The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-11
HIGH JUMPERS At
NORF0LK'S SHOW
Dick DonneIIy Will Ride
HeatherbIoom.
TO BREAK THE RECORD
The Arena as Large as Madison
Square Garden, Offers Splendid Op-
portunities for Exhibitions of
Horsemanship. virginia Buck
nell Football Game.
Especial to News and Observer.

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Norf, TX. Va. Oct. 10.-In a letter
to Manager Charles W. Smith, of the
Nc:IoIA II )rse Snow, Dick DonneiIy,
ne FAMOUS norseSitv " ile,A, s,.Iu ride
OF hIgn jumpers, ueciaes tilt,t 4.e
VIII wiH with I1uwt,ru wluett -ledI,i-
erOioom the SOU prize offered for the
horse breaking Heather bloom s
S,oI.u's r,.vru u 8 test Z lncIes at
he Norfolk snow. October II, Is, ~
ana 20. Donnelly roue HtatnerDIoom
zen he cleared the bars and made
his phenomenal nigh jump. Inc
Wnlctts jumper is entered also for
the high Jumping at Richmond this
week, out lol selnen express the ue-
llef that Donnelly will not strain his
mou here fer the $3.50 prize when
W II nvSu All ,llr 81. .Iisth ,iic
animal possesses to win the $o0U cash
piIze ollered mere for a ne" word 5
record. DOnneny will ride Heather
bloom on the opening night-nexu
Iuesday-in the contests to break
the best high jumping record ever
made in this country at an indoor
morse show. This jump was feet
inches end was made last year
at the NorIuIk SNOW. he Will also
ride his own great jumper Rihc,
winch has record or considerably
over feet. Each night or tie show
there will be classes Tor the jumpers
ana the efforts to break the Virginia
and words records Will prove most
exciting.
Vice President Harry B. Good
ridge, of the association stated today
that the best card of the entire eX-
hibition will be that arranged for
Tuesday night. There will be local
classes and classes in which horses
from the best stables in America will
participate. The hunter events will
prove especially interesting: and in
this connection it may be said with
out fear of contradiction that the
=. eIlaA Iile NorIoIk cuilseuin, whIriI
is the largest outside of New York
Slty ana IL precisely the same d.
mansions as that at Madison Square
Garden, offers better oppOrtuny prop
erly to exhibit horses In these classes
because of its size and admirable
arrangement.
Manager Smith left yesterday af-
ternoon TOR Richmond. where ne VIII
assist in the management of the
Richmond show this week. Before
going he made this statement about
the Norfolk coIiseum's arena: Il
have driven and ridden in the best
horse rings in the country and I make
the statement without lear of con-
tradiction that the most satisfactory
arena to be found anywhere is that
in Norfolk. Well known drivers and
exhibitors who were here last Octo-
Der agree with me in my statement
that Madison Square even cannot
claim superiority over the Norfolk
arena.
The Virginia. Bucknell football
game viii be one of the big closing
features of horse show week in
Norfolk. Bucknell is probably the
strongest team that has ever played
i'm Virginia. Last year it defeated the
Carlisle Indians by the score of Is to
o. 1t is expected that number Of
horse show visitors will stay over
Saturday to see the game and that
large crowds will come from all near
by cities on Saturday, October II,
there is little doubt. The game will
be called at $3.50 o'clock
Mr.. Goodridge announces that for
the purpose of exercising horses the
coliseum will be open to saddle
horse from 10 to IL O'Clock every
morning and for horses in harness
from IL to II o'clock every day, be-
ginning Monday next, during horse
show week
An invitation has been extended to
former President Grover Cleveland to
be the guest of the association dur
ing the week. Senator Thomas ,.
Martin and Governor-elect Claude "A.
Swanson are expected to attend.
The Norfolk & Atlantic Terminal
Company will run special steamers
to Norfolk every night during the
show at and I O'Clock from New
port News. leaving here on the re-
turn at 11:30 O'Clock nightly. In ad-
dition to its special schedule, the
Norfolk Railway & Light Company
will make it possible for patrons of
the show coming from Old Point and
Hampton and even from Newport
News to take its steamer at Old Point
and come directly to the coliseum
without changing cars after leaving
Willoughby Spit
All of the cars connecting with the
boat at Willoughby Spit will run in
on the loop at the horse show
grounds and put off passengers direct
ly at the entrance. Returning after
the performance special cars will
leave for the Old Point steamer di-
rectly. from the entrance.
Speaking yesterday of the cost "f
this years horse show in comparison
with the associations first effort last
year, Mr.. Goodridge stated that after
paying out the $500 in cash prizes,
i'm addition to which there will be
over $1,000 in silver plate. the asso-
sciation will have expended between
$4,000 and $4,000 on this years
than to the former.
Mr.. Goodridge announced yester-
day that although some of the boxes
at the show had been reserved for
exhibitors, he would show preference
to local applicants and if there are
any persons who still desire to pur-
chase boxes and who have been I'M
der the impression that the entire
number had been exhausted. he would
be pleased to confer with them. All
such persons, however, should COM
municate with him at once.
Arrangements have been made with
the Norfolk Railway & Light Com
pany to run all of it's main line cars
in Norfolk out to the coliseum on
every trip in the evening. so that the
continuous schedule of all cars IN
the city on the main line will take
in the horse show on every round
trip.