BObs; Thomas PurschOUse's b. z. Spark. Lucille
MulhaIIs b. g Sambo. and Colonel Zach MuhaIrs b.
Johnny Bull