New-York tribune., 1905-11-17

=. ,aas4 successful day. The afternoon pro-
--.-,roe was far superior TO that Of the even
.o both in the makeup OF the classes ana
.-or,,pence Of the exhibitors. Eight horses and
s..-s driving around a comparatively small ring
not n he seen every day in this city. AS
.,.tter of fact, the, sight beats many per-
----,o,ce In the ring OF the greatest show on
..-tb-tbe same ring. by the way 1t was the
,.s.,ra Of the afternoon The other marked
e.-.,rs of the matinee was the winning of two
,,,. ribbons by Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt ana
Sic nlaheiar smiles of satisfaction at his VIC
,a-,ss By all the caEons of Ouida. horse heroes
.so,,s take horse victories with an unrnoVed
@soe The afternoon jumping was somewhat OF
d;sappointment It resulted in the telling OF
,nueh timber but little clean cut jumping.
The night saw some clean cut Jumping aho
,.s vyinn;ng of the Hotel Martinique prize. a
..o.-iacent niece of plate, by Forest King, and
he winning of a second prize, by Reginald c.
z-ansa-bflt Two reds for the whole day was the
hest hiz entries could do. The Jumpers were ef
,ha heavyweight class and one and all rose to
their work after & few preliminary toppinss.
Reginald Vanderbilt made his only appear
.,.a Of the evening IN a common every day
x,,i+ and a common every day derby hat He
d-orA Fancy and Folly in the pairs to runabout
class.
Like the full moon, the horse show reached
The zenith of its glory last night. Society rose
bv gradations from the boxes TO arena reserved
seats. from arena reserved section to the gal
ls-3a= where an admjttance ticket meant a seat.
IN the boxes Jewels Of price glistened. In the
galleries the imitation diamonds and pearls
made inst as brave show. The people came py
thousands Hotels and restaurants sent gay din
rer parties. hosts and hostesses brought beVies
of blooming mlatrons or conveyed radiant depu-
+antes while the men in piraticai black hung in
the ofing ready to swoop down on any craIt
lingering behind. They came from East Side.
west side all around the town" by surface
by elevated by subway, by cab, by automopiie
ana by foot.
There were gowns cut low in high places and
gowns cut high in low places, and there were
other cuts when those seated in boxes didn't
see others who promenaded- The faint perfume
of the automobile was waited in from the main
entrance 10 ningie with the breath of the tan
bark, and the pounding of the horses hoofs on
the garden floor found an echo in the chug-chug
of the touring cars outside
THE swIRLING PROMENADE. .-,z.--
Round the promenade slowly swirled the
stream Of gayly garbed humanity, now ebpins
now surging now eddying, as some group came
n 4 standstiIL Hawk eyed dressrnakers, who
write "rnodiste" on their signs, stood on the
side lines like bIanketed subs at a football
game Not a stitch awry escaped their comment,
and from rapture to scorn their tongues wagged
Ike perpetual penduluns. Clinging TO the ring
rail roundabout were the horse lovers, the rail
birds. constant in their devotion, loud voiced
in their enthusiasm. and they spoke the Ian
guage of slang. They, too, had horses-hobby
horses-and they rode them every bit hard
IT.
lroletariat came early, the aristocracy late. and
Two OF the evenings classes had been judged
when the gowns and Jewels that rival the horses
as objects of admiration had been seated the
best to display their charms. Greater diversity
Of dress man never saw; if clothes speak lam
guage a. Herr Teufelsdrockh affirms this was
certainly Babel Of clothes. Likewise, it was
a Babel OF voices, though they spake the same
tongue For they spoke Of the affairs of a.:
nan IN al places. which are many Babels.
Isn't she sight?''
She wore that the night the prince was here"
I don't know whether those are her real
shss or the paste. She has two sets. and her
uncle has the real ones most of the time
Paid $4,000 for him when he was a two-
sesr-old''
George. dear. what is a hackney, kind of
cab. or little hack?"
He's got winners there il he only knew how
Oh, is that Alfred @. Vanderbilt? Whv.
What cute little black mustache he has."
Hes not buying many horses now; got
day"
= wonder if that really came from Paris
sls s1s told Mrs. Newhere it did, but I don't
oh. dear me. will you look at that forgery
q s Marcel wave. She really ought to change
aer hairdresser''
50 il ran as you drifted along with the
,.saiu-hued freshet and were occasionally run
--sa ana dry up against box. All the world
Is there, and you heard what ii thought of
sSel . and others-principally the others. With
.sef 1t was well satisfied
he show has been called the horse show
has been called the ciothes-horse show and
se horse-ciothes show, but 1T is none of these
: : show OF envy. of malice, of delight Of
ssoo VIII, OF good fellowship. of wealth. of
tsferty, Of pride, of ambition, of folly, of COM
ssl1on, OF race and blood and breeding-in
saoft, show OF humanity. The horse is the
+ss.eian who raises the curtain on the show.
When the horses competing for the Hotel
-1rlaione prize pranced into the ring the
ssssren. which had been budding all day, had
go lsl INTO full bloom OF color and talk and
ts1iia The boxes were well filled and what
Ts.i - become walking in the promenade became
rsgsy marking time It was blue and white
sAt SO far as the wraps and gowns could
g.. 80 color, and there was not box that did
~ ~ STOW blue gowns and hats. The advantage
!. ~ having horses and boxhoIders counter
~. rs.sscfioas at isast strain on the neck.
- - pfo11enaders walked one way and efaned
- eioIsateo their necks TO look At the occu-
saek Of the boxes. Then they walked back
so saa .ersned and elongated their neeks to see
sRe horses
FOREST KING WINS AGAIN.
Fosr Of applause. well rnerited. greeted the
aiaee Of Forest King, already the winner Of
ae Nalaorf-Astoria Challenge Cup, into the
Tor the competition for the Hotel Mar
aAiaae Challenge Plate. Beside William IL
ls..sfe the owner and driver, sat the ffeafest
- fiser that ever siraye6 in the jungle of tle
EsfIfe way. Forest King looked ana aclesi
~ oIaeusros as he made his tsfurnpllal march
Ncl1c TIE ring T4e zinrfolS superb. Only