Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-17
Great Show Begins al Norfolk
Coliseum Tonight.
FINE PROGRAM FOR OpfNING
Nearly All of the Best Entries to Be
Seen During First Exhlbition-spec.
iaI Service Arranged by Local Trans
portatior Lines.

The reign of the horse begins IN
Norfolk tonight when people from
Newport News, the peninsula and all
Underwater Virginia, with thousands Of
others from Eastern North Carolina
and from nearby and distant States,
Will. nay tribute to the proud soyer-
eighty of the noblest of his kingdom.
The Norfolk Horse Show Associa-
tton's second annual exhibition that
will be witnessed across the Roads
this week will mark the close of the
season on the Virginia horse show cir
cult, but most of the fine, sleek prize
winners that will parade around the
tanbark there are only in the middle
of their season, being booked to aE.
pear at all of the Northern shows and
many of them, it may be added. at the
Madison Square Garden exhibition.
Tonight will be the greatest of the
week and oil of the box.holders as
well as tile reserved seat buyers will
make II point to be present for the
announcement is made by Manager c.
w. Smith that the sterling program an
ranged for the opening includes the
best horscs from all of the stables
entered during the week and consti-
tutcs the best sport and entertainment.
from the standpoint beth of the horse
man and Of the spectator, of the en-
tire show In fact. practically all of
the horses will be seen in one class
CT another tonight.
The performances at night will
start promptly at Sis o'clock, the
matinee exhibition Thursday after
noon beginning at 215 o'clock. There
are over $50 entries for the forty
classes on the weeks program. the
hunter and jumper class on Tuesday
night having alone thirty-six star en-
tries.
Among the stables to be exhibited
Tuesday night ut the opening are
these of the Westminster Farm, c. w
Watson, David Dunlap. Miss Vera
Morris, Mrs. John Spratley, E. dew
Bradford, r. Worthy Smith, j. F. Car
Isle, r. B. Fentress, G l.. Downs, A.
j. Smith, Smyth Brothers, Lee S. Guy,
j. NJ. p. Trotter j. r. Hudson, c. w.
Smith, Little ice Weisenfield. Mrs.
John L. Watson. w. II. Hofheimer,
Blair Johnson, Mrs. Allen Potts, Miss
Mary Lindsay Carter, A. o. Portner,
Rogers Brothers, Julian Morris, j. A.
Fritchett, Dr.. C. Shirley Carter, How
ard Willetts, Thomas Kenney, Chas
Pfizer, Richard Donnelly Zone of
Americas most celebrated whips and
rider of champion high jumpers, in
Guiding HeatherbloomD, C. o. Wreen,
.lr.. Mrs. Blair Johnson u. d. Benner,
Charles r. Hoof. Jr.. Mitchell and
Tunis, G. itchell. and John w. Me-
Comb.
A number of horses were shipped
from New York. Washington and Bal
tlmore yesterday for Norfolk, not hav.
ing been exhibited at any of the other
Virginia shows. Such prominent en-
hibitcrs as Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson and
Mr. Bremen, of Warrenton; the Port
ner Brothers. of Alexandria. and
CudItcS f1uTkaIlp, VI FREDERICKSBURG
among the leading Virginia exhibitors,
reserved horses for the Norfolk show
that Were not exhibited at Richmnd.
AS has been announced, the electric
systems, operating, with ferry connec-
ton, between Norfolk, Newport News,
Hampton and Old Point, have arrang.
ed To pnt on special steamers in or.
der To handle the crowds from the
Peninsula cities oyer to Norfolk every
evening and back again after the
show a. night. AS late as 1880
O'Clock people from this side of Hamp-
ton Roads will he able to leave for
home.
Tho Fourth United States Artillery
hand Of twenty-five pieces has been
engaged to furnish the music for the
week.
On Saturday afternoon the Virginia.
Bucknell football game will be played
there and that night horse show week
will come to =. close with the second
annual horse shcw german at the Pine
Beach hotel.