The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-07
NTERNATlONAL HORSE SHOW
OPENS IN LONDON.
GREATEST EXHIBIT EVER HELD
Mammoth Gathering OF Blue Ribbon
Horses From EVery Nation on the
Face Of the Earth.-Over Two
Thousand on Exhibition.

Ardmoreite Special
London. July With over 5000 |
animals on exhibition the pick OF the !
world horseilesh in every class. with |
$4,000 in prizes TO be distributed.
with tne magnificeutly decorated
Olympia packed TO oyertIowing with
the social elect of all nations. the
first great internatinal horse fair open
ed today The management has pro-
vidcd worthy surroundings for this
aristocracy Of horse and human, hav.
ing expended over $4,000 in deco
rations and in preparing the arena
Continental experts have transformed
the mighty auditorium into mass Of
colors, the FLAGS of all nations being
used TO produce such an effect as
has never before been witnessed I'm
England. The electrical installation
has been quadrupled and every night
during the shaw the hall will be illum.
utod on an unprecedented scale. Law.
ish floral displays acd 10 the beauty
OF the decorations and the gay uni
forms of the hundreds OF army Off.
GERS from all continental countrie,
complete a startlingly sensational col.
or effect that is entirely different
from any previous English show. All
| Si0,vt, to be distributedvNtGW d:
! of the boxes, priced at from $500 TO
! 1915 for the week, have been sold.
and the managers fear that the big
auditorium, the largest I'm the world,
will be inadequate 70 hold all who
want to attend.
EXhl tors have come from practi.
nul1s+ Enrnnaan
I ing Turkey. Russia. from the United
States. South Africa, Australia. and
even from far-away Hong Kong The
show will he a continuous perform
ance. with something going on in the
I ring all the time from morning until
late at night The high jumping will
/ b" a a daily feature, scores OF con.
/ tinental army officers having brought
over tne pick Of horses of this class.
The judges will be three from each
grand section represented, English,
continental and American. In Olym.
pia's ring. which is SOX350 feet, judg.
! ing will take place eacn morning a
ternoon and evening during the show
/ Among the exhibitors, Walter Win.
ans Of London heads the list with
ininetytnree entries. The string OF Al
fred G.. Vanderbilt consisting OF
itwenty-seven animals, Is generally ad-
mitted to be the most valuable, $500
/ 900 being a modest estimate of the
worth OF the thoroughbreds.
| bespite the confidence Of English
horsemen that they will carry Off
first honors. there is well.defined
opinion among experts that the
American horses viii be among the
/ leaders in nearly all classes. While
French, German and Belgium breed
ers are admittedly Represented by
many nne animals anc possible ribbon
| winners the principai rivalry Is be-
tween the English ana Americans
and the exhibitors from Uncle Sans
realm have no fear OF the result.
Chief among the horses that stanl
| for the equine honor of the Unitel
| States Is the NaI,lerbilt string ot
tWenty-sevcn thoroughbreds, the lar
gest ever sent from one country 10
| Ianother for exhibition purposes. Four
| four-in-hand teams, which are the
| American milionaire's specially. will
be sent into the ring with the Wander
/ Ihilt coaches harness and appoint
monts. one of the park teams is made
lup Of Sweet Marie, Major, Polly Prlm
I and the Noungster. This team won
! !ilst hchors at the National show in
I New York and has never been beaten.
The two Vanderbilt road fours are
/ made up entirely or grays, Viking,
Venture, Vanity and Vogue constitut.
ing the team which Mr. Vanderbilt
expects 20 win the blue ribbon.
Next to Mr. Nanderbllts string oi
American horses is that OF G. W. Wat.
, son, the Baltimore horseman. A dozen
carriage SIN" horses, valued at 500.
OOo, compri srs this entry. All OF these
animals With me exception, are Dlue
Ir.'hcr VIM ers, and have been enter.
ed in forty classes. They will be turn
I'd into tho slow ring With Mr. Wa.
sons own carriages and appointments
Another feature is the string Of r.
T. Stoteshury, the Philadelphia,
banker. who is exhibiting his s25.0gi
trotting mare and his famous pair OF
trotters Preferred and Referred val
ued at $4,000