Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-12-14

An International horse show 10 be
held at London next June : an As
sured fact. \ meeting of the proul
Eeut American exhibitors anu repre-
seatat.yes Of the National Horse Show
association and of the HACKNEY Horse
association ut England was recently
held IA Madison Square Garden iu
New York, when the plans for the cx-
New YORK. Times The show will bee
au annual one and held A London
each year. The inaugural event Is
set for June : - =. 1917. a4d VIII be
held AZ the great Olympia Of London
4le prizes viii aggregate about So
tyu, and the entries will close next
May. Not only will the American ex.
EiJltS meet the best horses il f.. CLAN.
bat entrants viii he solicited in France.
Belgium. Germany. Holland. Spain and
lady Each Of these countries Will be
re5 resented On the board Of directors.
The meeting was held a tie instance
o, Frank T. Euren. secretary Of tie
E4gIi~h Hackney Horse association.
TIo came 10 New York TO complete the
details of the exhibition. He renre.
ssnted the English directors anI ex-
piIined the object OF the new aSSocia-
ti"n. outlining It's plan and scope.
Among those who attended were Al
fred Gwyune Vanderbilt. Reginald /
{. Vanderbilt. George Pepper, John L /
Conaway, james T. Hyde, William T. /
Dulles and K. Penn Smith OF Philsdel- /
pAia, Alfred Godfrey aud Adam Beck. I
N. 2, Of Canada. who occupied the /
chair,
Frank F Euren, on behalf Of the /
English directors, explained that be /
was sent over for the l1Epose OF in /.
terestiag the American exhibitors In /
an international show. TO be held an .
nually in London. aud said that il was .
the intention to hold the exhibition in .
the Olympia building. a structure twice /
the size OF Madison Square Garden. /
with show ring 80 by IS feet. Be /
sides the offer Of $4,000 In prizes a .
number OF championship cups were
planned TO become the absolute prop
erty of the winners and to be renew .
ell each year. The object OF the show .
was to promote the best interests Of
horse breeding and to eudeayor TO en-
trench its position in social favor.
lie said the directors in England .
were thoroughly representative horse I
men and enthusiastic sportsmen and (
that they proposed 10 secure judges Sc
lected by mutual agreement 1t was
intended to provide stablng accommo- /
daron for more than thousand horses |
and to hold auction sales at the end Of /
every show
Not only would the American exhib- /
itors who sent strings over to compete |
have an opportunity to contest in the (
show, but 10y arrange |
meut with the mana cement Of promi
neut English and foreign fixtures they
could also show in various other Eng I
liSh events were they so minded
The most prominent exhibitors of
were in attendance, and each
ore pledged his Individual support to
the project and agreed TO foster it with
entry and Individual lnfu.
ence. Alfred Vanderbilt created great
by being the first TO de
clare that he would not only attend the
but would take over his en-.
tire stable. Reginald Vanderbilt then
announced that he would do the same
thing. and the following pledged them.
se'tes TO send more or less extensive
representation: John Gerken, K. Z.
McGrahn. Clarence Moore, Alfred B
Naclay, Or. Andrew Smith. E. T.
s Sloresbury, Edward c. Knieriem.
George Pepper and George Hume. A
number of others. including William
q Moore and Clarence H. Mackay,
who were not present. are expected to
take stables over
chairman Beck then said that be
would pledge government assistance
a ahrDad and assure every exhibitor of
q ah5olutely fair treatment in the judg-
Ing He said he had taken up the mat
ter with the Canadian minister Of agri-