The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-08
Some Horses Here and.
More to Come in
To-Day.
.BUCLE CALL ON
TUESDAY NIGHT
Exhibition Will Be Greatest Ever
Held Here, and Will Probobly
Eclipse Anything Of Its Kind
Ever Attempted Before
In Virginia and &.
the South, 3 !. III n

with tho assurance Of "a list Of entries
that will lift It to the front ranS, anu anu,
Tie promise OF an attendance that 1oz
slze and br!lancyt will eclipse al pres pre-:
viou records, the nth annual exhlpitlon
OF the Richmond 3Iorc Show Aasocla s ton :!
will begin Iuclay night. 70 continue
through six performances. ending .l'fE' WIN
( the week. II GA ~ $sG
Visitors ana horses botl co HlIl,en GEO 20
arrive as early as Friday. stra gsled ~ q
& somewhat slowly yesterday ana TO-DAY
will come In large un Der. ~ = I aii no.
4 Now York prlze winning thor0ughprcus
a will be on the ground to-day. anu ~
Monday afternoon tho slabics VIII PROP
ably be filled and the hotels OF The $c y
q crowded Tho. bngle will sound At .
o'clock on the following evening. anu anu
. from then on until the blue ribboners met
y IN the champion classes Saturday night,
z tho tan bark arena will be The centre
Of fashion and the playground OF form. $
Will Be Great Show.
The history OF the Richmond Horse
show dates from the full OF 1901. In tina t
year the first event Was held With mo-
table success, and since that year the
popularity $of the exhibition las been
steadily growing. To-day the II show IS
an annual #flHtiire. and is \ now on the
evs Of q performance I hat Will not only
4 be the greatest in its history. but hat Is
confidently expected to place 1t at once
at the head OF The associations OF the
entire South. Ii 33:
The number and quality Of the horses
81 has never before been even closely a p
preached. the sale OF tickets has upon no
i previous occasion been greater. and the
general Interest and enthusiasm both here
alid In the country districts has exceed
ed that OF any preceding year, y early
N han that number. have been entered.
1lllinE the {classss az q they have never
4 been filed before: It has. been found
4 necessary to- Erovlde additional stabling
room, while last season, the old arrange
ments was amply sufficient; stalls for
horses and boxes for people are all taken;
and the reserved seats are and continue
ito be In steady demand. These signs
clearly foreshadow the sl,ccess OF the
r show. the prospects for which. rs the
4 opening day draws near. grow brighter
and brighter. 5i p, 81
Nc Every n ccessary! repair has been placed
upon the building. The boxes have been
,rcpainted and the: entire interior of the
structure has been decorated with flags
and bunting. Where once the skaters
wrlthed and twisted upon the floor tia
= Ian bark now lies, smooth and eyen,i
sending a crisp and grateful perfume
into the air. Tho smell OF it is good ana
exciting to the blood, subuy suggesting
5htgh-flung hoofs, nrched names, pretty
women and well groomed men, loud
cheers. 81 3
The Opening.
OK hi fSot II "A -, ,,:tt l.. ,
horses In harness, shown to an ippro.
PIRATE two or four-wheeled vehicle, ana
'1ntrodu cing the stables Of Jay r. Carlisle.
4 OF New York: David Dunlop, OF Peters
burg G. W. Watson, Of Baltimore: Hale.
; CARRIER and CARRIER, OF Fredericksb burg.
George Watson, of New York, and H niy
= Fairfax. Of Aldie, Va. Following these
VIII come casscs for saddle horses,
}roadsters and middle heavy and light.
weight hunters. Ladies will drive in ella IS
{ ten, IN which will appear among others
Airs. a. Q, Van IIouscn's sinner ' ana :
I MISS Vera Morrisls Little Fritz
Both of these horses are widely
known Mrs. Van IIeusen' i Is
from New York ana s. Miss Morris
z is#nne sof the best known e horse.
women In the United states, She is dis
3 unctlya woman OF affairs, She Ia as.
familiar With the tns and outs Of Tia.
y horse shows as she is with the stock
4 market, having up to the first OF SEN
lcmber captured seventeen blue ribbons
pnd caught the right side OF the marke.
1or several figures on that most ilIuslye
Z Of speculative issues. copper. Whether.
or not Miss Morris herself Will be hero
+ cannot yet be said. She has several
horses entered, Including Ircland's AZ.
row, Rex, Little Fritz, and othors. NM
Heatherbloom and Rifle. @
Z On the opening night also, Heather,
pioon1. the famous jumper, whose per.
\ IofFnances Will BIO tho sporting events OF
the week, Will also make his first an,
= pfarance, He Will be shown first iii tho
\ class for middle and heavyweight hunters
ana then paired with Donnelly's Rifle. a
! lbmper scarcely less famous, will try
Z for the blue In the hunters pairs.
Heatherblooln is a bay gelding, owned
by Howard Willets, of New York city,
He broke his own worlds record for
high jumping at the Bryn N1awr, Pa,
Horse Show, September %, 1908, at Z feet
( 1T inches, ridden by Dick loonnclly. Ills
previous worlds record was taken Mt
.he Chicago Horse Show In thu fall OF
/ lso2 at Y feet 8 Inches, In a practice jump
uyer the bars at Mr.. Wlllet's GedneA
Iarm Mt White Plains some time after
tMe ffyn MnWr performances, it Is avered
9lnat MI. Donnelly successfully nut
Hehtherbllooonl over tho hurdles at feet
mGhes this has M official authority,
althoueyl generally given credenoe BY
horse show folk, who are acquainted with
the errato, but tremendous K lINting
capacity the Jumper can display when
Tarmed5up 70 his work under tho eourA-
geous hand Of Donnelly Heatherbloonl ia
three-au lf' thoroughbred, oyer Id
hands, and ~ stoutly put up horse, show.
Ing great muscular activity, ana endowed
with deep chest, powerful quarters and
strong icnnons. Flo has a Always been 'rId :
Cen to the Jumps by Donnelly., who seems
To have a peculiar Understanding of tho
horse's silky, uneven disposition.
q Rifle. q ia ngy, 1913 lrs space- chavlng