The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-11
OPENING Of
HORSE SHOW
Society Season of the Gay
Metropolis Ushered in
With a Flourish.
Special to The Jev-naI.

New YORK, Nov. 10-National Horse
Show week, which marks the opening
of the social season in the metropolis,
was inaugurated with a flourish today
and there is every prospect that the
twenty-fourth annual exhibition in
Madison Square Garden will be the
classiest in the long history of the Ma
tiOnai Horse Show Association. Horses
from all over the country are in read1-
ness for the elaborate program tha-
will be carried out during the week.
Although the sale of boxes was moi
as successful as in past years, the
general attendance promises to break
all records, and the social leaders OF
the land will be out in force. Alfred
G. Vanderbilt paid the top price for
his old box, No. Is, which was knock
ed down to him for $500. In previous
years Mr.. Vanderbilt~has paid as
much as $500 for mis- box.
At this weeks show the number OF
classes is 125, as against 1872 in 1907,
four competitions having been eliminl
ated from the hackney division and
three from the division for trotters
BREEDERS of light and heavy harness
horses have not Supported these di
visions very well OF late years, and in
cutting down its prize list the associ
alton has done away with the cham
pionshfp prize of $500 for trotting stat
lions, the classes for trotting bred
brood mares and yearlings, and all
classes for hackney mares, as we'll as
for yearling and two-yearold stations
The competition for half-bred stall
lions has likewise disappeared from
the prize list, leaving twelve classes
fn. hv0e n limo
stock.
In the division for saddle horses two
new classes for women have been add
ed to the list and the class for cobS
has been abandoned. A new class foI
harness horses is open only to owners
who have never won a ribbon at any
of the associations previous exfibi
tons.
Among the special prizes offered is
one by F. Ambrose Clark for thorough
breds suitable to become hunters. An
other, offered by Alfred G.. Vanderbilt
is for pairs of horses and delivery
wagons
Canada comes into the ring with a
larger string than has been seen foI
some years, and there are some very
interesting exhibits OF foreign horses
In general the number of entries is
y
The hunter classes have filed mag
niicently. and show q greater number
of entries than for some years. The
harness classes are strong and bring
forward some newcomers to the Gar.
den that have already proved their
mettle at the various summer shows,
The big jump is, however, in women's
saddle class The woman saddIers are
to be so numerous this year that there
may be promised exceptional compe.
tition. There are two new saddle
classes for women and these have fill.
ed capitally.
The breeding classes have notably
dwindled in size, however, and prom.
Use very little interest. Very few
hackneys are to be shown. 1t is an.
nounced that unless there is a consid.
cradle revival of interest in the breed.
ing classes before next years show
they will be eliminated and more non.
ular classes established in their stead
Thoroughbred classes have, how.
ever, done admirably. Three times
as many stations as last year have
been entered, among them being sew
eral from the Breeding Bureau of the
Jockey Club. In the class for thor.
oushbred saddle horses there are as
many as twenty entries, and some of
them are summer show winners which
have ben making records all along
the line.