Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-11-17
LIVELY INTEREST IN
THE BIG HORSE SHOW
THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOL.
LARS IN CASH PRIZES is Of
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FERED.-socIETY EVENT.
Special to the Herald.
New York, Nov. 17.-With blare
of trumpets and flutter of finery, the
New York Horse Show, the event OF
the year for patrons of the horse in
ring competition, and the first great
public function of the season for fash
ionable society, will open Monday in
Madison Square Garden, and through
the week following the reign of the
horse in the metropolis will be on.
From every indication the big annual
exhibition will be much the same as
in the twenty-one years of the shows
earlier history, though the manage
ment is of the opinion that this years
show will beat the records in interest,
exceeding, it is thought, even the
show of last year, which was the
most brilliant one held in several sea-
sons Over $4,000 has been offered
in cash prizes Much interest is
shown in the international prize of
$500 for the best pair to a mail, demi-
mail or Stanhope phaeton, for which
event number of entries have come
from abroad Other interesting class
es include the one for the Waldorf
Astoria Cup, which has been twice
won by Judge William H. Moore, and
the one for the National Horse Show
Cup, which must be won twice before
owned. The first year it was won by
E. d. Jordan of Boston, and last year
by Herbert Moore.
The list of exhibitors announced
includes about all the well known |
names of exhibitors in other shows,
and, though the open air exhibitions
that have grown in favor in the past |
few years have taken away some
thing of the novelty by inducing the
owners of more prominent animals
to show them before the fall season
in New York opens, society is none
the less eager to see whether earlier
decisions are verified, while the ex-
hibition holds all of its old interest
for the general public, whose patron
age has made the fixture the great
success it has been financially.
AS in past years, the carriage and
harness horses head the premium list,
Twenty-Five classes being devoted to
these breeds. The special classes
will command unusual attention, and
will include army horses, suitable for
chargers of officers mounts and cav
airy service Liberal prizes have
~ sc.sess 1.55se 5rEssez 7Es
Street CleaIi Department has again
been recognized, and special prem
iums have attracted a big entry list
in other classes.
The primary object of the great |
show is and always has been the en-
enlargement and breeding of all types |
used in life, from the great draught |
horse to the lady's pad, the thorough
bred to the Shetland. The saddle
horse was never more in evidence |
than at the present time, and never |
were the claims Of what rightly con-
stitutes one, in conformation, or breed |
ing. so universally sought Hence
the large saddle classes of the show
will surely attract widespread at
tention. The hunters and jumpers
are unusually well represented, but
the sensational high jumping is not |
the strong card it was in the past.
From the society point of view the
show promises to be as successful as
from the viewpoint of the horse
lover, who attends the show to see
the equines and cares little or moth
ing for the pretty faces, silks and |
feathers of the fair spectators. For |
weeks past society has been prepar-
ing for the six days display. The ca
pacities of the most exclusive tailor |
ing and dressmaking establishments |
have been taxed, and many thousands |
sartorial creations that are calculated |
to make the common people" stare |
in amazement as they walk about the |
tan bark way and look up into the |
boxes or gaze down upon the -Four
Hundred" from seats loftily perched
in the topmost gallery of the big gar
den-up where the band plays.
Retirement In Grade.
Special to the Herald