Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-01
ADVERTISING BOOSTS SHOW
Real Tonic Which Premises Complete
Success Of Big Bvsnt
OFFER Of PRIZES STIMULATES INTEREST
An Managers Are Busy COnnectinE
Various Links in chain OF Prep
arations for OmahaS
Horse SHOW.

Novelty advertising has made the Omaha
Horse Show which is to be held at the
Auditorium the week OF October . a thor
ouehly advertised AFFAIR All sorts OF de-
vieee have been resorted to to keep this
event before the public gaze In the first
place the directors have offered valuable
price for the best decorated windows and
many Of the merchants will compete for
these prizes. Miller. Stewart & Beaton
already have decorated Horse Show win
dow In an original manner, but the majority
win walt until after the Ak-sar-Ben big
days are past, when they will supplant the
Festival decorations for those OF the Horse
Show
Red and white buttons we're secured and
every one tried TO get the little ribbon. They
were handed out as long as they lasted and
then $500 were tslegraphed for, arriving
Saturday.
Three sheets with horsey engravings,
have been sent to neighboring towns and
the country press has taken hold of the
Horse Show with vim and is giving It the
notices which u deserves
Last TO be sprung on the public was the
big kite which carried the big Horse Show
banner directly over Farnam street This
is eH14 feet and can be read easily from
distance. IL will be spread to the breeze
Tor the next two weeks and may ny over
the carnival grounds during next week.
Removal of Headquarters.
Headquarters for the Horse Show will be
moved from the Bee building to the Audi
torium Monday. Mr.. Halter figuring that it
is better to move at this time than next
week, when his force will be buster, II such
thing Is possible. Advices have been re-
ceived from all over the state that many
many instances money has been sent TO
have seats reserved, but the sale opens
october 2 and then all will have an even
chance. The demand for seats will be large.
but there are also many seats and the show
VIII last for eight performances, but to Sc
cure good seats the MANAGEMENT advises
they be reserved early.
Entries from abroad have come in 80 fast
during the last week that there is no longer
any doubt concerning the show the horses
are bound TO be there in SUFFICIENT numbers
to give one Of the best shows ever held
In the west. There are however. four
local classes which. while they have some
entries, have not filled in a manner to
satisfy the directors. Considerable interest
always attaches to the local women when
they ride or drive and some of these have
been a trifie slow in sending in their en-
tries. These classes are Of ponies not ex-
ceeding forty-eight inches, best woman
rider, cross saddle best woman rider side
saddle, and best women's horse walk, trot
and canter, cross or sdesaddle. The man
asefnent IL urgent In the request that the
women send in their entries early to en-
able the events to be classified. Splendid
PRIZES are offered in these events and there
should be good string Of entries.
Peck and COwsnI Busy.
p. p. Peck. president of the association,
Is enc OF the busiest men in town these
days When the directors found a clique
at st. Louis proposed to cut in on the
Omaha dates the local directors with Mr..
Peck at their head, literally took off their
coats and set out with the determination
of making the Omaha show such sue
cess that all Omaha will be proud of II.
BY personal work among the leading horse
showmen of the country the entries have
been secured which make the outcome of
the show certain. IL was a matter of pride
with Mr.. Peck and the directors to make
the show go in spite of opposition and the
result is no longer in doubt. Mr.. Peck
has two show horses in which he takes
justlhable pride. Commodore and Bessika
and these will be seen In the arena at the
show.
All of the boxes have been disposed Of
still coming in fast all Of which is piling
the work Of the secretary. F. g. Cow
gill. II anyone thinks for a minute that
the secretaryship Of Horse Show is a
slnecure he would soon be disabused Of
the idea IL he were to spend a few min
utes with Mr.. Cowgirl. He Is practically
tho director general Of the whole show,
and everything is referred to him for APP
prevail Meetings are held every day and
all sorts OF questions which require i'm
mediate action are constantly arising.
The next immediate task is the arranging
of the program Last year a full program
of events utilized all OF the time each
evening, but this year the directors must
ind room on the program for fourteen
more events than last year. For lack OF
time the potato races have been done away
with but the program will be long one
and it will take skill to pull II on each
evening according to schedule. The Judges
win have to decide promptly.
Certain 20 he n Success.
The coming horse show is certain to prove
a grand social success as well as success
full sporting event. Money has been spent
lavshly In providing the best Of everything
$4,000 in gold being offered by the manage
ment. An equal amount was given last
year. but a good deal Of it was In the form
or silver plate. Inc coin mas peen a magne
which has attracted the foreign visitors II
spite of the opposition OF St. Louis. which
city took the date after It had been an
nounced by Omaha, and while ST. Louis hal
purses aggregating $4,000. 30 much OF It II
in the nature OF sllverware that It was NJ
attraction to the best stables of the cas-
which have the jumpers. one OF the mos
picturesque features OF the show
Some Of the entries which were received