Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-18
Big Gathering in Madison
Square Garden.
BEGINS WITH AN ACCIDENT
Nicholas Dunn Thrown at the First
Hurdle.
SUFFERS A BROKEN Arr
Society Turns Out in Force-Decora-
tions Very
nary Luncheon Sunday.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
marked the opening of the twenty third
annual exhibition of the National Horse
NEW YORK. November 1S.-An accident
Show Association at Madison Square Gar
den this morning. Nicholas Dunn OF Rye,
N Y. who was exercising his hunter.
Prince Chap. got a bad fall as he tried to
clear hurdle at the southeast corner
of the ring.
Mr. Dunn was the first to take the hur-
die, an Imitation brick affair about five
feet high. Prince Chaps feet got tangled
in the wooden bricks and he stumbled,
throwing his rider over his head. Mr..
Dunn's face scraped up the tan bark for
a distance of ten feet and the horse step
ped on his right elbow. fracturing it.
He was removed to the anteroom and
DIR. C. ]. Elliott summoned. Besides the
fracture of his arm he was injured inter
nally
The interior of the big garden was gayly
decorated with the colors of the Horse
Show Assoc;ation-black and orange
when at the call of the bugle the first
prancing hunters and jumpers to be candi-
dates for awards were usheEed into the
big tan-bark ring and put through their
PAGES for the benefit of the judges.
Corinthian Glass.
The opening of the big show. which will
continue through the week, was attended
by the gathering of enthusiastic admirers
of the horse who never fail to be present
on such occasions. but the show will not
assume its real Importance until this even
ing, when it will become again social
event as we'll as a show of horses
This forenoons session was devoted to
the Judging of hunters and jumpers and
the Corinthian class. from which horses
were to be selected to compete for ribbons
in the finals of that class Wednesday. The
afternoon session was given over to the
early classes of harness horses. saddlers,
hunters harness tandems. ponies in har-
ness thoroughbred stations. pairs of
roadsterS, ponies under saddle and pairs
of horses shown to broughams, appoint
mentS to count.
Workmen have been kept busy day and
night of late putting the big building in
readiness for the affair. but simplicity is
the keynote of the decora tons, the eX-
hibits being the thing. rather than bunt-
ing. Of course. the National Horse Show
Associations coors. black and orange,
rule in the adornments.
Show Luncheon.
Sixteen classes will be judged during
the three sessions today. hunters and
jumpers this morning; harness horses this
afternoon and roadsters. saddlers, har-
ness horses and hunters this evening.
The inspection of the arrangements for
the public and the complimentary lunch
con, functions which have served as the
prelude of a century, brought together
several hundred guests of the associa-
ton Sunday evening.
Col Cornelius Fellows, president of the
National Horse Show Association. pre-
sided and about him were grouped the
directors of the organization. Patrick
Francis Murphy, without whom no horse
show luncheon would be at all complete,
was the speechmaker. He was as racy
as ever and poked fun impart:ally at the
international horse show to be held in
darkest England this years Derby
having been won by an American horse
from ireland" President Roosevelt. the
financial stringency and automobile own
erS.