The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15

Carolina will be on hand with their
parties. The navy will be represented
by a large contingent of officers and
their ladies' the seniors being Rear
Admiral Harrington, commandment OF
the Norfolk navy yard, and Rear Ad-
miral Evans, commanding the North
Atlantic fleet. Officers of the station
and of the fleet will be here. The army
viii be represented by a number of
the popular officers at Fortress Mon
roe and from other posts. The senior
will be Colonel Potts, commandant at
the fort. The social and commercial
factors of TideWater Virginia and
Eastern North Carolina will be here.
Norfolk society. Norfolk's business
men and their families, Norfolks army
of good men and women, the Well-to-
do as we'll as those of moderate means
will be in evidence by thousands night
after night. 1t is anticipated that
Notwithstanding the immense capacity
of the great steel structure in which
the show will be given that capacity
of 10000 people seated will be fair
~ tested on at least one of the nights.
When it is known that at the Rich
mond Horse Show last Tuesday night
there were only $500 people in at
tendance, an idea may be obtained of
what it means to draw 1000 or 5000
people to the ringside and yet the
management of the Norfolk asSocia-
ton is confident of securing an aver
age attendance that will eclipse that
number. The week will tell. Ger
tainly the entertainment will be all
that could be desired; it is the best
that influence and attractive prizes and
the prospect of showing in the best
arena in the country could secure.
Excursions will be run to Norfolk
from everywhere in Tidewater Virginia
and Eastern North Carolina The
Southern Railway the Seaboard Air
Line. the Atlantic Coast Line, the Nor
folk and Southern, the Suffolk and
Carolina, the Norfolk and Western,
the Chesapeake and Ohio, the New
York, Philadelphia and Norfolk rail
roads and the steamer lines coming
here from nearby and distant cities
have offered reduced rates. some of
them as low as a round trip for the
straight fare. There will be thous-
ands of visitors in the city every day
The week will close with the Virginia
Bucknell football game in the after
noon of Saturday and the second an
1ual Horse Show german at night at
the Pine Beach Hotel. All of the
Norfolk hotels will be filled. The
Monticello, Atlantic, Pine Beach,
Neddo, Colonial, Gladstone, Airing
ton, Virginia and others have booked
many reservations for owners, exhibit
ors and visitors.
The program that has been ar
ranged for Tuesday, the opening hight,
Will be the best of the entire week.
Particular pains have been taken to
have all Of the stables represente1 by
their best horses and the character of
the classes plainly indicates that the
people who turn out Tuesday II ) 1t
will. get the best entertaiument of the
week. There are twelve harness en-
tries. seven roadster entries, nineteen
saddle entries. three four-in-hand en-
tries. ten combination harness and
.addle entries, thirty-six hunter and
Jumper entries. nine entries for ladies'
green hunters and two entries for
he high-jumping class. in which
prize of $3.50 will be given for new
Virginia record. A glance~at the cards
for the other nights of the show
will convince the reader that The
tuesday night performance is the one
, attend to see all of the stables and
all of the best horses to the best
advantage. No other program of the
week offers as many horses III as