Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
BIG HORSE SHOW
international Society to Hold An
nuaI Meetings at
London.
FIRST EXHIBIT NEXT JUNE
Most Prominent American Exhibitors
Will Back Project with Per-
sonaI Entries.

An international horse show to be
held at London next June is an as
sured fact. y meeting of the promi-
nent American exhibitors and repre-
sentatives of the National Horse Show
association and of the Hackney Horse
association of England was recently
held in Madison Square Garden in
New York, when the plans for the eX-
hibition were decided upon, says the
New York Times. The show will be
an annual one and held in London
each year The inaugural event is
set for June = TO Is, 1907, and will be
held at the great Olympia of London.
The prizes will aggregate about $780,
600, and the entries will close next
May. Not only will the American eX-
hibits meet the best horses in England,
but entrants will he solicited in France,
Belgium, Germany, Holland. Spain and
Italy. Each of these countries will be
represented on the board OF directors.
The meeting was held at the instance
of Frank f. Euren, secretary of the
English Hackney Horse association,
who came TO New York to complete the
details of the exhibition. He repre-
scented the English directors and ex-
planned the object of the new associa-
tion, outlining its plan and scope
Among those who attended We're Al
fred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Reginald
C. Vanderbilt, George Pepper. John L.
Conway, James T. Hyde, William T.
Dulles and Il. Penn Smith of Philadel-
phia. Alfred Godfrey and Adam Beck,
NJ. p, of Canada, who occupied the
chair.
Frank F. Euren, on behalf of the
English directors. explained that he
was sent over for the purpose of in
teresting the American exhibitors in
an international show. to be held an
nually in London. and said that it was
the intention to hold the exhibition in
the Olympia building. Il structure twice
the size of Madison Square Garden,
with a show ring 3O5 by 80 feet. Be
sides the offer of $4,000 in prizes
number OF championship cups were
planned to become the absolute prop
erty of the winners and to be renew
ed each year. The object of the show
was to promote the best interests of
horse breeding and to endeavor to en-
trench its position in social favor
He said the directors in England |
were thoroughly representative horse |
men and enthusiastic sportsmen and |
that they proposed to secure judges Sc |
lected by mutual agreement. 1t was
intended to provide stabling accommo-
dation for more than a thousand horses
and to hold auction sales at the end of |
every show.
Could show Elsewhere.
Not only would the American eXhib- !
itOrS who sent strings over TO compete |
have an opportunity to contest in the |
international show, but by arrange |
ment with the management of promi- |
nent English and foreign fixtures they |
could also show in various other Eng |
lish events were they so minded.
The most prominent exhibitors of |
America were in attendance, and each |
one pledged his individual support to
the project and agreed to foster it with
personal entry and individual influ
ence. Alfred Vanderbilt created great
enthusiasm by being the first to de-
clare that he would not only attend the
exhibition, but would take over his en-
tire stable. Reginald Vanderbilt then
that lie would do the same
thing, and the following pledged them
selves to send more or less extensive |
John Gerken, Il. L.
Clarence Moore, Alfred b.
DR.. Andrew Smith, E. T.
Edward c. Knieriem,
George Pepper and George Hume. a
number of others. including William