The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-19
READY FOR The HORSE SHOW.
DIRECTORS LUNCHEON STARTS
TIE BALL A-ROLLING.
Cornelius FelIOwes Presides and Patrick
Francis Murphy Discourse ON Alco-
hOi and Horses MANY Of n Prize
winners-tO-Be SHOWN In the Ring.

moi and Horses MANY Of the Prize
winners-to-Be Shown In the Ring.
The twenty-second annual exhibition
of the National Horse Show Association
was informally opened yesterday with
the luncheon that the directors give each
years to the judges and exhibitors. Il
was held in the Madison Square Garden
and the gathering was larger than ever
before. The officers and directors re-
oeived their guests shortly before 1 o'clock.
and horse was the topic Of conversation
with all. Then when everything was ready
there was the usual parade Of frock coats
and silk hats into the dining hall. where
as soon as all were seated pictures were
taken.
After the luncheon Cornelius Fellowes,
the president Of the association, welcomed
the guests and congratulated all on the
coming show. which he was sure would
be The most successful in the history OF
this city. When President Fellowes had
finished there was a shout for Murphy
and as no Horse Show luncheon is COM
plete without some remarks from Patrick
Francis Murphy that gentleman slowly
got on his feet. He said among other
things:
The most fascinating. the most delightfully."-
fresh and notably interesting event OF the
year Ia at hand. Society will now return
society with a big s." which is written about
and Photographed as an assemblage OF well
dressed people who would rather be bored
together than alone.
We always have with US the press that
sounding board OF the voice-that multi
plication table of words. The journalist
recognizes his great duty. The lamp OF
truth must be kept burning.
A former New York editor on q recent
visit found the newspapers dull, nothing
but headlines that gave him a headache;
lines saying the right thing and conveying
a wrong impression. possibly like the country
newspaper with its hospitsble invitation on
the outside ~page-"For the evil effects OF
alcohol see our inside.
IL has been discovered by a thoughtful
observer that one Of the worst effects OF
alcohol Ia that IL produces the temperance
orator. with apologies to Francis Murphy
OF blue ribbon fame. Ever since the worlds
creation. this pleasant vice OF drink has been
attacked-and cherished.
When from excess OF rich wines a man
suffers from govt he keeps IA drinking
IL helps him to bear the pain.
new terror now has been added to alcohol:
IL Ii charged that stimulants are given to
horses to produce the qualities necessary
TO win In a show ring; that. in fact. alcohol
is first aid TO a blue ribbon. A denial has
been published. IL In admitted, however,
that champagne frequently has been given.
From a long experience with human affairs
II is found that the difference between a pessi-
mist and an optimist is one cocktail. Speak
ing from a two legged standpoint, the effect
of champagne on a qdadruped should be two
fold. A bottle OF society water" given TO
a mounted weight carrying hunter would
make him feel like another man. We may
at last hear that favorite sound known in
literature as a horse laugh.
By drink. and other aids to a short life and
a merry one, the animal. may deteriorate. But
veterinaries are now unnecessary-any one
can treat" a horse.
In the published denial it is stated: Give
an equal amount Of liquor to horses. and il
the amount be sufficiently large. no two
would be affected alike. One might carry
it OF with impunity. and the others would
be over stimulated and untitled for that
class Under these conditions. 1t Is natura
to suppose that one would get away with his
load Of ecstasy and a blue ribbon attached.
while the color the others would receive.
would be somewhat Of the nature of a lemon.
But. this belief Ia now punctured, for by a
happy unexpected turn Of fancy IL Is stated:
ANY Judge could detect the liquor and dis
qualify the horse as overstimulated or COM
mon drunk. The denial is certainly grave
and dignihed. There is no mention OF a
skate" or giving him thirty days or insisting
on the sobriety test used at police stations
making the inebriste walk a chalk line. A
horse show Judge must develop his nasal
organs to detect inebriety. Men who eat
garlic cannot smell II on a companion. 4
Judge who has dined well would have diff
ficulty in detecting liquor on a horse. A
Judge must have an acute sense OF smell and
approach his duties with a comparatively
yir gin breath.
IL In evident the whole thing is a glorious
absurdity. But, in this life, there Is no ID
surdity so great but that some one will take
il seriously. Men can believe anything,
even the truth. Like many things. it will
be the subject OF everybody's chatter, and
few peoples knowledge.
We shall probably hear that the Horse Show
lid is of. Steps will be taken to provide a
home for fallen horses. The Women's Tenn
perance Union-to avoid temptation to
coIts-will insist on removing all bars in the
horse ring.
The board Of directors present this week
a palatable feast. They know the proper
ingredients for a successful show-a sprink-
ling of aristocrats. a quantity OF good cloth
ing, and-some horses.
As a relish, there will be on view a few
persons who have committed indiscretions.
This brings the good people. There Is no
one so curious in regard to the yelled side OF
life as a thoroughly straitlaced woman.
IL IL as pleasant to notice the f~railties Of
others as to indulge in our own. There n
less risk. and IL costs nothing.
That ended the talking. and all visited
the Garden, where the attendants went
through a drill and many of the cracks
that are TO compete for the associations
prizes this week were put through their
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LID DOWN TIGHT IN NEWBURGH.