The Washington herald., 1907-11-19

Madison Square Garden. New York.
Nov. B--Twenty-th three years young. the
National Horse Show opened at Madison
Square Garden to-day, as fresh as q boy
beginning dash race
Society was faithful and there was an
American countess Of the future there
nt one time, with the promise Of an
English duchess Of the present later in
the week There We're exceptionally close
contests TO harness and under saddle, IN
which several new horses made the vet
eran show campaigners do their prettiest
to gain the blue ribbons
The only ribbons TO so far afield were
those won by the Canadians with The
Wasp, in classes for hunters and Of com
petitOrs who meet more often at city or
-ountry shows. Reginald Vanderbilt won
greater number Of first prizes than a
q. Vanderbilt, Judge William H. Moore,
Paul a. SOrE, or c. W. Watson, OF Balti-
more One of Reginald VanderbHts sue
cesseS was a first and second won with
Lord Brooke and Lord Burleigh, bought
recently from J. W. Hartman. The lat
ter later took second in a strong class
with Flash Light TO Reginald Wander
bits Or. SelWonk 10 prove that there
are stll some good nags in his stalls
Little Miss Kathleen Vanderbilt was
keenIy interested in her fathers success,
and when Reginald Vanderbilt returned
10 the family box she kissed him in her
Joy.
Good Crowd at Night.
Heads could be counted in the after
noon, but with the opening Of tho doors
At night the tide Of incomers soon ere
ited nearly the old highwater mark Of on
lockers. The women and men i'm the
boxes and reserved seats were the same
fashionable patrons, while on the ring
promenade circled the medley Of notabiIi-
ties i'm many phases of Manhattan's life
that gives 10 the Garden horse show its
fascinating air 10 the casuals who attend
10 see people as well as the fine horses
As 20 the horses. there was u notable
advance in their manners as well as their
neral s00d oCks and Tins strong COM
bination forced the Judges to make haste
slowly. In few classes indeed was there
colossus 10 demand instant loyalty, but
Instead they were often as even in quail
ity and as hard to separate as the pieces
in a set OF crystal glasses
Tn the early morning the owner OF the
hunter. Prince Chap. Dr. Nicholas Dunn !
OF Rye. y Y. had fall at the wall in a
practice jump and received a fracture Of
tht right elbow, but this incident does
not dc-ract from the skill Of the hunters
Or their riders at the show.
VrS. Gerken Drives Well.
William IT, Moore had several high |
stcpp rs iH TIE ring for different classes. !
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driver. Mrs John Gerken drove in single |
GLASSES ana won minor ribbons. and Reg /
lnald Vanderbilt won ribbons with two |
horses Of impressive size 10 gigs and fol- |
lowed by blue with a swell little pony
hitched TO 4 cart no larger than a baby /
carriage.
There was little applause in the after |
noon. but at night the ring had a circle /
of home-lOvers two or three deep. and
in the close finishes they started the hand /
ClapDings that the boxes and seat occu- /
pants kept up with enthusiasm 1t is at /
such times that the onlookers are as \
stirred as at the finish Of a race Women /
and men. bellies and beaux. society folks.
horse folks, and casual callers forget fash
ions and jewels 10 urge on their favo-ite \
stopper or jumper. There were such out |
bursts tonight and they meant the horse /
show had again caught on.
Attendance l. Large.
The attendance IN the afternoon com
pared very favorably with opening davs
of former shows. Some OF the arena
boxes We're empty. but they have not all
been sold this year. Back of these.boxe
there was a sprinkling Of people In the
arena seats, and the board walk was well
occupied. Alfred c. and Reginald c. |
Vanderbilt Judge William II. Moore. ].
Campbell Thompson, and others Of the
horse-loving crowd were on hand early
in the morning as soon as the show
opened
IL was about o'clock IA the afternoon
that the boxes began to fiji up. Mrs
Alfred G. Vanderbilt occupied her usual
seat In the corner Of box No. 13. She
wore dark costume and a black hat
trimmed with sapphire-blue ostrich tins.
Later In the afternoon Count IAszio
SZechnyi and Miss Gladys Vanderbilt ar
rived and took seats in this box, and box
No. l3 was at once the center Of attrac-
ton IN the big amphitheater. Miss GLADYS
Vanderbilt wore a garnet cloth costume
and a gray hat. trimmed with feathers.
Vanderbilt Child in GIee.
Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt was in box
g.. tho same seat she has occupied in /
several shows. She wore a dark blue
costume. a blue hat trimmed with long
white feathers and her well-known set of
silver fox furs. She seemed particularly
pleased at her husbands successes. and
her little daughter. Miss Kathleen. daint-
iiy dressed In white and pale blue rib
bcns. clapped her hands in glee when the
judges pinned the ribbon on Lord Brooke
Mrs. oliver Hartman occupied seat i'm
the Same box She wore "a costume Of
green paune velvet and a black hat. Miss
Isabelle May. another occupant Of the
Reginald Vanderbilt box. wore a hello
trope costume. a big hat, trimmed with
shaded heliotrope flowers and fox fure
Among others noticed at the show were
Mr.. and Mrs. William McGbbon Mr.. and (
Mrs Lewis Nixon, Richard Harding Da-
Wis wearing a most brilliant green neck
tie; Mr.. and Mrs. r. Berry Wall John {
Barry, from the Chestnut Hin Stock
Farm, Philadelphia: l.. d. Benner who
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