Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-23
HORSE SHOW OPENING
Society Ont in Full ForOs for the Premier
Society Bvent
SOME STUNNING GOWNS m EVIDENCE
Early Evening FOrmSlity Econ Wears OF
and All Enter Spirit Of Occasion,
HORSES BETTER THAN PREVIOUS YEARS
No Hitch in the Ring Performance and All
Runs smoothly.
ORsEs BETTER THAN PREVIOUS YEARS
BUILDING DECORATED FOR OCCASION
Pleasant Contrast with the Bare,
Unfinished walls which Greeted
Spectators at First
show.

socletys week par excellence OF the year
has begun ana one evening OF dress parade
mas passed.
! With more entries than ever before, with
larger aggregate prize money, with mani
fesuy greater enthusiasm on the part Of
I the Omaha public ana with more visitors
/ from the distance. Omahs's third annual
Horse show opened last night AZ the Audi
torium
/ Bad weather considered, the attendance
was good indeed The boxes and the seats
on the lower floor were full and only the
popular priced seats In the balcony SUI
/ fered. In the back rows OF the balcony a
4 good many seats were vacant Last fall
the standing room only sign was hung out
! several times in the course OF the week.
and with favorable weather there IL reason
TO believe the same sign will be displayed
oftener this week.
The spectators came on time, most VI
them. for they were people who cared Tor
horses as well as good clothes, and they
| didn't want TO miss q single event, even
the first one They all seemed 20 take
genuine interest IN horse flesh. OF course,
! they admired dress, and wanted TO see and
be seen, but there was the promenade for
that sort OF thing, and one didnt need 10
come trailing in a half hour after the show
stayed until the end. TOO, for. with chaTae-
teristic foresight, the management had
placed one Of the very best events last on
the program, aud no one was COINS 10
miss the sight OF a handsome bunch Of
hunters just to go prosily to bed on time.
Jam of Carriages.
Streets i'm all directions were thronged
with carriages for an bour before the buge
announced the first event. and in front Of
the Auditorium they lined up dozens at a
time the white-gioved policemen busting
here and there to direct the cosehmen who
strove with each other TO get to the end
Of the canvas tunnel called the carriage
entrance with eager eyes a crowd of
people, unfortunate not to be able to gain
entrance, stood in front of the building
intent on the display OF fashion and ella
gauee pouring from the carriages, or
watching TO catch the nrss sight or the
handsome beasts OF tho arena as they
were driven into the building
The casual observer last night could see
that two years experience has given
Omaha society that unconscious air OF cul-
tivatcd and that thoroughiy-at-home
appearance which characterizes any highly
successful social event From the easlncss
of manner. the sociability and the evident
cosmopolitan familiarity with the horse
world, one easily could have imagined
himself to be in an eastern city where the
show has been fixture for "a score OF
years or more. Chatting In the boxes ana
leaning over the arena rail along the prom
enade, society could not have presented a
more charming picture than IL did last
night
Gowns Are Stunning.
Gowns OF the most stunning description
were worn; silks and laces and ermine wers
there in great profusion. Woman was
queen and lorded It proudly over mere
man, who could pot show such fine featl-
ers. Woman in the boxes with her graces
Of feature and dgure and her beautiful
dress, the noble horse in the arena with
: his beautiful shiny trappings- they made
striking picture.
The promenade was not used very much
! early i'm the evening. but after the Ice was
, broken BY few the others followed. and
r by the time three or four events were by
! the promenade was a scene OF gay activity
Decorations were more elaborate and
more beautiful than on the occasion OF
any former show, the whole interior, out-
side of tire arena and the very seats being
mass OF red and white. The arena rail-
3 the boxes. the pillars The walls We're gay
with the bright bunting, emblematc OF
the occasion. From the glrders above
: hung huge fans Of the red and white bunt-
ing, while alternately between them
cleaned flags OF the same color. Each
box and each pillar was embelshed with
shield displaying a prancing horse and
the monogram letters, o II. g. The
ceiling of the lobby was resplendent with
: sunburst Of color reaching from tie
a outer entrance to the ticket door and bunt-
G ing also covered the walls. This was some
D thing never attempted before. It's bright
d and CHEEKY appearance gave the show
goers "A much more comfortable feeling
o than they experienced year ago when
. the bare walls cf the lobby greeted their
y first step inside the building.
/ Whatever was possible in the way OF
= preparation for the accommodation OF the
spectators seemed TO have been done. As
Z the night was raw. tho steam was turned
on for TIE first time THIS fall and while
the mists hoated without. all was conn
Portable within. Then tho abundant light
and color added TO the pleasure Courteous
ushers in evening dress waited upon th"
thousands and showed them TO their seats
4 and boxes with the least possible delay
Z Program L. Enlarged.
$ Last evening there were two more events
p, than on the opening night last year, but
s the program moved OF with reasonable
dispatch. and the events were so varied
I. and the entries so numerous that no oue
- thought Of being tired From the time that
y swifts. Metzs and storzs giant four-
horse teams strode proudly into the arena
at the bugle's first can until the nimblr
hunters came scurrying interest aud en-
thusiasm were evidenced on All sides
For one thing, tho present show provos
: that Omaha Is becoming better known az
s a good horse show town Stables that
!. were not represented In the first and sec
ond shows have sent horses 10 Omaha
9 this season and all that furnished entries
3 q year ago are competing again, with the
y single exception of tho Rule a Ashbrock
stables az Kansas City hr. AshbrOok b.
" dead and this Is the reason Omaha horse
z lovers can sec none OF hts animals this
n week.
More entries are scheduled than last fall
although the number of performances @
l.-. m nllr-,har BY two. Al lhe aecond ahnul