New-York tribune., 1906-11-20

The Horse Show is on, The twenty-s second an
nuaI exhibition of the National Horse Show As
sociation. and likewise fashion and society's fall
field day began at Madison Square Garden yes
terday. Horses and women occupy the greater
part of the average New Workers. attention al
ways. and the beauties of both were at the Gar
den yesterday. 1t was brilliant opening for
New Yorks great fixture, even though it lacked
the glittering uniforms Of Prince Louis and his
suite, that made the opening night last year so
conspicuous.
Scarcely a hitch marred the exhibition of the
horses. There were a few mishaps scattered
throughout the day. but not one was serious.
When Frank T Clark. the superintendent. had
the bugle sounded which announced the coming
OF the contestants in the opening event, there
about five hundred persons In the orange
and black draped balconies. Many Of these were
children. who always hand to see the
ponies. OF the grown persons there were few
exhibitors and their friends and small sprink-
ling of the general public. Tt was not until well
in the afternoon that those persons known IN
society-the society with the capital S-beRan
10 arrive. These stayed only short while and
then went home to prepare for the evenings
campaign.
1t was we'll after o'clock before the Garden
began TO shine with the briuiancy which hos
made the Horse Show famous. When Fifth ava
nue. began 10 arrive Fourth avenue and Sixth
avenue were there to watch and criticise and
10 envy The grandes danes and dennoiseiIes had
to gantlet of searching looks from the TINA
that they tripped from their smart ecuipages
in Madison avenue until. with much swishing
of skirts and settling of furbeIows they were
well placed in their boxes. Until their arrival
the horses had really been getting more than
their share of attention but they soon began
TO be a bad second
As the boxes gradually filed the prornenads
around the edge of the tanbarlx became more
and more crowded, until 1t packed as solid
ly as Park Row election night. 1t was I'm
possible to move save in direction. The
human current set around along the south side
of the Garden toward Fourth avenue and so
to the starting point again
The women had no eye for the arena All their
attention was centred on the lavish display of
gowns and hats that marked the circle Of the
boxes. Their escorts paid little attention TO the
gowns and millinery, although they. too. scanned
the boxes with attention
Every now and then some woman armed with
a notebook and a determined expression would
stop in front of box and proceed 10 take
down every striking costume with minute
attention TO detail II will only be a couple OF
weeks before Horse Show models appear IN
Kankakee and Kalamazoo. Nobody seemed 10
tingsd it was sometimes with insOlence.
The women were garbed more brilliantly. per-
haps than the men, but with scarcely more va
riety The exhibitor in riding toss and his ulan
in livery were much in evidence, and then there
were the spectators. some in business suits and
others in every possible combination of evening
dress. much of which obviously was borrowed
and hired for the evening OF the crowd who
filled the promenade only one man in five or six
was clothed correctly but their shirt bosOals
were bulging with just much pride as though
they had Just been approved by the critical eye
of Beau Brummel himself.
AS the evening society and near So
ciety mingled on the promenade. the blue blood
edit somewhat ansemic-Knickerbocker rub
bing elbows with the wine agent while their
wives coolly dissected each others raiment
through their lorgnettes from adjoining boxes
Even though the Horse Show Is really only a
sublimated circus. fashion has SO stamped IL